Eagle Harbor Book Company presents a Halloween party for young people middle school aged and above, Thursday, October 29, at 7:30 pm, based on THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman. The event is free and open to the public and includes trivia, costume and cupcake contests, spooky campfire stories with Lynn Brunelle and refreshments.THE GRAVEYARD... Continue Reading →
A bit on the science of character
David Brooks at the New York Times has a piece on the Where the Wild Things Are movie. Don't read it if you haven't seen the movie. He gives the whole thing away (fume, fume).In light of Cheryl Klein's brief discussion of literary depth, though, I wanted to combine these two ideas.Here's what Cheryl says:The... Continue Reading →
Michele Torrey on retreats
She has a lovely post on the value of retreats (just in time for ours next month). You can read the whole thing at her blog, but here's the start:Writing must be the loneliest occupation on the planet. Okay, maybe working in the space station is lonelier, or captaining a sailboat after all your crew... Continue Reading →
Ultimate Tuesday: George Shannon at the Secret Garden Bookshop
Get in the habit of coming to the Secret Garden for ultimate Tuesdays!EVENT: Author and storyteller George Shannon shares age-appropriately scary Halloween stories!DATE: Tuesday, 27 October 2009TIME: 7 – 7:30 PMLOCATION Secret Garden Bookshop2214 NW Market St.Downtown Ballard It’s a new and special story time every last* Tuesday of the month, where the story teller... Continue Reading →
New site for Kirby Larson
WARNING: the site you are about to visit is sweet. It could also make you cry. So if you are on your way to the dentist, or if you are concerned about your general level of hydration, do NOT visit the site for Kirby Larson's new picture book, Nubs: the True Story of a Mutt,... Continue Reading →
Site for picture book artists
Our own Kevan Atteberry manages PictureBookArtists.org, a site that helps illustrators network with and support each other, and teachers and librarians find illustrators to visit their schools.Check it out--and don't miss the new animation Kevan posted atop the page. Very adorable.
Being positive about rejection
Darcy Pattison's blog has a bit today from an ebook called Nail Your Novel (just in time for NaNoWriMo). It's about how to read the rejections you get from editors.I loved this line: Persistence. The publishing world is full of tales of how our biggest literary stars just plugged away until they got their break.... Continue Reading →
Does writing scare you?
Every so often I come across a blog post or essay that changes the way I think about something. This bit from Wordplay: the Writing Life is one such example. Before reading this, I used to be afraid of feeling afraid--and it was one of those things that made it really hard to start writing... Continue Reading →
Peg Kehret at the Enumclaw Public Library
Author Peg Kehret will talk at the Enumclaw Public Library, 1700 1st St., on Sat., Oct. 24 at 11:00 a.m. Info: 360-825-2938
Andrea Helman at Eagle Harbor Book Company
Eagle Harbor Book Company presents story time for children 3 and up with Andrea Helman, Saturday, October 24, at 11am The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by refreshments and a book signing.Seattle author Andrea Helman will present her latest children's book, CARIBOU CROSSING which features beautiful photographs by... Continue Reading →