By Traci Sorell
In addition to covering publishing news pertaining to Native creators for Cynsations, I am excited to shine a spotlight on fellow Epic Eighteen authors and illustrators, all of whom have a debut picture book coming out in 2018.
One of the first releases from our group is Snow Sisters! Continue Reading New Voice Interview & Giveaway: Kerri Kokias on Snow Sisters! »
Happy 10th birthday, Sanguini’s!
The Tantalize series features YA Gothic fantasy novels in both prose and graphic formats. These stories, set in the Tantalize-Feral universe, are suspenseful with high action and include romantic elements as well as some humor.
The first novel was released in 2007.
Continue Reading Tantalize-Feral Verse 10-Year Anniversary »
Christina & kiddos
By Erin Petti & Christina Soontornvat
Today Erin and Christina talk about
their new releases and lives as newly published authors.
Then
offer tips as to how to survive and thrive your literary debut experience.
Erin Petti is the first-time author of The Peculiar Haunting of Thelma Bee (Mighty Media,
Donna Janell Bowman is the first-time author of Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness, illustrated by Daniel Minter (Lee & Low, 2016). From the promotional copy:
A Horse that can read, write, and do math?
Enter to win one of two author-signed copies of Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Little Brown, 2016). Obtained from BookPeople. Cynsations sponsored. Eligibility: North America. From the promotional copy:
Thunder Boy Jr.
Continue Reading Giveaway: Signed Copy of Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie & Yuyi Morales »
By Misa Dikengil Lindberg, Alexander O. Smith and Avery Fischer Udagawa
This month, the Asian Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore will feature Cynsations’ own Cynthia Leitich Smith speaking on “The Irresistible Fantastical Supernatural: Writing a World that Beckons.”
Also featured at AFCC 2016 will be Cathy Hirano,
Continue Reading Guest Interview & Giveaway: Translator Cathy Hirano (Pre AFCC 2016 Con) »
Once upon a time, a very long time ago, I discovered A Book of Mermaids by Ruth Manning-Sanders.
During a long, hot summer, I read and re-read the stories until my mother and the public library insisted that I return the book.
I was distraught because no matter how many bookstores I searched,
Continue Reading Guest Post & Giveaway: Melissa Buron on A Book of Mermaids »
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 »
In early 1999, I was a graduate student in the children’s literature program at Simmons College in Boston.
I had a work study job at the Simmons social work school, mailing out applications and entering information into a computer, and that’s where I was on the morning of February 16th—sitting at someone else’s desk,
Check out the book trailer for Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin (Razorbill, 2015, 2016)–now available in paperback. From the promotional copy:
Peter Stone is a quiet boy in a family full of extroverts, musicians, and yellers.
Continue Reading Book Trailer & Giveaway: Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin »
