Congrats to Tiffany, thanks to Dave!

| December 15, 2008

Over at Fantasy Book Critic, Dave Farland was recently asked what his favorite reads of 2008 were. He listed Hallowmere volume one, In the Serpent’s Coils, by Tiffany Trent (), among his year’s faves.

And then there’s the writing end of things…

| December 15, 2008

James Owen just pointed me in the direction of his post from a few days ago, A Career as a Novelist–In Layman’s Terms, a metaphor which those of you who are still in the throes of writing your first book will sympathize with–and those of you with published books will probably have experience with in the way James [...]

More on marketing

| December 14, 2008

I’m afraid that even before I left Mirrorstone, I wasn’t reading my friends page daily, because there are just so many things to keep track of, and if even half of my 73 friends were to post daily, that’d be a lot of reading. But I really want to know what everyone is up to, [...]

On buying books: hardcover vs. paperback

| December 9, 2008

Cherie Priest posted today about her new release–happy book birthday, ! Her post relates to several things I’ve been hearing lately, so I thought I’d put them all together in one goulash of a post. Laurie Halse Anderson () and other authors are encouraging people to give books for Christmas and other holiday gifts. As [...]

Let’s play the Glad Game

| December 7, 2008

I wouldn’t really describe myself as an optimist, but I’m not pessimist, either. Tonight I was on a nostalgia trip, and TCM obliged me with both The Parent Trap and Pollyanna. And I think that we can all learn something from Pollyanna, learning to look for the things to be glad about when you’re in [...]

Let’s talk about marketing your book online

| December 5, 2008

I was at an SCBWI conference a couple weeks ago at which they had a panel of newly published authors do a panel chat about how they got published, and the subject came up of websites and blogs. This is something that I’ve heard a lot of people talk about in the children’s book blogosphere, [...]

Tildrum wants *you*

| December 5, 2008

To tell me about your favorite children’s book/publishing related websites. I so seldom actually look at my own front page that it took me until today to realize that not only did I have out of date links on the sidebar from since I’d left Mirrorstone, but that I’d never really updated them when I [...]

And on the brighter side

| December 4, 2008

Anyone watching Heroes? I LOVE that Seth Green was the comic shop guy. "Best. Day. Ever." Ha!

Wow. Just, wow.

| December 3, 2008

It’s been quite a day for publishing, hasn’t it? If you haven’t seen the news about all the restructurings, layoffs, publishers walking off the job, and just general malaise, I figured I’d put together a Bad News Bears list for you. What can we all do to make a difference? Well, I’ve heard many people [...]