Cherie Priest posted today about her new release–happy book birthday, ! Her post relates to several things I’ve been hearing lately, so I thought I’d put them all together in one goulash of a post. Laurie Halse Anderson () and other authors are encouraging people to give books for Christmas and other holiday gifts. As … Read more
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 from Pollyanna, learning to look for the things to be glad about when you’re in … Read more
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 something that I’ve heard a lot of people talk about in the children’s book blogosphere, … Read more
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 I so seldom actually look at my own front page that it took me until today to realize that not only did I have out of date links on the sidebar from since I’d left Mirrorstone, but that I’d never really updated them when I … Read more
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 you. What can we all do to make a difference? Well, I’ve heard many people … Read more
I’m off to an SCBWI reception in Salt Lake City tonight, so if any of you will be there, look me up!
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 of books every year that don’t break even, I’ve argued. But I also pointed out … Read more
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 stands out is that they think they can make more money by self-publishing, because writers … Read more
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 photography that I’ve been delaying for so long because film has become such an encumbrance … Read more
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, colleges often have student editorial jobs. At BYU, where I went to school, I was … Read more
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