The Story Machine

kt literary client Lili Wilkinson has a wonderful post up on her blog today about the story machine, where she takes on yet another New York Times article and responds with the wonderful variety of ways in which kids are involved in story-making, -telling, and -reading.

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Ask Daphne! In Person!

I’m answering all sorts of great questions on the teenlitauthors Yahoo group this week, but if you truly can’t get enough of Ask Daphne!, and if you live in the Denver area, you can see me — live and in person! — at a Northern Colorado Writers workshop on Saturday, October 4th in Loveland, CO.

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YA for Obama and other news

Lots of stuff going on right now, some of it really exciting. To start with, you may have seen some of the press for the new movement YA for Obama.

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Ask Daphne! About my Query II

Lovely riding boots for Emily, who sends along her query for our comments. As before, I’ll make my notes, then ask you to leave your thoughts in the comments for Emily.

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Ask Daphne! I’ve been here before…

Shoes for a turn around the dance floor for Marina, who asks, “Should an unpublished author seeking an agent mention in the query that he or she has been agented before? Is there any benefit to doing this or not?”

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