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January 22, 2017
Say Bye Bye to Clutter
One of my favorite home and how-to bloggers is Karen. She will tackle just about anything in her blog, The Art of Doing Stuff. She’s laid a patio, put in a pond, built a chicken coop and installed shelving with hidden storage. One of the things that she does every year, and challenges her readers […]
January 19, 2017
Writing Short: Should You Bother If You also Write Long?
Perhaps because I’ve been judging a series of flash fiction contests, I’ve been noodling over ideas for short stories and articles. In the last four years, my writing career has taken off and I’ve been writing a lot of books. I turned in my 11th right before Christmas. But before that I did a lot […]
January 18, 2017
Hidden Human Computers vs Hidden Figures
It is so surreal to have a book out about the same thing as a major motion picture. I just had someone e-mail me a question about one of the women in the movie. She asked: “Just saw Hidden Figures which I LOVED. Wondering what Mary Jackson could do that the white men in the […]
January 17, 2017
Lee and Low: Changes in Leadership
Seriously, my plan is not to report on only markets this week but when I see an announcement about a press or editor I love? Yep. You’re going to hear about it. If you aren’t on Twitter you may not know that yesterday Lee & Low books announced a change in leadership. In March Cheryl […]
January 16, 2017
Little Pickle Press: Changes Are Coming
Back in December, I reported on a name change for Little Pickle Press. To more clearly and completely express their goal, they were changing their name to March 4th. Little Pickle Press would continue as an imprint within March 4th. Apparently, even more changes are afoot. Sourcebooks has taken over the distribution of all Little […]
January 15, 2017
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
I’m not sure how many of you have the day off to celebrate the works and the impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. I’m spending the day with my high school senior but here’s a King quote for inspiration. Keep writing, keep working and keep creating the stories that will inspire young readers today and […]
January 12, 2017
Story Ideas: Where do they come from?
Throughout the month of January, I’m taking part in Storystorm. The goal is to generate 30 ideas in 30 days. I’m writing this on Thursday the 12th and I currently have 22 ideas. Early on, because I hadn’t been doing much idea generation, I was going good to come up with one a day. Yes, […]
January 11, 2017
Favorite Characters
Which 10 Characters Would You Invite to Dinner? I have to laugh when I see headlines like this in book blogs and newsletters of various kinds. The articles generally go on to discuss male main characters and love interests, even if strictly speaking the books are not romances. Or aloof, well-bred ladies. The guest lists […]
January 10, 2017
STEM: Writing about the space race, math and science
As happy as I am about the reception that Hidden Human Computers is getting, some of the comments on social media about our book and the movie Hidden Figures have brought me up short. It isn’t that they are critical but some of them certainly clarify why books written on STEM topics are so essential […]
January 9, 2017
We’re Number 1! Hidden Human Computers #1 at Amazon
While everyone in North American seemed to be watching (and posting about) the Golden Globes, I got a message from my co-author Duchess Harris. “Check out the reviews on Amazon!” Our book Hidden Human Computers was Amazon’s #1 New Release in Teen Air and Space Science Books. Woot! You better believe that Duchess and I […]
