Over the weekend, I was excited about attending Maureen McGowan‘s book launch for her new YA, DEVIANTS: THE DUST CHRONICLES (Book 1). I met Maureen through the Toronto Middle Grade and Young Adult Author Group, a fun network of kidlit/YA writers who meets monthly. Maureen’s one of my favorite YA authors: she’s so positive, . . .
I have a new survey up: How do you discover new books to read? Three multiple choice questions. The goal of these surveys is to help writers in their craft and business, and results are always posted here on Inkygirl. Also see Debbie’s other Surveys and Polls.
A while back I mentioned that I had volunteered as an extra in NaNoMusical, a 6-part Web series about writer friends participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). In the spirit of Nanowrimo, it was written in a month, shot in a month and edited in a month with no budget. Yay, . . .
A couple of weeks ago I posted a survey (as part of my ongoing series of surveys) about book trailers and whether people thought they worked. I’ve included some data details and a selection of comments at the end of the post, but here’s a summary: 104 people responded. 85% of . . .
I’ve been a fan of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast: A Blog About Books for ages, and was THRILLED to discover from Hazel Mitchell (my Pixel Shavings author/illus friend) that Jules has posted about I’M BORED today. You can read the post here: What I’m Up to at Kirkus This Week, Plus . . .
I’m working very hard on trying to finish my outline for a middle grade novel, and hope to use NaNoWriMo as extra motivation to get the first rough draft finished. BUT I don’t want to start writing the novel before I’m ready so if I fall behind, then I’m not . . .
In a Baltimore Post Examiner article, librarian Meredith Myers says she created literary parody song “The Raven Is Hard To Handle” to honor Edgar Allan Poe as well as promote libraries. Fun video with a great message at the end! You can find out more about Meredith in her website, StandUpLibrarian.com.
I’ve had the Animation Desk app on my iPad ($4.99 in iTunes store right now) for ages but only finally got around to trying it out recently. I created the animation above in about an hour, and that included figuring out how to use the app. I have zero animation experience but . . .
What a wonderful idea. 🙂 You can find more info about Hallows Read on their official website.
A few days ago, I posted a caption challenge on my Facebook wall. Lots of great suggestions, and I ended picking Paul Carroll‘s caption. 🙂