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Picking Up My Teaspoon Today
I've posted about it before, but I'll always love this one:
"I tell everybody a little parable about the teaspoon brigades. Imagine a big seesaw. One end of the seesaw is on the ground because it has a big basket half full of rocks in it. The other end of the seesaw is up in the air because it's got a basket one-quarter full of sand. Some of us ( Read more... ) -
"Mr. Hall, how can I answer that?"
Um, I don't know what to say about BaconCamp, but I have to make you look. -
Music To Book By
There are some great anecdotes from people in the children's book business about the music that inspires them -- share your own here:
http://www.authorsnow.com/faves-on-a-friday-music-to-book-by/
Some of my recent favourites on the site:
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Good Works
Visit my other (soon to be only -- yeah, I know, I'm breaking your heart) blog for information on innovative and easy ways to aid, support, and encourage those affected by the Victoria Bushfires.
And for a very pleasant diversion, read this fantastic interview with author Heidi R. Kling over at Juvenescence. -
THE SEASON
More fabulous YA and MG debuts..Sarah Maclean's The Season also exploded onto the scene. Great interview right over here!
Stacey Jay and YOU ARE SO UNDEAD TO ME made a big splash in Mississippi. And Erin Dionne's MODELS DON'T EAT CHOCOLATE COOKIES was a huge hit at our local Scholastic Book Fair; it's also blowing up the blogosphere, big-time.
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SHADOWED SUMMER OUT NOW!
Shadowed Summer, by the awesome Saundra Mitchell is out today -- don't miss it! Check out this interview with Saundra and some fascinating video glimpses behind the book, like this one.
Booklist called it "Highly atmospheric, with pulse-pounding suspense and an elegiac ending." Pick it up at your local indie, online...anywhere. I've been too ( Read more... )
