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June 23, 2010
Ta-Da! The SELLING HOPE Cover!
Isn't it sublime?*sighs*
*thanks the cover gods for smiling upon her again*
About SELLING HOPE: It's May 1910, and Halley's Comet is due to pass thru the Earth's atmosphere. And thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels and her father are due to pass through their hometown of Chicago with their ragtag vaudeville troupe. Hope wants out of vaudeville, and longs for a "normal" life—or as normal as life can be without her mother, who died five years before. Hope sees an opportunity: She invents...
May 26, 2010
I'm on Mom 2 Mom!
Hi, all! The uber-nice Heather Ivester, whom I met at an SCBWI conference in Atlanta, has interviewed me for her Mom 2 Mom blog here. Thanks for the opportunity to participate, Heather! (And I'm happy to report I've recruited yet another fan of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Heather and her family are planning a trip there this summer. Have a blast, Ivesters!)
May 23, 2010
Writing Can Sometimes Stink
I love writing. It is one of the most fulfilling things that I do. But sometimes, I just gotta tell ya, writing can really stink.
I'm not talking about writer's block or the business of publishing. Yes, those can be rough, but they are more like bumblebees: they can be painful, but once you know how to act in their presence, they can produce wonderful, golden honey.
Nope, the stinky part, for me, is this: because I have a family and two young children, I spend many, MANY of my spare...
I'm not talking about writer's block or the business of publishing. Yes, those can be rough, but they are more like bumblebees: they can be painful, but once you know how to act in their presence, they can produce wonderful, golden honey.
Nope, the stinky part, for me, is this: because I have a family and two young children, I spend many, MANY of my spare...
May 7, 2010
Auction to Benefit the Flood Victims of Middle TN
I know, I know, it's been AGES since I've posted. *slaps own wrist* I've had a wonderfully busy spring, full of librarian events and school visits and book festivals. Will post pictures soon. But for now, I really want to show you this:
www.dothewritethingfornashville.blogspot.com
Go! Bid! Give!
(And thanks!)
www.dothewritethingfornashville.blogspot.com
Go! Bid! Give!
(And thanks!)
April 10, 2010
I Heart Libraries! (And Librarians!)
It's Library Appreciation week, and the marvelous Shelli Johannes-Wells over at Market My Words had the uber-marvelous idea for a group of authors to share their favorite library/librarian stories. Where do I even begin?! I grew up in libraries, thanks to a book-loving mom who "tricked" me into reading all the Newbery and Caldecott books by telling me that the books with stickers on them were the "very best." Most of Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different and Selling Hope were writt...
February 3, 2010
Thank You, Mundie Moms!
The fantabulous Mundie Moms gave Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different a FIVE-STAR review, y'all! Five! That looks like this: *****. :-)
You can read the review on their blog, Keep Reading To Your Child. (It's a WONDERFUL resource, too. Please visit often to learn about the latest in middle-grade and picture books.)
*sigh* Five stars... thank you, Mundie Moms! :-)
You can read the review on their blog, Keep Reading To Your Child. (It's a WONDERFUL resource, too. Please visit often to learn about the latest in middle-grade and picture books.)
*sigh* Five stars... thank you, Mundie Moms! :-)
January 20, 2010
The Hurry-Up Offense
the hurry-up offense: In American football, an offensive strategy designed to gain as much yardage as possible while running as little time off the clock as possible.
the hurry-up manuscript: In writing, a strategy designed to put as many words on the page as possible while running as little time off the clock as possible.
If there is one thing I've learned thus far in 2010, it's that I am NOT good at the hurry-up manuscript. I admire those folks who can produce 5 or 6,000 words in a...
the hurry-up manuscript: In writing, a strategy designed to put as many words on the page as possible while running as little time off the clock as possible.
If there is one thing I've learned thus far in 2010, it's that I am NOT good at the hurry-up manuscript. I admire those folks who can produce 5 or 6,000 words in a...
January 5, 2010
QueryMania!
Recently, the Guide to Literary Agents posted a query letter crafted by Sydney Salter that successfully landed her an agent. Inspired by the post, I offered to share a few successful query letters with members of the Midsouth SCBWI listserv. The response was so exciting that I decided to post the letters here!
First is a letter that I used to query Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different. In the interest of full disclosure, this query letter was ultimately *not* the path that led to ...
First is a letter that I used to query Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different. In the interest of full disclosure, this query letter was ultimately *not* the path that led to ...
January 2, 2010
1910 vs. 2010
Happy New Year! 100 years ago, the talk on New Year's Day 1910 was likely, "Will Halley's Comet be the death of us this year?" Earth was to sail through the tail of the comet on May 18/19, 1910, and no one *really* knew what their fate might be. SELLING HOPE, which comes out this fall from Feiwel & Friends, is set against that backdrop. It sounds like an overreaction now, sure, but was 1910 really all that different from 2010?
1910: afraid that Earth traveling through the tail of Halley's ...
1910: afraid that Earth traveling through the tail of Halley's ...
