Since I’m short on time, I’ll just point you to a couple other who have already posted about the weekend. Pictures at and . Cheryl has a recipe from another editor that’s to die for. Oh, and an unexpected highlight–I …
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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.
Home from KW, back to work
Oh, what a weekend! I don’t have time this morning to post a full report of all the great people I met and things I learned, but I will say that it was just what I needed. I have a …
Word count bar?
I’ve seen them on writers’ blogs, so I know they exist–those little graphics that you can post that show how far you’ve gotten in the current project? Anyone know where I might find one? I have a project or two …
Flowers for Mitzi
Happy Appreciate a Dragon Day.
Congrats to all the winners
The library awards have been announced.I have a copy of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! on my shelf that I’ve been meaning to get to. Now that it’s won a Newbery, perhaps I should see what the fuss is about! I …
On to the meat farms
I feel like the circumstances of M.T. Anderson’s Feed come closer to possibility every day. Is it just me that’s completely creeped out? I know this could help for transplants and all that. Perhaps I just read too much science fiction.
The rest of Midwinter
It’s been rather a whirlwind weekend. I got to see Candice Ransom several times, at her signings, and dinner, and sat with her listening to several committees discuss outstanding children’s literature. If you haven’t seen her blog yet, it’s a …
day one of ALA Midwinter
The day of travel got off to a rough start with the cab arriving 40 minutes late, which meant that I pretty much missed my flight—or so I thought. Thinking that I would have to take the next flight and …
3-2-1 workshopping
My friend explains today how her writing group has learned to prioritize critiques so that the most important information gets emphasized most to the writer getting critiqued. Check it out: In my writing group, we use the 3-2-1 system for …
Magic in the Mirrorstone at ALA Midwinter this weekend
This weekend I’m off to Philadelphia for ALA Midwinter. I’m on the Publisher’s Liaison Committee for YALSA, so I get to see the inner workings of the committees this year and to go to some booksignings in the Random House …
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