A Podcast Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith by Liviania Smith from In Bed with Books II at Internet Voices Radio. See the Aug. 3 interview. Note: it’s a substantial podcast, about 40 minutes long, and, if you’re so inclined you also can listen in on some of our post-question-and-answer chatter.
I had a great deal of fun doing this interview.
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Visit Michael Wright.
Could you tell us about your apprenticeship as a writer and an illustrator? How did you come to each? Where did you study and/or otherwise develop your skills?
I’ve always loved to cartoon, which to me means writing as much as drawing. I just relate to the blend of the two art forms.
I had the pleasure of participating in a “slumber party” during Teen Fest at the Carver Branch of the Austin Public Library this past Saturday. The other featured speakers were fellow Austin YA authors April Lurie (Texas shirt below) and Jennifer Ziegler (Astros shirt below).
The focus was books and writing for teen girls.
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The grand-prize giveaways for August are three autographed copies of My Life as a Rhombus by Varian Johnson (Flux, 2008)! Read a Cynsations interview with Varian.
To enter the giveaway, email me (scroll and click on the envelope) with your name and snail/street mail address by 10 p.m.
Varian Johnson on Varian Johnson: “I was born in the thriving metropolis of Florence, South Carolina; in the late seventies. I had always enjoyed writing, but I gravitated toward math and science in middle and high school.
“While pursuing a B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Oklahoma,
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Please join me in chatting live about Tantalize at The ALAN Book Chat tonight–July 30th at 9 p.m. Eastern, 8 p.m. Central.
I’ll cross fingers and fangs that I “see” you there! Note: You do not have to be a member of ALAN to join the online Book Chat.
Author Interview: Cynthia Leitich Smith from Jaden Nation at the underground[unrest].
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“Monica Roe works as a traveling physical therapist. Originally from the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, she now works here and there around the country.
“She spent last winter in the northwoods of Wisconsin, learning to build wooden furniture and being educated about the finer points of Packers football.
“Last month,
Nominations are now being accepted for the Newton Marasco Foundation’s 2009 Green Earth Book Award!
NMF created the Green Earth Book Award in conjunction with Salisbury University to promote books that inspire children to grow a deeper appreciation, respect, and responsibility for their natural environment.
This is an annual award started in 2005 for books that best raise awareness of the beauty of our natural world and the responsibility that we have to protect it.
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Enter to win one of two autographed copies of The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous by Suzanne Crowley (Greenwillow, 2007)! Note: they also include dragons drawn by Caitlin, the author’s daughter to whom the book is dedicated.
To enter the giveaway, email me (scroll for address) with your name and snail/street mail address by 10 p.m.
From the Class of 2k8: “Liz Gallagher grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and was an English major at Penn State. She worked on the editorial staff of Highlights for Children. She is a graduate of the University of Denver Publishing Institute and the Vermont College MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults.
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