If you’re my friend on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter, you will know that I’ve revealed the big secret I’ve been keeping: That I’m starting a small press with a friend. I don’t feel ready to give many details about it yet because I’m still working on the website and a variety of details … Read more
Well, now that I’ve gotten my camera back up (I killed the battery Saturday, forgetting to upload the pictures while it was still hooked up for hours, and now I’ve finally gotten back to it), I will share with you some of the fun things that happened at the Provo Book Festival. I was really impressed. This was the first time I’ve been to it, though I’ve heard good things about it for a few years, and I must say, it was really cool to see how the kids who came were so excited to get involved with books, to see their favorite authors speak, and to be able to get books signed by them. There had to have been twenty or so local authors involved, and several illustrators as well.
3/21/2012, ETA: Because this post has been linked a lot over the course of the last several months, I just wanted to point out that this was posted when I was in the process of starting the small press that became Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, where we publish middle grade … Read more
I don’t have a date pinned down yet, but I’m planning to do another community seminar in early June: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction for Children and Young Adults. Writing fantasy and SF for children and YA is different than writing it for adults because of that added children’s/YA component: it’s a whole different … Read more
My desk is still groaning under the workload that I’m catching up on (finishing up another manuscript right now, about to send out the editorial letter, then on to more!), so I haven’t had much time to do much else. Hence the reason I haven’t posted in almost a week–not much to report. I’ll have … Read more
I had a really great time meeting somewhere in the neighborhood of 23 local writers on Saturday at the Provo Library. We talked about writing science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults, and in that context we talked about hooking agents and editors and young readers themselves with killer first chapters and beyond. … Read more
Childlit blogger Cheryl Klein is the editor of the translated novel which I will be seeking out tomorrow because I must read it. Having seen the anime of Moribito: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit–which I now find out has been cancelled on Cartoon Network :(–now I must read the equivalent in print. Like Twelve Kingdoms, … Read more
[ljuser]Susanwrites[/ljuser] is looking for suggestions for two booklists: one for memorable mothers in children’s lit, and one for memorable fathers. You all have been really helpful with my previous attempts at booklists, so go to it! 🙂
It’s rather last-minute notice, but if you’re going to be in Utah Valley tomorrow, consider stopping by the Utah Valley University campus and coming to my panel for the the Association of Mormon Letters conference. Here’s the details: YA Literature and Mormon Literature UVU Library 2:30 p.m., Feb. 28th I’ll be the moderator, and several … Read more
I’m not done with the science fiction list yet–I’m afraid I’ve been sidetracked by actual work, which is a good thing!–but Quimby over at Feminist Mormon Housewives has a particular question which I thought we could help out with. She asks: I have this kind of wonky idea that I’d like to introduce my children … Read more
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