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Danielle Dreger

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Danielle wears many (baseball) hats. By day she is a teen librarian north of Seattle, by night she is an amateur cook, and by sunrise she is a YA writer of gritty and witty stories set in the humid hell of Central Florida.

Danielle spent her formative years in the Tampa Bay Area driving into neighborhood signs, breaking curfew, and writing bad poetry (some of which can be seen on her blog) before moving to Boston to become a librarian. She now hangs her Tampa Bay Rays hat in Seattle.

Danielle is also a rabid baseball fan, lazy gardener, occasional swimmer, and voracious reader. Coffee is her vice and sleeping is her superpower. When not doing any of the above, Danielle is chasing around her badly behaved dogs Lola and Mae West and her tiny to ...more

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Danielle Dreger Gem and Dixie by Sarah Zarr
Alex & Eliza by Melissa de La Cruz
Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Born a Crime by T…moreGem and Dixie by Sarah Zarr
Alex & Eliza by Melissa de La Cruz
Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
After You by Jojo Moyes
Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Danielle Dreger It depends. Some writers might argue that writer's block means you took your story in the wrong direction, that you don't know your story or your char…moreIt depends. Some writers might argue that writer's block means you took your story in the wrong direction, that you don't know your story or your character's true motivation. I don't agree. I think sometimes our brains aren't ready for what what we're writing (and sometime sour brains move too fast).

If I'm stuck on page one, I tend to start over. More often then not, the voice in a book is so clear from page one I just go with it (I'm a pantser not a planner).

If I'm stuck on a scene, I take a break. I take a walk. I drink some coffee. I come back and reread what I wrote and try to catch where I stumbled.

If I'm stuck on the plot as a whole I step away from it completely. Flash fiction is my first love, so I often focus on a short story, especially one that comes with a prompt (specific genre, object, location or character) and that forces me to think outside the box. It's often during writing something different that I figure out what is wrong with the real project I'm working on.

If that doesn't work, I sleep. Some of my best ideas were blurry visions in dreams or from that weird not asleep but not awake fugue state. The key is write down the ideas immediately.

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Average rating: 3.69 · 137 ratings · 21 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Secret Heart (Oak Bluffs High Book 1) 3.60 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad at Love (Oak Bluffs High Book 2) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	200 CCs: Year One by Paul A. Hamilton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scarlett R. Algee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Constantine de Boudox (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tourism for Broken Hearts: Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reckless Night You Won't Regret (Oak Bluffs High Book 3) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of Them: a short story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ten Fantastic Fails of Rory O'Leary really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleeping Beauty Saves Herself: Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Happy Book Birthday to Sleeping Beauty Saves Herself

Last week I quietly released Sleeping Beauty Saves Herself: Stories as an e-book, and yesterday the paper back version became available (long story short, I goofed on the release date for the print book). It’s my first book in nearly five years (thanks, pandemic!). These are stories that I love and have loved for the last twenty years when I started writing them in a flash fiction continuing educa

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