I cannot say enough about my critique group. I could try, but I’d fail. Every writer needs one. I couldn’t survive without mine. So today, I’d like to crow a bit on behalf of one of the people who routinely… Continue Reading
Tonight, tonight, it’s coming tonight, hot damn, tonight! Ten points if you can name that tune. In the meantime, clear your schedule right now. Ever since I started working at McNally Jackson, I’ve been trying to get YA onto the… Continue Reading
Which it’s a post where I take books generally accepted to be of Great Literary Merit and swap them for books found in–GASP–other parts of the bookstore. This is partly inspired by a conversation I had with a customer at my beloved… Continue Reading
I just got back from Maryland, where I spent a whirlwind weekend doing Very Important Paperwork Things, running a 10 mile race I totally failed to train for (meaning I ran some and walked more), and visiting my baby nephew… Continue Reading
That post title is funny to me because I’m hungry and I’m having coffee instead of food. Whatever. Today, with less than two weeks left of the Nebula nomination period, I am finally getting around to writing up some of… Continue Reading
It took me a little while to cool down after I read Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak. This was for a couple of reasons. The first was that Speak is the kind of book that makes you stop cold in your… Continue Reading
I know, I know, Wednesday’s post on The Chocolate War was really long and super-involved. Don’t worry. I won’t put you through that again. As a quick refresher, this week I’m reading books chosen during Banned Books Week. Wednesday’s was… Continue Reading
Last week, inspired by the great discussions about banned books that were taking place out there on the intertubes, I decided it was time to read me some subversive literature. I picked three titles, one from the ALA’s top ten… Continue Reading
I really, really wanted to participate in the Brooklyn Book Festival. Like, from the minute anybody involved with The Boneshaker started thinking about events and appearances, I wanted badly to be part of it. Apart from the fact that it’s… Continue Reading
When last I posted in this series it was a little over a month ago, the day before the voting deadline for the Nebula, Bradbury and Andre Norton awards. At the time I still had the two full-length novel categories… Continue Reading