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When last we saw our hero . . . . She had found "the dress". The red dress that she intended to wear to the Newbery Banquet. When the actual color of the dress appeared to be more of a coral than a red, however, I (third person’s so impersonal) decided to go with it. […]
Still in shock I was led in bright blue footies over to the manicure portion of the room. To my delight, another woman was dragged over with me. This was good. Watching her like a hawk (difficult to do out of the corner of your eye) I took note as she paid her bill before […]
Today I take off for glorious Washington DC. I’ve the Magnetic Fields song of the same name playing on a perpetual loop in my brain (It’s not the way they put folks on the moon, no no no) and a schedule that could be called either hectic or undeniably insane. Oh, just a sec…. let […]
Nope. Nothing here today. Y’all will have to go elsewhere for your interviewer/interviewee/interviewi fixes. If I might make a suggestion? Try the following: Eddie Campbell at Chasing Ray Sara Zarr at Writing and Ruminating Brent Hartinger at Interactive Reader Justine Larbalestier at Big A, little a Cecil Castellucci at Shaken & Stirred Ysabeau Wilce at […]
That small rock you’ve been living under may be comfy, but if you haven’t heard of children’s/YA author Julie Ann Peters then it just may be about time for you to crawl out from under it. One year she’s a National Book Award Finalist. The next she’s got a Lambda Literary Award winner on her […]
What book are you proudest of? Which is to say, which one gives you the deepest sense of satisfaction when you think of it? To be honest by the time a book is published, I’m over it. When that first copy of a new book arrives, I open it, smell the ink, and allow myself […]
Other SBBT Blog Interviews Today: Mitali Perkins at Hip Writer Mama Svetlana Chmakova at Finding Wonderland Dana Reinhardt at Interactive Reader Laura Ruby at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy Holly Black at Shaken & Stirred Hilary McKay at Bookshelves of Doom Kirsten Miller at Miss Erin Carolyn Mackler at The YA YA […]
Al, my darling, what on earth were you thinking? Birds with swords. Look, it’s adorable that it was written by a 14-year-old girl. That’s cute as can be. And the writing isn’t too terrible and the pictures are cute. That said, it’s not a good book. And what with its presence on the New York […]
Work too long in any single profession for an extended amount of time and there’s a danger of growing jaded. In my particular case, sometimes I’ll have days where I feel as if nothing original or new is being published anymore. I’ll get into a slump of sorts, nit-picking and kvetching over the various lovely […]
Your books, as you yourself have described on your website, display, "a recurring interest in notions of ‘belonging’, particularly the finding or losing of it." That’s certainly true of your newest work. Is it true of all your art, or just your children’s books? And if it’s just the children’s, why do you suppose that […]