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.
[ UPDATE: I’ve started posting about the process of working with Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. ] I have been dying to share this ever since I first received the offer but now that the contracts are all negotiated and signed, it’s OFFICIAL: I am (so very very) pleased . . .
Anyone else feeling like this? I did buy the e-book versions from Pottermore, which gives me some comfort. But it’s just not the same as knowing there’s no new Harry Potter books to anticipate. Sigh. I’ve started posting comics from my Inkygirl archives on Tumblr, by the way, as well as Pinterest.
If you’re looking for a fun board game to try with a group of writers (all levels of experience), I recommend CYRANO. When I introduced this to our local gaming group, people were skeptical and hesitant (“I can’t write poetry!”). By the end of the game, however, most of the participants . . .
In addition to writing contemporary, edgy YA novels, Jackie Garlick-Pynaert is the coordinator of the SCBWI CE Niagara Falls Writers’ Retreat and Conference. You can find out more about Jackie in her blog, Blah Blah Blaah Blogger: A Blog About Life, Writing, and the Perils Of Life On Writing. How did you get involved . . .
See Cory Doctorow’s post about this Narnia-themed kid’s playroom on BoingBoing. Love this.
It’s National Library Week! You can find out more info about National Library Week at AtYourLibrary.org. Librarians should visit the National Library Week event page on the ALA (American Library Association) site.
It’s National Library Week! You can find out more info about National Library Week at AtYourLibrary.org. Librarians should visit the National Library Week event page on the ALA (American Library Association) site.
Posted a cartoon caption challenge over on Writer Unboxed: The Easter Bunny and The Editor.
Photo: Craig Jaffurs Book Giveaway: Post a comment below to be entered in a prize draw for a copy of Lee’s 101 Ways To Bug Your Friends and Enemies and a buggy doodle from Debbie. Way back when I started pursuing getting my novels published, Lee Wardlaw offered to read what I had written . . .
Above photo courtesy author Linda Granfield. Thanks to writer and librarian Nancy Runstedler for organizing the Toronto PIF (Pay It Forward): Sharing The Books event at Union Station yesterday. Similar events took place around the world at 4 pm including Thailand, England, Germany, Wales, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Scotland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Serbia, Australia, . . .