Above: photo with Adrienne Kress at a Torkidlit gathering Many thanks to the mega-talented Adrienne Kress for her lovely post about me in her blog this week, which made me blush. Adrienne’s new YA book comes out from Dutton next year, by the way. Here’s what Publisher’s Weekly said: “Alex and . . .
An online challenge for fellow typography nerds out there. I ended up scoring 94/100. How did you do? Try the test now! (Thanks to Lisa Yee for sharing the link!)
Augh, I admit I’ve been lax on my daily wordcount goals because of more pressing deadlines. BUT NO MORE! I’ve been thinking about signing up for NaNoWriMo but I think I need to be more realistic in my writing goals, especially since I’m away for part of next month (NaNoWriMo . . .
Last night, I got together with some of the other members of the Toronto Middle Grade And YA Authors group at the Bedford Academy to celebrate our 2nd anniversary as a group. I still remember when Claudia Osmond approached each of us in Twitter about getting together in person in Toronto. I . . .
Looking for the perfect gift for a writer friend? Check out The Literary Ladies’ Guide to the Writing Life,by Nava Atlas. I’ve posted a mini-review on the MiG Writers’ blog. Also see Debbie’s Reading Journal as well as Debbie’s Bookstagram.
A bunch of my old Inkygirl posts got trashed when my WordPress blogs were hacked last year, so I’m going to be uploading some of my personal favorites so that they stay accessible in Inkygirl. Here’s my bookcomic review of Sharon Creech‘s UNFINISHED ANGEL: You can find out more about Sharon Creech . . .
I used to hate poetry. I blame scholarly literary dissection and school. My memory (which, I admit, may be tainted by early years of accumulated hatred) is one of many hours of tortuous analysis, taking a few simple lines of text that I kind of thought were cool at first . . .