Comic: Bibliophile Bus Stop
Anyone else ever in this situation? Or do you dog-ear pages with abandon?
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.
Anyone else ever in this situation? Or do you dog-ear pages with abandon?
Making Sense of Digital Books for Kids Part 1 – Part 2 – Wired Pop Star Taylor Swift Donates 6,000 Kids Books to PA Reading Public Library –School Library Journal ‘Shine’ Withdrawn as NBA Young People’s Literature Nominee – Publishers Weekly
Above: A great interview with Michelle Hodkin, author of THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER (Simon & Schuster) – a book I just finished and LOVED. Interview also includes Michelle’s insights re: writing process & social networking. I was a bit wary at first when I started reading this book, given all . . .
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 . . .