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(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) Fuse #8: I think that readers of my blog associate you primarily with your younger works. How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight, Owl Moon, The Devil’s Arithmetic, etc. It may surprise them to know that you are a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Science fiction gets […]
For some Robert’s Snowflakes, visit these sites: Jeff Ebbeler at Sam Riddleburger’s blog Scott Magoon at Just One More Book!! Connie McLennan at The Shady Glade Julie Paschkis at the excelsior file For other interviews today, please take a gander at the following: Lisa Ann Sandell at Interactive Reader Christopher Barzak at Chasing Ray Julie […]
Anyone out there coming to the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Conference here in New York City in mid-November? If so, are you planning on doing anything between the hours of 11 AM and 12:15 on that Saturday? If not, why not see me speak on a panel about cool children’s books, albums, […]
Matthew Holm had an interesting post on his blog about why it is that children and teen books are only supposed to contain child and teen characters. Montmorency is one exception to this rule, but it’s a very small drop in a very large pond. Thanks to the gals at 7-Imp, I now know that […]
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling Illustrations by Charles Vess Viking Juvenile $19.99 ISBN 978-0670061945 Ages 12 and up Is it just me, or do short story collections get the short end of the stick these days? With a love of child and YA novels at an all-time high, […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) Some authors had an easier time with the assignment than others. Patricia McKillip’s story is good, but I didn’t quite see how the main character embodied the trickster aesthetic, aside from just being a person who tricks people. McKillip herself notes in that she found writing about tricksters to be "very […]
Here are some snowflakes for yesterday and today: Monday, November 5 Ana Alter at The Longstockings Laura Huliska Beith at Just One More Book!! Cece Bell at Jo’s Journal Denise Ortakales at cynthialord’s Journal Tuesday, November 6 Carol Heyer at The Shady Glade Joe Kulka at ChatRabbit Steven James Petruccio at Blog From the Windowsill […]
If you have not yet read one of Laura Amy Schlitz’s novels, picture books, biographies, or mixes of fact and drama then you’re in for a treat. When Colleen Mondor began soliciting suggestions for potential interviews with the authors we admire and (in my own case) mildly worship, there was little question in my mind […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) Fuse #8: I keep asking you about future projects, which is probably a no-no. But have you been inclined to do any more biographies? “The Hero Schliemann” was such a great look at a, shall we say, less than perfect human being. Are you drawn more towards those people who have […]
So last night I’m at a friend’s going away party and one of the fellows there just happens to have come from a book trailer shoot for Libba Bray’s newest book. This is a trailer with a budget of $10,000, which may or may not be the trend these days. On the lower end of […]