Elizabeth Scott's Blog, page 29

BBYA no more? and other links

The dog has her x-ray this morning and YAY! because everything looks fine. We have one more follow-up visit in two weeks but right not, it looks like she's not going have to have surgery at all, which is excellent news.

In not-at-all-excellent-news, it seems that YALSA is thinking of getting rid of its BBYA list (Best Books for Young Adults, which comes out every year) for another, smaller list.

I made the BBYA list last year for two books, Living Dead Girl and Stealing Heaven, and I know it help

guest blog and links

Before I get to today's guest blog, I've got some links to share:

Interesting article on children's/YA publishing and the economy

John Green continues to discuss advances and royalties

Old but lovely essay by Ann Patchett on writing--"It should be noted that there are two blissful things about writing novels: making them up and seeing them finished. The days I spend in either of these two states are so sweet, they easily make the rest of the process bearable." I'm also quite fond of this: "Sometime

Summer of Books contest winners and links (plus cute Something, Maybe wallpaper!)

Here are the winners of the Summer of Books contest--thanks to all who entered!

Twenty (yep, TWENTY) book winner: Meghan

$25 bookstore gift card winners: Alex, Ally, Callie, Carmen, Donna, Emily, Hailey, Jennifer, Josie, Karen, Laura, Lisa, Lucy, Macy, Mya, Nevaeh, Polly, Rebeka, Reece, and Viv

Thanks also for all your lovely comments about The Unwritten Rule cover--I confess, I LOVE it and think the designer did an amazing job.

I also have some links:

Justine Larbalestier on why agent websites don