Well, whaddaya know?
Yay! I just discovered there’s a senior corps in Seattle. If anyone doesn’t know what I’m talking about, see www.dci.org. This would be great for me–to hang out with local people who also love corps, to get to be involved …
Hoverboarding in my dreams
Wow, what a great dream I had this morning right before waking up. I finished Specials late last night, and apparently all night I dreamed I was a Special. Flying on a hoverboard over the city, going into a house …
Interview is up!
Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s interview of me is up on her blog today.
Uglies/Pretties
I’ve really admired Scott Westerfeld‘s work since I discovered the first Midnighters book as a bookseller my last semester of grad school in Boston. I’ve been hearing great things about Uglies, but just never had the time to read it. …
How quickly it changes
Last week, I had a nice week of leisurely going through my slush, requesting full manuscripts from some authors, reading said manuscripts, meaning to reorganize my files (but not really), getting some authors started on projects for me, and so …
Upcoming interview
I was just interviewed by Cynthia Leitich Smith for her Cynsations blog. She’s very nice and I had a great time. Watch for it!
Telling a whodoneit
posted a great visual explanation of how to use a circle to plot. She talks about how in crime fiction, you have two stories going on at once, really–the detective solving the crime, and the story of how the crime …
Much as I love Google
It’s not helping me right now. Rather, there’s just so much to wade through, and I don’t think I’m using the right search terms. I’m trying to get a sense of what children’s and young adult books have been optioned …