WRITING TEAZURS WITH ANGIE AZUR

I'm your personal writing cheerleader! Welcome and step into a world of literary wonders as we delve into captivating interviews with accomplished authors and industry professionals. Discover the art of crafting tales that deeply resonate with young minds and learn the secrets to creating impactful children's literature. Need an extra cheer or a pep talk? Find me at angieazur.com, where I'm always ready to lead a 'Give me a 'W'! Give me an 'R'!' chant for your writing success!"

Favorite Reads

13 Reasons Why
90 Days to your Novel
A Bird Will Soar
A Cold Legacy
A Kind of Spark
A Single Shard
A Time to Dance
Across the Nightingale Floor
Amal Unbound
Artemis Fowl
Before the Ever After
Before We Were Free
Better with Butter
Beverly, Right Here
Blooming
Brown Girl Dreaming
Burned
Chiquita's Cocoon
Crank
Crash into Me
Dancing the Dream
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Days of Blood & Starlight
Demon Soul
Dovey Coe
Dragon Prince
Each Tiny Spark
Elliot and the Goblin War
Fablehaven
Far Away
Fighting Words
Flesh and Bone
Gathering Dark
Get a Grip - Vivy Cohen!
Green
Her Dark Curiosity
Hush Hush
Ivy's Ever After
Jasper Jones
Looking for Alaska
Madapple
MADAPPLE
Malice House
Me Want Pet!
Mostly Monsterly
Navigating Early
Nest
Once Upon a Twice
One Came Home
Over Sea, Under Stone
Pearls of Wisdom
Raven's Gate
Rootless
Rootless
Savvy
Seraphina
Shiver
Shouting at the Rain
Show Me a Sign
Song for a Whale
Stoneheart
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Book without Words
The Bridge Home
The City of Ember
The Curse Girl
The Dark is Rising
The Dark-Thirty
The Evil Garden
The Fire Eaters
The Five Ancestors
The Friendship War
The Game of Thrones
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Grey King
The Hero and the Crown
The Hunger Games
The Keeper of the Lost Cities
The Lightening Thief
The Line Tender
The Madman's Daughter
The Night Owl from Dogfish
The Ruins of Gorlan
The Scorpio Races
The Spirit of Cattail County
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
The Think About Jellyfish
The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong
The Westing Game
Thirteen Reasons Why
Three Times Lucky
Trial by Jury- no Journal
Triangles
Turtle in Paradise
Turtle in Paradise
Vampirates
When Stars are Scattered
When You Trap a Tiger
White Bird: A Wonder Story
Wyndano's Cloak

Quotes to Remember

You've got to be ready to show up and suck before you can show up and shine ~ 40 Days

You fail only if you stop writing. ~ Ray Bradbury

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. ~ T.S. Eliot

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. ~ Thomas Carlyle

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. ~ George Burns

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ~ Benjamin Franklin

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire. ~ Jeffery Deaver

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. ~ Jules Renard

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. ~ Steven Wright

Yoga gave me the ability to calm down. ~ Christy Turlington

Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist. ~ Andrea Bocelli

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ~ Raymond Chandler

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ~ Plato

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ~ Christopher Reeve

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors. ~ James Broughton

More yoga in the world is what we need. ~ Diane Lane

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed. ~ William Wiley

To have great poets, there must be great audiences. ~ Walt Whitman

Melancholy is no bad thing. ~ Sting

Angie Azur | Writer

Angie Azur is the master of playful demise! She fearlessly dances with death, infusing her middle-grade novels with a delightful dose of insight and whimsy. Angie's unique approach goes beyond entertainment. She's a firm believer that death doesn't have to be a somber affair. She's on a mission to prove that playfulness and laughter can help us navigate even the darkest moments, unlocking creative insights along the way. As a certified "death doula," she embraces the power of play in the face of death, bringing creativity and resilience to her readers and those who journey alongside her.

Angie's Reads

Angie 's books

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

by Linda Urban

This middle-grade gem celebrates the messy, magical moments of growing up. I love how ten-year-old Zoe's big, dreamy fantasies clash with the reality she’s handed—it's so relatable and real. The fast-paced narrative and Zoe’s authentic i...

Bird by Bird

by Anne Lamott

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

by Kate DiCamillo

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

Great book to help new writers understand how to write a younger middle grade novel. That’s why I picked it up, but I got to really love Opal and Winn-Dixie and didn’t want it to end!