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My friend* is currently traveling in India visiting another friend. He’s been to Laos several times (where he speaks the language, hence the Lao on[…]
More Teen Literature Day
If you haven’t seen today’s PW Children’s Bookshelf, go take a look at more coverage of Operation Teen Book Drop. (Scroll down to “In Brief.”)
The reason we have copyeditors and proofreaders
This week I’ve been up to my ears in the duties that most people outside of the writing/publishing world think that an editor spends all her time[…]
Where does that manuscript go?
One link I forgot about earlier today: Editorial Anonymous has a great post today on the heroic journey of the requested manuscript. As I’ve just […]
Operation Teen Book Drop and links
I’m on the mend, health-wise, I think. I still have a horrendous cough and practically no appetite, but at least the chills are gone. I[…]
A small matter of some very large tape
I’m opening mail right now, and paused for this public service announcement. If you, like my cousin Cindy wrapping a Christmas present, feel like you[…]
BYU Writing for Young Readers
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m going to be at BYU’s Writing for Young Readers conference June 16-20. Their website is now live, so if you’re interested[…]
I wish I had a good April Fool’s joke for you
But you’ll just have to settle for a straightforward entry from me today. Here’s something for the “did you know?” column. One of the things an editor[…]
Back from World Horror (don’t say that with a Utah accent)
Just a quick post to say I had a great time at World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City. It was really a whirlwind! I[…]