Continuing with our discussion of kid beta-readers, we rejoin the Kid Editor Crew for Part the Second: How it Works. Here’s how it works. When I have a draft almost ready, I send out an email to the Kid Editors… Continue Reading
Every writer eventually gets asked at least once or twice what she thinks the most important things are for someone who wants to be a writer. There are any number of good answers to this question (persistence, self-motivation, delusions of… Continue Reading
This is a fascinating state of affairs for me. I will tell you why. But first, let me say this. I love writing villains. I love dreaming them up, deciding on their quirks, their monstrosities, and the cuts of their… Continue Reading
If you are reading this and you are not DC Comics, you may or may not know that there is a kerfluffle going on right now on the intertubes about DC. If you’re not a comics reader, don’t worry. This… Continue Reading
This is a brief public service announcement from Milford Command Central. The Broken Lands (which it’s a companion to The Boneshaker) has had its birthday rearranged. Rather than being released in May of 2012, it will now be arriving sometime… 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
A couple of days a week I work at my favorite bookstore, and last week I started one of my favorite projects: building the summer reads table for kids and teens. This got me thinking about all the research reading… Continue Reading
I am collecting nephews like they’re going out of style. I started my collection in February with Oliver in Baltimore, and this month I added Phero in Kansas City. Nephews are awesome. I highly recommend them, if you can talk… Continue Reading
So basically I woke up this morning and realized it’s April. Holy cow. Here’s where I disappeared to and what’s going on at Milford Command Central. What’s going on: this Saturday, 4/2, I’ll be appearing as part of the 5th… Continue Reading
So far, not my most productive Christmas season ever. I guess I figured once I no longer had a full-time non-writing job, I would suddenly have All The Time In The World. Not so. Generally, in order to keep the… Continue Reading