Opening the slush can be dangerous
Man, that was one heck of a papercut. Right on the pad of my index finger, too.
Author: Stacy
Stacy Whitman is the publisher of Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books. She specializes in fantasy, mystery, and science fiction for children and young adults.
International Reading Association
If you’re going to be in Atlanta for the International Reading Association conference, be sure to stop by the Mirrorstone booth, #721. Lots to see and authors Candice Ransom and D.L. Garfinkle will be signing in the booth. Also, each …
Shared-world fiction has a lot in common with the small screen
I’ve said I’d write about this for a while and I’ve never quite found the time. I still don’t have a lot of time, but I needed blog fodder and this is a long-standing question. Also, I think that even …
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Writing Excuses: Submitting to Editors
Want to know more about submitting to editors? Check out the conversation over at Writing Excuses this week and next.
Whoa.
Whoa. Whoa… Just watched the first episode of Dr. Who season 4. Whoa. Yeah. It’s that good. I think you should start watching Dr. Who if you haven’t yet. This might be the best show on TV right now. Also, …
Via PW: The power of a good book
“From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: After reading Forged by Fire, Sharon Draper’s novel about sexual abuse, a seventh-grade girl reported her phys-ed teacher, who has just pled guilty to molesting the girl and her three sisters.”
IRA and travel by air
Perhaps I’m a little late to the discussion of this, as I haven’t had time to keep up on people’s blogs lately, but did you hear about this? After May 1, half the airlines I know of are going to start charging …
It’s torture-the-kitty night!
I think the LOLcat caption of this one should be “Noa’s Ark kitteh not ready to sale” or something. The intent was to do a Noah’s Ark animals-as-sailors thing, as I had some sailor capes and some animal heads, and …
Next week starring me!
There’s a new Writing Excuses podcast up today, as there is every week. They’ve had some good conversations and I think this is turning out to be a good resource for writers. So if you haven’t stopped by, try it …