This Wednesday (as in, two days from now) I’ll be speaking at the Salt Lake Public Library for the monthly SCBWI meeting. That’s at 7pm, at the 4th South main library. Topic of the evening is the state of YA and children’s fantasy and science fiction. In a couple of weeks I’ll speak in Layton, … Read more
A random thought that has occurred to me as I’ve done a number of critiques in the last few months: A lot of people say that grammar doesn’t matter because the editor fixes that anyway. Wrong. The voice of your book is shown in how the narrator uses grammar. Oh, a typo here or there … Read more
I had a really great time meeting somewhere in the neighborhood of 23 local writers on Saturday at the Provo Library. We talked about writing science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults, and in that context we talked about hooking agents and editors and young readers themselves with killer first chapters and beyond. … Read more
I’m getting ready to head out the door to the Provo Library for the seminar I’m teaching on writing science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults, but wanted to post this first: One of my favorite writers, who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting at the last couple of Kindling Words retreats, will … Read more
Childlit blogger Cheryl Klein is the editor of the translated novel which I will be seeking out tomorrow because I must read it. Having seen the anime of Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit–which I now find out has been cancelled on Cartoon Network :(–now I must read the equivalent in print. Like Twelve Kingdoms, … Read more
Readergirlz and Laurie Halse Anderson ([ljuser]halseanderson[/ljuser]) are celebrating Speak‘s 10th anniversary with a poem. Prepare with tissue before watching.
My newly minted Nikon D300 arrived today. I decided to go ahead and order the camera body and use my old lenses for now–the kit lens from my N55, the nice but not exactly versatile 50mm lens, and the zoom lens, which all survived the flood. Only the good zoom lens perished in the flood, … Read more
Well, nonscientific in that I am not going to even Google anything about the science on this (yet). Jericho was on TV yesterday in reruns–a big block of four episodes that I DVRed but ended up deleting when I realized that it was much later in the season, and that there are several episodes between … Read more
I keep meaning to review a few things I’ve been watching/reading lately. I have actually been allowing myself to reread a few favorites, which I haven’t in the past few years because I want to spend that time reading new stuff (and not-so-new) in my towering TBR pile. But this month I made an exception … Read more
[ljuser]Susanwrites[/ljuser] is looking for suggestions for two booklists: one for memorable mothers in children’s lit, and one for memorable fathers. You all have been really helpful with my previous attempts at booklists, so go to it! 🙂
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