It can be freeing to still be in your pajamas at 1 pm, trapped by a cat even though you meant to go take a shower more than an hour ago. Or it can be a little bit scary, wondering if you will be able to make the mortgage next month and sitting here fretting … Read more
It’s been a while! I’m in the middle of changing a few things around here, including updating my bio, my editorial services, links, and more. If you’re wondering about editorial services and my page isn’t updated yet, please use the Contact Me form… if it’s there yet. Like I said, it’s a work in progress, … Read more
The more I dig into this particular generation of my family–the immigrants I’d been chasing for decades to figure out where they’d come from in East Prussia–the more I’m confused. This has been a nearly 30-year research journey, so join me on a story. Here’s what I know: Henry and Bertha Whitman are the immigrant … Read more
Today is #DVpit on Twitter, which is an event in which writers post pitches for their books on the hashtag and agents who like those pitches and are requesting submissions favorite the pitches as a way to say “send that to me!” and editors who like something either retweet it to say “I like this! … Read more
This post was originally posted on the Lee & Low blog. I’ve long been a fan of mysteries. Trixie Belden was my BFF as a third and fourth grader. Nancy Drew was another favorite. Veronica Mars updated the teen sleuth idea, bringing the storytelling form to a new generation. When I got the chance … Read more
In case you missed it, I’m open again for submissions to the New Visions Award. Details can be found on this blog post. This is the first year we’re taking only electronic submissions. You can submit via our Submittable site. There is no charge for any of our submissions, including the New Visions Award. Please … Read more
Inspired by my recent marathoning of season 1 of Hawaii Five-O, in which the characters handed over a medium-sized backpack supposedly full of $10 million, I had to wonder if that was physically possible. Ten million dollars seemed a bit far-fetched to fit into just one backpack, even if it is in $100 bills. So … Read more
Over the weekend, a discussion of diversity in SFF magazines has been brewing in SFF circles. I don’t read many SFF magazines, so I hadn’t been aware of the discussions until Janni Lee Simner pointed someone in the discussion to Tu as an answer for finding diversity in genre. So I won’t address the specifics … Read more
Just in case you haven’t been paying attention in every other social media stream, Tu’s fall 2013 books are OUT in the WILD, just in time for Halloween! For anyone with a young reader in your life, be sure to check out The Monster in the Mudball by S.P. Gates—the perfect read for your third … Read more
From Kirkus Reviews: This near future dystopia starring an Apache female superhero has the soul of a graphic novel, if not the art. Like her famous Chiracahua ancestor, Lozen too is a warrior, but unlike her namesake, it’s by coercion. Her masters are four semihuman rulers of Haven, a walled fortress in what was once … Read more
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