Open Thread

I know I’ve been negligent in blogging lately, and while I could blame the plague that swept through our household this week, that doesn’t really excuse me. So! To make it up to you, I’m opening up the blog for questions. ANY questions, publishing related or not. Want to know my favorite source for boots? [...]

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Sitting on News

It happens all the time. An agent gets good news for an author, shares said good news with her client, there is much private celebrating and then… what? From an outside perspective, it may not seem like much more happens. Oh sure, you might see a Publishers Marketplace announcement a few weeks or months later, [...]

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BAD HAIR DAY cover reveal!

Carrie Harris put this out there a couple of days ago, but I didn’t want any of my readers to miss it! Without further ado, the fabulous video Carrie put together to reveal the cover for Bad Hair Day, the eagerly anticipated sequel to Bad Taste in Boys: So, how was YOUR hair in high [...]

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Scholastic Book Club likes us!

Two of us, at least!

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Wooooooooooooooooooot!!!

A belated, but VERY happy congratulations to Lili Wilkinson, whose novel Pink won a Stonewall Honor at yesterday’s Youth Media Awards given out by the American Library Association! I was in the audience when it was announced, and I will not lie, I did my happy dance. The Stonewall Award is “given annually to English-language [...]

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