A hearty thank you to the judges and congratulations to all the authors and illustrators with a book on the 2006 Cybils short lists. Read Cynsations interviews with finalists Matthew Holm, Cynthia Kadohata, Nancy Werlin, Melanie Watt, Lola M. Schaefer, and Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long.

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Future Tense: a look at career and reading by David Lubar. Thanks, David, for all of your enthusiasm! Read a Cynsations interview with David.

PlanetEsme Picks: A 2006 Index from Esme Raji Codell at the The PlanetEsme Plan. Read a Cynsations interview with Esme.

Thanks to Gina Ritter for passing on my recommended school visits and promotion links for writers. Thanks also to LJ subscribers shellybecker, tamarak, d_michiko_f, lizgallagher, lstolarz, thunderchiken, jbknowles, juliadurango, and slayground for cheering my second YA gothic fantasy sale to Candlewick.