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Debbie’s Blog

Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.


Publishing with Skyscape/Amazon Children’s: An Interview With Leslie Stella, YA author of PERMANENT RECORD

Leslie Stella is the author of three novels of contemporary adult fiction and (launching this week!) her first novel for young adults, Permanent Record, Amazon Children‘s new Skyscape imprint.  Plot summary for Permanent Record: For sixteen-year-old Badi Hessamizadeh, life is a series of public humiliations. After withdrawing from school under mysterious circumstances, Badi enters . . .







Review: GroovBoard – Lap writing desk and stand for the iPad

I had never heard of the Groovboard until Thomas Borowski approached me via Twitter about reviewing his company’s product. I generally don’t do product reviews anymore but when I checked out the GroovBoard website, I was so intrigued that I asked Thomas a few questions and then said I’d be happy to check one out. . . .



In The End, It’s All About Young Readers

The whole I’M BORED adventure has been amazing and continues to be amazing. Whenever things start to settle, something else happens that reminds me all over again to appreciate every moment. I was floored about how it all began, with a rejection and a friend’s encouragement. Then came the Simon & . . .




The Book Mind Of Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)

Above and below: samples of the book-friendly cartoons by Tom Gault, whose YOU’RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK is being published later this year by Drawn & Quarterly. I have to buy this book! See more samples of his comics in BookPatrol as well as Tom’s Tumblr blog.