Posts in publishing

I wouldn’t really describe myself as an optimist, but I’m not pessimist, either. Tonight I was on a nostalgia trip, and TCM obliged me with[…]

I was at an SCBWI conference a couple weeks ago at which they had a panel of newly published authors do a panel chat about[…]

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[…]

It’s been quite a day for publishing, hasn’t it? If you haven’t seen the news about all the restructurings, layoffs, publishers walking off the job,[…]

I’m off to an SCBWI reception in Salt Lake City tonight, so if any of you will be there, look me up!

From time to time on this blog, we’ve discussed self-publishing, and from those posts you would probably know that in general I’m against it, if you’re looking[…]

I’ve had conversations with a few friends outside the publishing industry lately who tell me that they think self publishing is the way to go[…]

I think it appropriate that the book I will review today will be Jane  Yolen’s Take Joy, due to all the joy I’ve been taking[…]

Cheryl Klein from Scholastic just posted some really good advice on how to become a book editor. The only thing I’d add to the internship[…]

Ala alg’s post about getting a job in publishing. When I tell people that I edit children’s books, their first answer is, “Oooh, how fun!”[…]