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On teen reading habits over at Tu Publishing

Today for Teen Read Week, I interviewed Susan from Color Online about teen reading over at the Tu Publishing website. Check it out!

Tidbits–Tu Publishing, book club, critiques update

We’re up to almost $1000 on the Kickstarter project for Tu Publishing. Thanks so much to everyone for pledging, and please feel free to share[…]

Updated video–please respond to that for the video challenge

On Tuesday, I challenged everyone (teens, especially) to respond to my video with videos of their own talking about their experiences with reading and multicultural[…]

Announcing Tu Publishing, and a video challenge

I’m cross-posting this from the Tu Publishing website, the website of my small press. I promised you the announcement of a project, and I’ve finally[…]

Videos

Twitter seems to be down, which is a disappointment for the random thoughts I generally send into the ether that way instead of blogging them.[…]

Writing Excuses hilarity, conferences and conventions for children’s/YA

Today’s Writing Excuses covers conventions you (writers) should be attending, but they didn’t really have time to cover conventions and conferences specifically geared for children’s[…]

Colbert (once again) pretty much sums up my feelings

With thanks to Justine Larbalestier for the link, here’s Thursday’s Word: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

For scholars and published children’s writers: ICFA

One of my authors (Amie Rose Rotruck, who wrote Bronze Dragon Codex) is also the head of the ICFA children’s literature division. She’s looking for[…]

Have you taken the dare?

Author Cynthea Liu is doing something unique for the launch of her new book: daring others to bid in her online auction, a fundraiser to[…]

More seminars in the works

I’ve been brainstorming topics for seminars that would be useful to you, giving an editor’s perspective on topics specific to writing for children and young[…]