Testing

Stacy | May 29, 2009

Updating my previous posts to get them to show up on LJ doesn’t seem to be working. At least it’s not that many posts to copy over, if it comes to that. Here’s a test post to see if the plugin is working correctly on cross-posting NEW entries, even if it’s not working on updating [...]

The Chosen One

Stacy | May 29, 2009

I got this ARC a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been holding onto it because I knew from going to Carol’s reading that it would make me bawl. I had to be ready for that, and busy as I’ve been, I haven’t been ready for it.
Once again tonight, as many nights, I couldn’t sleep. [...]

New seminar: Worldbuilding in MG/YA science fiction and fantasy

Stacy | May 28, 2009

I have a confirmed date, time, and place for our next local seminar on writing fantasy for children and young adults. This time we’re going to focus specifically on worldbuilding–how it’s different for younger audiences (and how it’s the same as worldbuilding you might hear about in adult books), how to really hit the right [...]

On e-books, the distribution chain, the Amazonian monster, and all that other fun stuff

Stacy | May 26, 2009

Over at Booksquare last week Kassia had an excellent post on what consumers are looking for in the pricing of ebooks, in which she took a devil’s advocate role in saying that perhaps it’s good that Amazon is creating this expectation that an ebook shouldn’t cost more than $9.99. It wasn’t even so much her [...]

Ramblings when I should be off reading the Maze Runner ARC or sleeping

Stacy | May 26, 2009

Not really much to post about. I had a great time at Conduit seeing friends and talking books. Very nice Schlock Mercenary launch party, for which I dropped in and took some pictures. I’ll be downloading those straight to Sandra, who will probably post them on her LJ or Howard’s blog or both. I’m not [...]

Provo Book Festival (& other recent events, including a reading cat)

Stacy | May 20, 2009

Well, now that I’ve gotten my camera back up (I killed the battery Saturday, forgetting to upload the pictures while it was still hooked up for hours, and now I’ve finally gotten back to it), I will share with you some of the fun things that happened at the Provo Book Festival. I was really impressed. This was the first time I’ve been to it, though I’ve heard good things about it for a few years, and I must say, it was really cool to see how the kids who came were so excited to get involved with books, to see their favorite authors speak, and to be able to get books signed by them. There had to have been twenty or so local authors involved, and several illustrators as well.

3-chapter critique catch-up

Stacy | May 18, 2009

I’m catching up on a multitude of 3-chapter critiques and one novel critique this week that I’ve owed to people for a few weeks now. If you’re one of the people waiting on me to get back to you for a 3-chapter critique and you don’t hear back from me by late Thursday (I have [...]

And now for something completely different: cat yodeling

Stacy | May 18, 2009

From the engineers who brought you The Engineer’s Guide to Cats:

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Stacy | May 18, 2009

I can’t remember who linked this, but the winner of the Media Matters Film Festival, Slip of the Tongue, is awesomely relevant to both racial and gender issues. I can’t embed it here, so you’ll have to go to the film page, click on “About the Film” and you should be able to see it [...]

Portraying people of color in children’s/YA fantasy–are we anywhere near “there” yet?

Stacy | May 18, 2009

When I was in the fourth grade, I always wondered why I wasn’t born Japanese. You see, back then (mid-80s), the news was always saying that the Japanese had the best education system in the world, and that Americans were falling behind. Given that my life goal at the time was to be the smartest [...]

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