Let’s play the Glad Game
I wouldn’t really describe myself as an optimist, but I’m not pessimist, either. Tonight I was on a nostalgia trip, and TCM obliged me with both The Parent Trap and Pollyanna. And I think that we can all learn something …
Category: publishing
Let’s talk about marketing your book online
I was at an SCBWI conference a couple weeks ago at which they had a panel of newly published authors do a panel chat about how they got published, and the subject came up of websites and blogs. This is …
Tildrum wants *you*
To tell me about your favorite children’s book/publishing related websites. I so seldom actually look at my own front page that it took me until today to realize that not only did I have out of date links on the …
Wow. Just, wow.
It’s been quite a day for publishing, hasn’t it? If you haven’t seen the news about all the restructurings, layoffs, publishers walking off the job, and just general malaise, I figured I’d put together a Bad News Bears list for …
SCBWI reception
I’m off to an SCBWI reception in Salt Lake City tonight, so if any of you will be there, look me up!
Guest interview: Sandra Tayler on self-publishing
From time to time on this blog, we’ve discussed self-publishing, and from those posts you would probably know that in general I’m against it, if you’re looking to make a living as a writer. The Eragons are far outweighed by the thousands …
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On self publishing vs. trade publishing
I’ve had conversations with a few friends outside the publishing industry lately who tell me that they think self publishing is the way to go for their fiction. They’ve got a lot of reasons for it, but the one that …
FAQ: Take Joy, a review (sort of)
I think it appropriate that the book I will review today will be Jane Yolen’s Take Joy, due to all the joy I’ve been taking in my new camera over the weekend. I’ve been finding the joy again in my …
How to become a book editor
Cheryl Klein from Scholastic just posted some really good advice on how to become a book editor. The only thing I’d add to the internship advice is that if you need to work your way through school, as I did, …
Getting started as an editor
Ala alg’s post about getting a job in publishing. When I tell people that I edit children’s books, their first answer is, “Oooh, how fun!” My answer is usually something like, “Yes, but it was also a lot of hard …