Interviews, news, and Tu’s new submission guidelines

| March 17, 2010

Link roundup from the coverage that Tu Books has been getting on the web, including interviews of me and coverage in Publisher’s Weekly: ETA: Opening New Doors (PW) Lee & Low Gets New Imprint Interview at The Enchanted Inkpot (also be sure to catch their discussion of diversity in fantasy, if you haven’t seen it [...]

What’s up with this New York talk?

| March 9, 2010

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 City. For more on what’s [...]

Kickstarter funded! Thank you!

| December 13, 2009

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: All the people who [...]

58 hours to go!

| December 11, 2009

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 campaign. As of [...]

Tu Publishing in the news, last day of auction

| December 8, 2009

Cross-posted from the Tu Publishing website: We’ve gotten a little press lately: the Galesburg, IL, Register-Mail and the Galva, IL, Galva News recently ran stories on us. Stacy Whitman, our editorial director, grew up in Galva, so the stories are local interest–focused. Excerpt: Galva native Stacy Whitman is starting a small press in Orem, Utah, [...]

Kickstart Tu with holiday gift-giving

| December 1, 2009

I came down with bronchitis over the weekend (even had to go the hospital—yikes!) and haven’t been able to post the way I intended to. Now that I’m home, I am still recovering, but wanted to remind everyone that we’ve only got about 2 weeks left on our Kickstarter campaign. If you’ve been thinking about [...]

Reading beyond reality: interview with Cindy Pon at Tu Publishing

| October 26, 2009

In continued celebration of the theme of Teen Read Week, even if the week itself is over, I interviewed author Cindy Pon about her new book, Silver Phoenix, and about reading beyond reality. Okay, sure, it was because our schedules didn’t meet up for getting the interview up during Teen Read Week, but I think [...]

Tu Publishing update, anthology contest

| October 9, 2009

And also, a big thanks to those who have pledged to Tu Publishing this week. We’re getting closer to our goal. Once I catch up on critiques, my next project will be to add more content to the Tu site and make it more than a relatively static website. We’re planning an anthology contest, rules [...]

Tidbits–Tu Publishing, book club, critiques update

| September 22, 2009

We’re up to almost $1000 on the Kickstarter project for Tu Publishing. Thanks so much to everyone for pledging, and please feel free to share the link with anyone who you think might be interested, even if they can only spare $5. We’re starting this through Kickstarter because it’s secure, run by a third party, [...]

Updated video–please respond to that for the video challenge

| September 16, 2009

On Tuesday, I challenged everyone (teens, especially) to respond to my video with videos of their own talking about their experiences with reading and multicultural literature. Since then, I’ve figured out how to not squish my lovely friend Christine, who answered several questions for me, and was able to add music as well. (I really [...]