Stacy

Hope your day is full of happiness, !

Passing this on from . If you’re in grades 4-12, consider writing a letter to your favorite author, living or dead, about how their book changed your way of thinking about the world or themselves. According to The Center for the Book site, the book can be fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic. There are … Read more

I’ve been meaning to show off my irresistable kittens (well, at 9 months and a year old, they’re really just barely full-grown cats, I suppose), but I didn’t know how to embed a picture. But now I know–yay! So, if you’re kitty-inclined, I introduce to you Mogget and Tildrum Mogget’s the laid-back yet ever-demanding type–he … Read more

I’ve been quiet lately because I’ve been catching up. Between all the traveling in July and getting yet another sinus infection these last couple weeks, it feels like my overstuffed head can’t wrap around all I need to catch up on. But several things have been checked off the list in the last few weeks, … Read more

It’s not publishing related, but I couldn’t resist posting this: I turned the oven on 450 to preheat for my supper. Suddenly, smoke is coming out of the oven vent. Huh? What could be burning in an empty oven? I open it up, and there’s a dozen oatmeal cookies. Oatmeal cookies I made about five … Read more

Yesterday was about the quietest birthday I think I’ve had in a while. Worked all day, went out for Thai with a friend, and then went with some other friends to learn about researching family history (which I love–I’ve been doing it for many years now). Bright spot of the day: my neighbor, who took … Read more

As I think I’ve said before, Harold Underdown’s site The Purple Crayon is a great resource for new and experience writers alike. He’s got everything under one roof, so to speak–both in articles to teach you and in links to lead you where you’re trying to go. I just discovered Wendy McClure’s Let the Mail … Read more

I’m watching this really badly made and acted science fiction movie made in 1930 called Just Imagine. It goes forward 50 years to 1980 in New York, where everyone has a number instead of a name, and in proto-Jetson style, everyone drives airplanes instead of cars (and yes, the noise in the sky is unbearable!). … Read more

Just finished the final edit of the first book of the first series I ever acquired. Yay! Now it’s with the author for her final go-round, then it’s off to the copyeditor, and then it’s off to the proofreader, and then, typesetting! And then sometime late in the fall, we’ll have ARCs to see (Advance … Read more