Just found out about Writer’s Bloq, which describes itself as follows: We are a community for MFA and Undergraduate writing students, professors, and alumni to share work, connect with peers, discover new writing, and uncover literary events. At the moment, there are students, alumni, and professors registered from programs including Austin, . . .
Thanks to Kathy Temean for sharing this Call For Submissions from TU Books and Stacy Whitman. Basically, they’re looking for middle grade and young adult novels from SCBWI members. See Kathy’s blog post for details.
I just posted on the MiG Writers blog about finally getting to meet one of my MiG Writer friends face-to-face for the first time.
As I’ve mentioned before, one of my short stories appears in the just-released YA fiction anthology, TOMO: Friendship Through Fiction (Stone Bridge Press, Mar/2012). Proceeds will benefit teens affected by the 2011 Japan quake/tsunami. I created two book trailers to help promote the anthology. The editor, Holly Thompson, helped me . . .
I had great fun at the monthly Torkidlit (Toronto Area Middle Grade and YA Author Meetup) earlier this week. First-timers included: Julie Miller and Emily Pohl-Weary. Nelsa Roberto brought a copy of her brand new YA book, THE BREAK(Great Plains Publications, 2012): And Jo Karaplis had the coolest t-shirt: And my sister came out . . .
HarperCollins children’s book editor Molly O’Neill and Dystel & Goderich literary agent Michael Bourret are talking online about middle grade books, and the conversation is fascinating as well as informative… Part 1: Everything you ever wanted to know about middle grade…and were willing to ask Part 2: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Middle Grade, . . .
I have been a fan of the iPad since it first came out, and my favorite art app is Autodesk Sketchbook Pro (I’ve just started to learn the desktop version). A while ago, I posted a sketch that I did with the app on my iPad while waiting in an airport. I had noticed a . . .
YAY! My contributor’s copies of TOMO arrived today!! TOMO (which means “friend” in Japanese) features 36 stories for teens by authors and artists around the world. One of these stories is by me: it’s my very first graphic short story, which is sort of a fantasy/romance/horror. Here’s the first page: . . .