Cynthia & P.J. at Texas Book Festival
By P.J. Hoover
Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life (Starscape/Macmillan, 2014) is my fifth novel, but given how long the publication road has been, it’s possibly the one I am the most excited about.
Tut follows the adventures of an immortal King Tut who is stuck at the age of thirteen and has to repeat eighth grade over and over again (talk about perpetual puberty!).
Continue Reading Guest Post: P.J. Hoover on Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life »
From the Writers’ League of Texas: “The 2013/2014 Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards, awarded in 2014 and recognizing outstanding books published in 2013, honor Texas authors across five categories with three distinctions: Winner, Finalist, and Discovery Prize Winner, all of whom will be celebrated at the WLT booth at the Texas Book Festival in October.”
T.A. Barron grew up in Colorado ranch country and traveled widely as a Rhodes Scholar. He is the winner of the 2011 de Grummond Medallion for “lifetime contribution to the field of children’s and young adult literature” and many other awards.
T. A. Barron is the author of more than 25 highly acclaimed books,
Continue Reading Author Interview & Giveaway: T.A. Barron on Writing & the Atlantis Saga »
Joshua David Bellin is the first time author of Survival Colony 9 (McElderry, 2014). From the promotional copy:
In a future world of dust and ruin, fourteen-year-old Querry Genn struggles to recover the lost memory that might save the human race.
Continue Reading New Voice: Joshua David Bellin on Survival Colony 9 »
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Author Lindsey Lane launched her debut novel Evidence of Things Not Seen (FGS, 2014) last weekend at BookPeople.
Group hug — Lindsey with Gene Brenek & Carmen Oliver.
Debbie Gonzales & Shana Burg chat at the refreshments table. Continue Reading Event Report: Lindsey Lane & Evidence of Things Not Seen »
Compiled by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Promote Your Novel With a Two-Minute Version of the Story by Brian Yansky from Brian’s Blog: Writer Talk. Peek: “It’s easy to do. It’s kind of fun. It’s basically free.”
Drowning in the Well by Laura Ruby from The Storyteller’s Inkpot.
When I tell strangers I’m a children’s book author, the first thing they often want to know is whether I am published.
The second thing they want to know is who is my illustrator? Where did I find someone to illustrate my books? How does that whole thing work?
By Irene Latham
When I sold my first novel for children, I was advised to commit myself fully–to set aside my fledgling poetry for adults writing, and focus 100% on fiction writing.
Since I’d previously published only one volume of poems – with a small press – I could see the wisdom in the advice.
Continue Reading Guest Post: Irene Latham on Author Infidelity: When One Genre Isn’t Enough »
By Mari Mancusi
Ten years ago, when I began my publishing journey, I was under the assumption that if you wrote it (and it was good) it would sell.
Sell to a New York publisher.
Be stocked at Barnes and Noble and (sniff!) Borders.
Be discovered by readers.
I am very opinionated, as a reader, a writer, writing teacher and coach.
I am also righteous, and stubborn about my opinions to the point of intolerance.
This attitude is what made me write Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don’t.),
