Author Kittens and Dawgs from Maryrose Wood, author of Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love (Delacorte, 2006)(excerpt). From there, go visit my kittens, Bashi and Boo, and check out their picks in Kit Lit.
Hamline University seeks assistant professor of creative writing.
Spacer and Rat by Margaret Bechard (Roaring Brook 2005). Jack has lived his entire life at Freedom Station, a supply outpost run by the Company for those en route to the asteroid belt. His life is under control, and he has booked passage to finally meet relatives at the even more remote Liberty Station.
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From SmartWriters.com:
The 2006 Write It Now! Competition is open for entries!
Competition. There’s $1,495.80 in cash and prizes up for grabs. Entry fee: $15 first entry, $10 addtional entries; entry deadline: March 15, 2006. Enter online and polish your entry right up until we lock them down for judging! Go to right now and reserve your spot.
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A hearty thanks and cheers to fellow book affectionado and Buffy fan Liz B at A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy for her kind words about the recent redesign of my website by Lisa Firke of Hit Those Keys (web designer interview); see Liz’s Feb. 3 post. Other Cynsational readers who posted announcements are encouraged to write me with the URL so I can check it out.
Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos (Atheneum, 2006)(excerpt). Nadira, 14, has always been the plump one, the less-bright one, the dim light behind the shining star of her older sister Aisha, 18. After September 11, their family of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh seeks asylum in Canada. They are turned away at the border,
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Free Baseball by Sue Corbett (Dutton, 2006). Felix loves baseball and longs for the day when his father, who’s a baseball star in Cuba, will join him and his mother in Florida. When a team with a couple of players who might be Cuban comes to town, Felix takes advantage of being mistaken for the bat boy to stow away in the team bus.
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Cynsations LJ subscribers, my apologies for the odd coding issue that affected the LJ posting of Lisa Firke’s wonderful interview on her redesign of my site at www.cynthialeitichsmith.com.
Please do surf over to Blogger directly to read it at: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/
Thank you!
It is my pleasure to announce the redesign and relaunch of my award-winning website, www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, and an interview with the design guru behind it, Lisa Firke of Hit Those Keys.
I would like to invite Cynsational readers to surf by and check out the redesign. [If you don’t see a major difference from original yellow design,
Boundless Sky: Kites and Kite-Flying in Children’s Books by Aline Pereira from Papertigers.
Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith, read by Jenna Lamia (Listening Library, 2001)(scroll for review) will soon be available to itunes fans.
Cyn Smith Totally Rocks! from Walter M.
Nominees for the 2006 Edgar Awards, given by the Mystery Writers of America, have been announced.
Young Adult: Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams (HarperCollins-Laura Geringer Books); Last Shot by John Feinstein (Knopf); Quid Pro Quo by Vicki Grant (Orca); Young Bond,
