ALA Midwinter
It occurs to me that some of you publishing-type folks might be out here in Seattle at the end of the month for the ALA Midwinter meeting. Mirrorstone will have a booth, and we’re also planning an author event in …
New friends
I just noticed that a lot of people have recently added me as a friend. Welcome! It makes me want to say something pithy and interesting about children’s literature. But not today. I’ve spent the day catching up on email …
New usericons
I love Avatar: The Last Airbender! Can you tell? I’ve been searching for good ones–by the way, still on the lookout, so could always use more links!–but my favorite has to be this one. I got it from , but …
Ugly Betty
I have a friend who has been raving about this show for a while. I’d watched part of it once, but it was in the middle of the show, in the middle of the season, and it just didn’t make …
Vacation reading
I’ve finally finished Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Tantalize in ARC, which a coworker grabbed for me last summer at ALA. It won’t be out till March, but when it is, you should read it. Contemporary fantasy involving vampires, werewolves, other shapeshifters, …
Sundries
Thanks for all the SF suggestions a few posts back. Now I’m madly scribbling down all the books I should be reading. Someone mentioned Robin Hobb, which reminds me that I have an ARC of Shaman’s Crossing I’ve been meaning …
Another Hallowmere blurb
Shannon Hale, author of Princess Academy, Goose Girl, and many others, says of In the Serpent’s Coils, “A luscious read.” Thanks, Shannon! We’re so glad she enjoyed it, and we hope you do too. Another month until ALA Midwinter–be sure …
Young adult and middle grade science fiction
I’m going to be on a panel in a few months about YA and middle grade SF. The basic premise of this panel, according to the organizers, is that there is barely any YA SF out there. I would beg …
The pain continues
Ooh! Oh! What did I just find? That’s right, a story written by me in the 8th grade that I’d completely forgotten about. I don’t even remember writing it. Whew, what a laugh I’ve been having typing it up. I …
You asked for it
Ohhhh, the paaaaain! At the urging of , I’ll subject you all to some poetry from my high school notebook. *blushes* I’m more inclined to share the essay on Death of a Salesman that my teacher liked so much, but …