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March 30, 2009
Launch Day Countdown!
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March 27, 2009
Increase Your IndieBound Karmic Footprint
Announcing FreeBookStimulusPlan.com
Wanda Jewell has a problem. After serving nearly 20 years as Executive Director of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) she is overrun with books. All kind of books; finished copies and galleys, advance reading copies, advance reader editions, paperback and hardbound, slip-covered and not, limited editions, signed and unsigned, personalized and not. Books here, books there, books, books, everywhere…and each publishing season brings more. It w
March 23, 2009
You May Answer Using Incomplete Sentences
Greenwillow has released a Soul Enchilada reading group guide that is perfect for classroom discussion, small reading groups, and library literature circles, as well as book clubs. I think Soul would make a terrific read for Mother-Daughter book clubs.
This is one of my favorite questions: “Bug says in chapter 6 that “poor folks get used to being in danger,” and she also says that it’s hard to make it if you have to start at the bottom. Do you agree? Has Soul Enchilada gotten you thinking about s
March 22, 2009
Tweeterchikin
A revised scene ended with my hero diminished. Can’t decide if it should stay that way. #
This pass is all about fixing factuals for consistency and adding those little sensory details that anchor the reader in the fictive dream #
March 21, 2009
Tweeterchikin
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March 12, 2009
Look Inside Soul Enchilada
Interested checking out the buzz around Soul Enchilada, the novel that Kirkus, Horn Book, PW, and Booklist have raved about?* Look Inside now:
*Sorry for the self-congratulatory post, but everyone keeps telling me that I cant be self-effacing about the book, just myself.
Come FlyCon with Me
This weekend, I’m attending Flycon 2009, which is an international, round-the-clock sf/f convention, complete with panels, a dealers’ room, and all that good stuff that happens at cons.
Friday at noon, which is Eastern time, I will serve on the panel, "When is Young Adult not really for Young Adults? Panel: sex and violence are standards now, what makes a young adult novel for kids? And what makes one really for adults?" with Jana Oliver, Tessa Gratton, and Jeri Smith-Reidy.
Tomorrow, you can dr
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