picture credit This tidbit about authors now signing their e-books with a stylus on the Nook Color somehow instantly renewed my faith in all things publishing. Why? Because there was a need (a small one, but a real one), and the people who get things done (thank you B&N tech wizards) made it happen. Less than a year ago, Scott… Read More
I’m ridiculously impressed with myself that I added some buttons to my blog. Now, this may not be the greatest of tech challenges, but for some reason Blogger and I had a big throw-down over it. But I came out the winner with these lovely buttons to show for it (see them on the sidebar as well): If you’d like… Read More
Today, I’m finishing up my interview with Jacqueline Houtman and announcing the winner of a copy of her book The Reinvention of Edison Thomas. Great Review for EDDY: A middle grader with a high-function spectrum disorder finds some real friends in this wry debut…The author has a particularly engaging way of tracking Eddie’s thought processes as he struggles to wrest order from… Read More
FIRST: Make sure you leave a comment to enter to win a copy of The Reinvention of Edison Thomas! SECOND: Week 2 check-in of my ROW80 challenge to finish the rough draft of Sekrit Middle Grade Fantasy project by June 14th The friends list keeps growing: Check out Sheri’s Progress Here Check out Margo’s Progress Here Check out C. Lee’s… Read More
Today, I’m interviewing Jacqueline Houtman and giving away a copy of her book The Reinvention of Edison Thomas. Jacqueline stopped by Ink Spells back in January, when we were discussing Point of View in Kidlit, and shared her insights on using big words in middle grade books: Excellent post. Middle grade is not about vocabulary (and EDDY is a perfect… Read More
Laura’s post about How to Choose the Best Story and a comment at my writer’s group last night about the genre of my WiP being (maybe) saturated, got me thinking again about trends, that nasty word that will either thrill or chill you (or possibly both) depending on whether you’re writing a trendy book or not. Yes, I want to… Read More