London Deep by Robin Price and Paul McGrory is story about a girl in a future where London is under water from global warming, and the APD (adult police) and YPD (youth police) compete to keep the peace in their watery new world. I was intrigued when the publisher (Mogzilla, U.K.) offered to send me a review copy. London Deep is half-novella, half-graphic… Read More
I squirrel away our Christmas books every year, so they are fresh when they come out again. I even hide the Christmas sheet music. (I hid it so well last year, that we have yet to find it.) We save Twas the Night Before Christmas until the Eve itself, but there are plenty of books that get read and re-read… Read More
Sometimes I run out of words. Don’t get me wrong. My vocabulary rocks (and I’m humble, too). That’s what happens when you spend years 4-20 reading everything you can lay your hands on, including cereal boxes. (Which brings me to an issue I have with not making kids books “too smart” – where are they supposed to learn these words,… Read More
“Say it. Out Loud.” –Edward Cullen, pale, ice cold, and slightly belligerent boyfriend. Do you read your manuscripts aloud? Lately, as part of the ninth circle of hell revision process, I’ve been reading each chapter aloud as a final pass-check before I move on to revising the next chapter (and the next, and the next. Good Lord, what demon possessed… Read More
In the Year of the E-Reader, even holiday cards are getting a makeover. For a while now, my friends have favored those holiday-picture-cards (the ones with pictures of their family) over traditional holiday cards. I send e-cards for birthdays and fun, but somehow sending holiday e-cards feels like cheating. Where are the holiday stamps? The pictures of my kids all… Read More
I have to double-post today, because I just found out the Awesome Sherrie Petersen has LANDED AN AGENT!! I just posted about Failing the Right Way: knowing that every failure is a step on the road to success. But that’s only true if you don’t give up, which is so easy and tempting to do. Sherrie didn’t give up. I’ve… Read More