Alice Pope is looking for people to interview for the next CWIM.Details are on her blog--don't delay, though. The deadline is coming up.
Why you shouldn’t give up
Shannon Hale. Oh, how we love her. Oh, the awards she has won. Oh, her reject letters. Wha?Yes. She has plenty of them--and you can read some of the ones she got for GOOSE GIRL on her blog.Thanks to Molly Hall for the link.
Reminder: Craig Orback classes, blog
Craig Orback has two new illustration classes starting next month at Bellevue College. Please follow the links below if you would like to register.Also he has started a new illustration blog. It will have all the latest info on his current illustration projects with lots of great inside details, photos and sketches. You can register... Continue Reading →
Another take on novel revisions
Jennifer Jensen has a sensible approach in her article on Suite 101: - focus first on the structure- move to the supporting elements- hone in on details and line-editingThe full story is here.Thanks to Gail Martini-Peterson for the link.
This just sort of seems like a scene…
...from a middle-grade novel.
Kidlitchat Twitter transcript
These happen every week; if you missed one, be sure to check out the transcript posted by Greg Pincus (our featured speaker next month).
Scholastic has a good first quarter
In news that should buoy us all, Scholastic reports a good first quarter for fiscal year 2009-2010. Here's what Publishers Weekly has to say:Led by gains in its educational technology and trade book segments, revenue for the first quarter ended August 31 rose 14% at Scholastic, to $315.6 million. The first quarter loss from continuing... Continue Reading →
What makes a great book trailer?
Darcy Pattison's blog had a post awhile back about the makings of an effective book trailer, featuring the thoughts of Lisa Gottlieb. She boiled a good trailer down into six words: Economic Focused Editing; Authentic Emotional Entertainment.To learn more, visit Darcy's site.
More honors for our colleagues
I posted last week that Angelina Corallo Hansen walked away with this year's SCBWI Contemporary Novel Grant for her novel WHY I TOLD. But I failed to mention another honor for our people--a Letter of Merit for Nonfiction Research that went to Sharlene P. Nelson and Ted W. Nelson, who live in Federal Way.Great work,... Continue Reading →
Nancy Pearl has a new blog
Do check it out. Here's a bit of what she has to say about WHEN YOU REACH ME, which Elana Roth talked up earlier this month.Some extraordinary teen fiction has been published recently (E. Lockhart’s The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, for one), and now we have an equally outstanding novel for middle grade readers:... Continue Reading →