Stacy

I decided to get a MySpace account, mainly because that’s where many tech-savvy teens hang out and if I want them to know about our books, that’s a good place to be. We’ve also opened a Mirrorstone profile, but it’s still not updated beyond the very basic of basic profiles yet. July has been crazy … Read more

Yay! I just discovered there’s a senior corps in Seattle. If anyone doesn’t know what I’m talking about, see www.dci.org. This would be great for me–to hang out with local people who also love corps, to get to be involved with local music (may not be great, but at least we’re playing, right?), perform a … Read more

Thanks to a link from Cynthia Leitich Smith, I’ve just discovered the website of Cheryl Klein, an editor for Arthur A. Levine books at Scholastic. She’s got some great content on there, and I really like her article on plot (especially the ideas of first and second drafts focusing on different things), and especially the … Read more

Wow, what a great dream I had this morning right before waking up. I finished Specials late last night, and apparently all night I dreamed I was a Special. Flying on a hoverboard over the city, going into a house to find a clue left by someone earlier, and being ambushed by somebody. It was … Read more

Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s interview of me is up on her blog today.

I’ve really admired Scott Westerfeld‘s work since I discovered the first Midnighters book as a bookseller my last semester of grad school in Boston. I’ve been hearing great things about Uglies, but just never had the time to read it. Finally requested it from the library a few weeks ago, which forced me to make … Read more

Last week, I had a nice week of leisurely going through my slush, requesting full manuscripts from some authors, reading said manuscripts, meaning to reorganize my files (but not really), getting some authors started on projects for me, and so forth. In other words, all the things I’ve meant to do, but haven’t had time … Read more

I was just interviewed by Cynthia Leitich Smith for her Cynsations blog. She’s very nice and I had a great time. Watch for it!

posted a great visual explanation of how to use a circle to plot. She talks about how in crime fiction, you have two stories going on at once, really–the detective solving the crime, and the story of how the crime happened. To illustrate it to students, she explains: Draw a circle open at the top. … Read more

I get Friday afternoons off now due to new core hours at work. I was going to go for a bike ride, but it was rainy and oppressive outside, so I was going to work out in the gym, but then I remembered a coworker was having a going-away lunch, so I had to go … Read more