Stacy

I keep meaning to post two things: the links on the side to all things children’s literature and publishing, and a list of my recommended books. Perhaps I can do the recommended books today, because I have the Word file. I was going to try to figure out how to post just the word file … Read more

Posting frenzy this evening? I suppose. It’s been a while since I posted, and then all of a sudden I’ve got a lot to say. So I watch a lot of TV in the evenings. For one, with being sick so much recently, it’s much easier to watch TV to entertain myself when I can’t … Read more

I just discovered that my friend ‘s archnemesis has an LJ feed. If you pop over to Brandon Sanderson‘s (as he’s known in real life) LJ or to his site and forums, you’ll see that during the recent Hugo Awards, Brandon and John Scalzi were both nominated for the Campbell*. Thus began a playful (yet … Read more

I bought a cake pan this afternoon to replace the one that, sadly, perished with the chocolate chip cake. You know how the labels are usually a piece of card stock adhered to the pan with a piece of rubber cement or whatever that tacky stuff is called? Okay–scenario: I took the piece of paper … Read more

Ever since I was an undergrad, I’ve been working intermittently on a book based on a Scottish fairy tale that I love. Other things are higher priority, and I’ve never really thought I’d get it published except as a “wouldn’t it be cool if someday” thing. Given that my day job involves working on other … Read more

Last night, I was all set to post about how powerful a girl with a drill can be, but then five minutes after taking my DVD player apart and cleaning the lens and getting it running again, it freezes up and refuses to work. I think it’s more to do with the motor than the … Read more

The inestimable Sindri Suncatcher, kender wizard extraordinaire, is the main character of The Wayward Wizard, book 1 in the Suncatcher Trilogy of Dragonlance: The New Adventures. It’s out this month, and you should read it! It does refer a bit to past history in the series, but readers new to the series can also pick … Read more

So sad. I made a chocolate chip cake the other day and took it to work today to share–because I wanted a piece (or two or three), not the whole cake. I put what was left of it, about 3/4 of the cake, in the back of the car (back seat, but the seat is … Read more

Linked from my friend Erin Annie, an article about the writing life that really describes me to a T–and probably most literary-inclined people I know. That article is so me. To the point. I even majored in animal science, pre-vet, my first year of college, intending to become an equine veterinarian, when I always got … Read more

Publisher’s Weekly has a great article today on the occupational hazards of working in children’s books. Check it out–very funny, and very telling. For example, Beverly Horowitz, of Bantam Delacorte Dell Books for Young Readers: My mother was close with her brother. He’d been seriously ill and finally died. Everyone from our family, of course, … Read more