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Congratulations to all the Colorado Book Awards Finalists

2010 COLORADO BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS

Anthology/Collection

Broken Links Mended Lives: A selection of short stories by members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Janet Lane, Susan Mackay Smith and Jeanne C. Stein, editors, RMFW Press

A Dozen on Denver: Stories, Rocky Mountain News, editor, Fulcrum Publishing

Beats At Naropa: An Anthology, Anne Waldman and Laura Wright, editors, Coffee House Press

Biography

Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature from the Conservationists...

By Jove! Win a Signed Copy of TOO PURPLY!

In honor of the London Book Fair, April 19th-21st, I'm giving away a free autographed copy of TOO PURPLY! (the U.K. edition of my book). Simply comment on this blog post anytime from now though April 21st to enter. Anonymous comments must include your full name. The winner will be selected by random drawing on the 22nd.

Reach Out and Read and The Children's Hospital

Today I visited and read with several of the special children and lovely families served by The Children's Hospital in Colorado, and I can see that this will be a perfect partnership.

Before any of my books hit the shelves, I designated Children's to receive a portion of my author proceeds on the sales of TOO PURPLEY! and TOO PICKLEY! In addition, my generous publisher, Bloomsbury, donated boxes of books to the hospital. Thank you to all my wonderful friends there that made that possible.

But p...

Autographed Copies of TOO PURPLEY! at the following locations

Barnes & Noble
728 North Waukegan Road
Deerfield, IL 60015

Borders
49 S. Waukegan Road
Deerfield, IL 60015

Hail to the Hashtag!

I've been Twittering for a while. But as for it's features, efficiencies and value, I've been sold on it slowly.

TweetDeck satisfied my CPA column craving, allowing me to categorize and organize those I follow into a tidy format. That tool alone boosted my Twitter presence considerably. But hashtags were always a bit of a mystery. While I understood them by definition, I couldn't seem to break into their culture or figure out how to shim them in to my already time-thirsty internet life.

Then, j...

Ann M. Martin on Middle Grade writing and her return to The BSC

Ann talks about the journal her mom kept for her since birth, why she chose to write a prequel to The Baby-sitters Club, and the important themes for middle grade stories.

Critiquing out of your Genre

A few months ago, one of my critique buddies, Judith, asked for recommendations for books on writing middle grade novels so that she could more thoughtfully critique middle grade manuscripts. While I was appreciative of her dedication to her critiques, I was hesitant to steer her to my favorite titles for fear that I'd lose her honest and unadulterated impressions of my manuscripts.

While there are several excellent books on the craft of writing for kids, including books that address novel wri...

Critiquing out of the Genre You Write

A few months ago, one of my critique buddies, Judith, asked for recommendations for books on writing middle grade novels so that she could more thoughtfully critique middle grade manuscripts. While I was appreciative of her dedication to her critiques, I was hesitant to steer her to my favorite titles for fear that I'd lose her honest and unadulterated impressions of my manuscripts.

While there are several excellent books on the craft of writing for kids, including books that address novel wri...

Signed copies of TOO PURPLEY! in these stores now!

I've been traveling in the Midwest and Northwest these past two weeks and stopped in to sign TOO PURPLEY! stock at the following bookstores:

Barnes & Noble (Near the Notre Dame Campus)
6501 North Grape Road
Mishawaka, IN 46545
574-247-0864

Borders (Near the Notre Dame Campus)
4230 Grape Road
Mishawaka, IN 46545

Barnes & Noble
2619 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd
Dayton, OH 45459
937-433-0750

Powell's Books
1005 W Burnside
Portland, OR 97209

Barnes & Noble
Pacific Place
600 Pine St Suite 107
Seattle, WA 9...

Check out these budding authors

Mrs. Smith's class at Evans International School are using TOO PURPLEY! as a basis for writing and illustrating their own books. Check it out at
http://1smith.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/class-book/

Thank you Mrs. Smith!!