Booklist update
Let’s take a look at what we have so far for our middle-grade fantasy book list. I’ve actually put it in alphabetical order at this point, so we should be able to see anything left out more easily. Forgive any …
Category: children’s literature
In the middle of the middle–and a question
First the question: Can anyone point me to where to find the middle grade children’s literature listserv, equivalent to Child_Lit but for older books? I can’t seem to either remember the name or to figure out where to sign up. …
More catching up–Writing Excuses
Happy New Year! I’m spending the day doing absolutely nothing. I have so much to do–finish painting one corner of my office so I can reassemble the office and finally unpack all the books, and finally have a working workspace; …
Are there handbaskets in children’s literature?
Today Editorial Anonymous both opened a can of worms and used a tag I only remember seeing on Read Roger, “I’m so going to hell,” which i think is appropriate for the topic of trying to make a list of quintessential …
Braaaains
Totally AWESOME zombie movie on SciFi right now. As I watch them devour braaains on mute, because yeah, gross, and I’m too tired to change the channel, some thoughts on my day. Drove up to Salt Lake with in what …
Tildrum wants *you*
To tell me about your favorite children’s book/publishing related websites. I so seldom actually look at my own front page that it took me until today to realize that not only did I have out of date links on the …
Howl’s Castle and the House of Many Ways
For fans of Howl’s Moving Castle, have you read House of Many Ways yet? It’s the sequel to Howl and I must say a right smashing one. The style is very different–much more sparse than Howl, as I recall, though …
This just in: rubber chicken JUGGLING!
I’m just now going through my photos from Memorial Day weekend, including my Monday morning stroll through Folk Life, a festival they have here in Seattle every Mem. Day weekend. And what do I find? I knew I got shots …
Miscellanea
I’m going in for minor surgery today (don’t worry, it’s really, really minor) and this weekend my roommates and I are doing a yard sale, basically to clean out the basement as one roommate moves out. Why I scheduled these …