From Jacqueline Houtman,
author of The Reinvention of Edison Thomas (Front Street, 2010)
Artists, authors, business owners…
Please consider donating an item or service to sell in an auction to benefit Bridget Zinn [see right, click for blog] and Barrett Dowell.
Bridget is a 32-year-old YA writer and librarian who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in March.
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Learn about Lyn Miller-Lachmann, author and the editor-in-chief of MultiCultural Review.
How did you come to devote your professional life to literature for young readers?
I attended graduate school in the late 1970s to become an academic historian, but I quickly realized I didn’t enjoy academic writing, and I spent more time in the library talking to friends than conducting research.
Continue Reading Editor Interview: Lyn Miller-Lachmann on MultiCultural Review »
Learn about Mahtab Narsimhan, and read her blog.
How do you psyche yourself up to write and to keep writing?
I set a reward before I start writing and will allow myself that reward only if I finish the quota for the day.
Normally that entails surfing the Net or writing a nice long e-mail to a friend;
WBBT: Writing the True with Cynthia Leitich Smith: an interview by Vivian at HipWriterMama. Note: Check out my deep thoughts on my publishing background, writing across formats, Native youth literature, writing cross-culturally, girl power & Gothics, true love, and a myriad of other topics.
Peek: “I’m always vaguely flabbergasted by folks who begin as fantasists because the burden is so much higher.
Aaron Reynolds is a human, not a bug, but he often writes about bugs. He is the author of: Chicks and Salsa, illustrated by Paulette Bogan (2005); Superhero School, illustrated by Randy Rash (2009); Buffalo Wings, illustrated by Paulette Bogan (2007)(all Bloomsbury); and,
Sanguine (AKA Tantalize) is now available from Editions Intervista.
Learn more about Debby Dahl Edwardson.
What do you love most about your creative life? Why?
What I love most about writing is that wonderful alchemy that turns words on a page into complete worlds, places that become so real we can smell the trees and hear the voices.
I especially like it when a character jumps right off the page and says or does something that takes me,
Continue Reading Craft, Career & Cheer: Debby Dahl Edwardson »
2009 Winter Blog Blast Tour Schedule from Chasing Ray. Note: post will be updated daily with direct links and quotes from the interviews.
Look for an interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith at Hip Writer Mama on Wednesday.
Cynsational Notes
Photo from public-domain-photos.com; author: Magnus Rosendahl.
Continue Reading See Chasing Ray for 2009 Winter Blog Blast Tour Schedule »
The demographics in America have changed, especially in my corner of the world. Atlanta now hosts one of the largest refugee populations in the nation, and I love it. I am surrounded daily by different languages, foods, and customs. Of course, one of the most prevalent languages in my area is Spanish.
Continue Reading Guest Post: Elizabeth O. Dulemba on Writing Bilingual Books »
Enter to win a copy of The Twelve Days of Christmas in Texas by Janie Bynum (Sterling, 2009)! From the promotional copy:
Welcome to the 12 days of Christmas in Texas! Ready to greet you are 9 leapin’ lizards, 8 grazin’ longhorns, 7 bass a-swimmin’, 6 flags a-flyin’… and much more from the Lone Star State.
