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By Lara Herrington Watson
@lashwatson
As I finished writing my second YA novel, I worried that my writing was getting stagnant.
What if I was learning bad habits that I would repeat through all of my future novels?
In order to glean some knowledge about my writing,
Shari Schwarz is the first-time author of Treasure at Lure Lake
(Cedar Fort, 2016). From the promotional copy:
An epic adventure—that’s all Bryce wants this summer.
So when he stumbles upon a treasure map connected to an old family secret,
Continue Reading New Voice: Shari Schwarz on Treasure at Lure Lake »
From Macmillan
Obituary: James Cross Giblin by Shannon Maughan from Publishers Weekly. Peek: “Publisher, editor, and award-winning children’s book author James Cross Giblin died on Sunday, April 10, following a long illness.”
James Cross Giblin, 82, Wide-Ranging Author of Books for Children, Dies by Margalit Fox from The New York Times.
Welcome to Cynsations! What was your initial inspiration for writing Calling All Cars (Sourcebooks, 2016)?
I wrote this book for my first son, Owen, who was obsessed (and that’s putting it mildly) with his Matchbox cars. He had about 75 of them, and by age 3,
Continue Reading Author Interview: Sue Fliess on Calling All Cars »
Congratulations to Marilyn Nelson, winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize (young adult) for My Seneca Village (namelos). From the promotional copy:
Quiet for more than 135 years, the voices of Seneca Village are rising again. Angela Riddles ponders being free-but-not-free.
By Cynsations Readers
Over the past couple of weeks, children’s-YA author Cynthia Leitich Smith put out a call for questions from readers on Cynsations and Twitter. Here are those she elected to tackle and her responses. A few questions were condensed for space and/or clarity.
See also a previous Cynsations reader-interview post from November 2010.
Continue Reading Cynsations Readers Interview Cynthia Leitich Smith »
From Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s
Cynsations
From Book View Now: “Host Rich Fahle talks with children’s authors Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee about their book, Maybe A Fox (Atheneum, 2016) at the 2016 L.A. Times Festival of Books.
Continue Reading Video: Kathi Appelt & Alison McGhee on Maybe A Fox »
Melanie Conklin is the first-time author of
Counting Thyme (Putnam, 2016). From the promotional copy:
When eleven-year-old Thyme Owen’s little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York,
Continue Reading New Voice: Melanie Conklin on Counting Thyme »
By Emma Dryden
An Editor Tries on Her Writer Hat
I’ve been a children’s book editor for over thirty years. Editing’s in my blood. Little else brings me as much joy or satisfaction as coaxing, guiding, and encouraging authors and illustrators to dig deeply and express their truest passions and richest stories.
Continue Reading Guest Post & Giveaway: Emma Dryden on Putting the Internal Editor in a Time-Out »
Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Gareth Hinds by Jules from Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Peek: “…you realize what you wrote is awful and you have to fix it — and that can be quite difficult and time-consuming and is something that continues to give me a hard time.
