http://www.stacylwhitman.com Thoughts on writing, editing, and publishing books for children and young adults Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:27:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you been wondering where I've been on this blog? Have you noticed me talking on Facebook or Twitter about a move and wondered what was up with that? Now, your questions can be answered! Some pretty awesome things have been happening that required me to relocate to New York ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2010/03/09/whats-up-with-this-new-york-talk/ I'm in the midst of a move and have been a bit too busy to post here, but hopefully this information will make up for that absence. If you're familiar with BYU's Writing for Young Readers conference---especially if you've been looking for information on the 2010 conference and have been ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2010/02/19/writing-for-young-readers-conference/ I now have a couple panels on Friday, so if you don't make it there today, there's still Friday and Saturday. I'm not even going to format this--I have to run out the door to BYU. Thursday 1:00 PM - Defining Children’s Literature: What are a children’s book, a middle grade reader, a ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2010/02/11/updated-ltue-schedule/ My local library's anime selection is pretty dismal. This makes me sad, because their movie selection in other genres is really quite good (especially British movies and TV shows). They suggested that I fill out a suggestion form for anime series that are must-haves. I have several ideas from my last ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2010/01/25/anime-again-current-touchstones/ There's a great little science fiction/fantasy convention (well, they call it a "symposium") at BYU every year in February called Life, the Universe, and Everything. I've been going as a panelist for several years (I was an editor guest of honor a while back, too), and I highly recommend it ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2010/01/22/my-ltue-schedule/ Since we talked about anime a few months back, I've been watching a few more that I'd recommend. I'm only a bit into most of the first few---I'm watching several at a time through Netflix, so I'm staggering the discs. SPOILER WARNING: I'm linking to the Wikipedia articles about these anime ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2010/01/17/adding-these-to-the-list-of-anime/ I've been trying to figure out something this week and I wonder if people can help me. Every year, we hear about the winners of the Kirkus Book Video Awards. The winners are always posted on B&N.com, too. The strange thing about it is that because it's sponsored by Random ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2010/01/10/book-trailers-and-awards/ I've been a bit busy with the day job (we've been trying to get 7 books out before leaving for Christmas break---we all get the week between Christmas and New Year's off---and it's been a scramble) and finishing up the very last of the critiques (I have a small handful ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2009/12/22/dragon-books/ I just woke up to see that our Kickstarter has been fully funded with 11 hours to go. You guys, I'm speechless. I went to bed knowing we had $2000 left to go, and wondering if we'd make it. Wow. So, a big thank you to everyone who made this happen: ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2009/12/13/kickstarter-funded-thank-you/ Cross-posted from Tu Publishing: A big thanks to Alana Joli Abbott, who arranged the online auction to benefit our Kickstarter campaign, and to everyone who donated something or who bid on the items in the auction. Now that the auction is over, we're still heading toward the home stretch in our Kickstarter ... http://www.stacylwhitman.com/2009/12/11/58-hours-to-go/