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May 9, 2018
Random House: New Graphic Novel Imprint in the Works
Random House Children’s Books recently announced the addition of a new imprint dedicated to graphic novels. Random House Graphic will produce graphic novels for children and teens under Gina Gagliano as the imprints publishing director. Gagliano is coming over from First Second Books where she was one of the founding staff members. She explains that […]
Negotiating: You Don’t Have to Say Yes
Some of the writers I know say yes to everything their agent, editor or publisher asks. In short order, they are unhappy because they feel like they’ve been taken advantage of. Other writers, perhaps because they’ve seen this, say no. Most of their publishing relationships are short term. I try to find middle ground, saying yes […]
May 7, 2018
Book Covers
Normally I get really excited when I find the cover art for one of my upcoming books. This time? Not so much. It isn’t the art that is the problem but the topic. I’m not surprised anymore when RedLine asks me to write a difficult book. But these were tough. Part of it was the […]
May 6, 2018
Dealing with rejection
A couple of weeks ago, someone posted in one of the groups that I participate in because she had received two rejection letters. One from an agent and one from a publisher. The whole thing had her really, really upset. Here is where I reveal that I am THAT mom. You know – the one […]
May 4, 2018
Children’s Book Week: Childhood Favorites
As writers, we are often inspired by our own childhood favorites. I loved so many books. The Boxcar Children. The first non-picture book that I read time and time again was probably The Boxcar Children. I’m not sure when I discovered it, but I remember checking it out again and again in fifth grade. I’m not sure why […]
May 2, 2018
Children’s Book Week: Books for Every Reader
My son never enjoyed Captain Underpants. In fact, as far as I know he never even picked one up. But then again he didn’t care for Sponge Bob either. Nope. He had his own favorites. I learned this, much to my chagrin, one day at Main Street Books. We almost never go in without buying […]
May 1, 2018
Children’s Book Week: Adults and Children’s Books
I have to admit that I don’t remember it but my parents told the story, and recited the text, often enough that I believed them. My favorite book was apparently Puffy the Puppy. “Puffy the puppy is fat and well fed, Puffy the Puppy is asleep in his bed.” You absolutely must recite those two […]
April 30, 2018
Children’s Book Week: Loving Books Even Before I Could Read
Even before I could read, I loved books and magazines. My mother had a family medical encyclopedia full of anatomical drawings. I loved looking at the skeleton, muscle groups, organs, cardiovascular system, etc. It all fascinated me. I also had a tendency to kidnap the National Geographic magazine. I still love the photos it contains. Animals, people, […]
April 29, 2018
Children’s Book Week
Guess what today is! The first day of Children’s Book Week. Sponsored by Every Child a Reader, the goal is a week-long celebration of children’s books. Why? Because books and literacy change lives. Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. Every year, events are held nationwide at schools, […]
April 26, 2018
5 Minutes a Day: Outlining Your Story
Sometimes I outline. Sometimes I pants. Admittedly, I pants most often on short pieces, especially nonfiction. Longer nonfiction has an outline but it isn’t very complete. I am definitely outlining my current fiction project because it is a mystery and an adult mystery at that. There is no way I’ll manage to keep it all […]
