Interview is up!
Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s interview of me is up on her blog today.
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Uglies/Pretties
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. …
How quickly it changes
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 …
Upcoming interview
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!
Telling a whodoneit
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 …
Much as I love Google
It’s not helping me right now. Rather, there’s just so much to wade through, and I don’t think I’m using the right search terms. I’m trying to get a sense of what children’s and young adult books have been optioned …
Pedometer fun
Our parent company just started this health incentive program that as employees exercise and use this web-based program to keep track of it, we earn points that we can earn prizes with. Part of the program is a thing called …
Phew, my kitchen stinks
The consequence for getting so into what I’m doing that I work long hours: I haven’t done my dishes in several days, and something in there stinks. Which attracts the cats, of course.
Busy day
It’s funny how when you finish a project and decide the next day you’ll catch up on all those things you’ve put off, the pace actually quickens rather than slackens. I’ve spent the last two days working longer than I …