4/15/16 WEEKEND OPEN THREAD!!!

This is your friendly weekend open thread.

Here we can talk about anything and everything related to YA, your WIP/MS, Reddit or life in general, including babies and fur babies. You can even be drunk, but please be civil—regular reddiquette applies.

CRIT

You're free to post writing you want critiqued. However, please keep pasted samples to under 800 words. For longer pieces, consider an offsite link like Google Docs. Please post crit as a reply to the dedicated comment thread inside this post.

ONGOING

• [April Book Club with r/YAlit: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dressen](https://www.reddit.com/r/YAlit/comments/4dgp96/april_2016_book_club_discussion_the_truth_about/)

TODAY

• Member's News: Check-In & Promo

• Discussion: Fancast Your Book

NEXT WEEK

• Mon Apr 18 AMA: Jennifer Brody, author, The 13th Continuum
• Thu Apr 21 Discussion: TBD

COMING UP

• Mon Apr 25 AMA: Author Nicole Zoltack
• Thur Apr 28 Group Crit: Critique Partner Hookups
• Mon May 2 AMA: Jeff Zentner, author, The Serpent King
• Thur May 5 Discussion: TBD
• Mon May 9 AMA: Becky Albertalli, author of Simon and the Homo Sapiens Agenda
• Mon May 16 AMA: Ryan Graudin, author of The Walled City and Wolf by Wolf
• Mon July 18 AMA: Beth Revis, author of A World Without You
• Mon July 25 AMA: Brenda Drake & the YA Pitch Wars Mentors