The tabs on my browser have flowed over to a second row, so it’s time for another tab-closing session of Linkapalooza! First up: First, the School Library Journal ran one librarian’s “Open Letter to Kids’ Book Publishers.” Then, editor Andrew Karre wrote a rebuttal to her point about the length […]
Vacations From Hell
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Thanks to Anna, for reminding me I promised to give another free copy of Vacations From Hell to a random commenter on my post about blurbs. The random winner (thanks to Random.org) is Sonia! Sonia, please email me at daphne.unfeasible@gmail.com with your mailing address, and I’ll get a copy of […]
A conversation starter today, if you don’t mind. I was thinking about blurbs, and how eager we as agents and editors are to get the right people to blurb our books, and I posed the question on Twitter: As readers, how much weight do you put on blurbs? Will you […]
It was a close race, but Jamie’s hole-in-the-swimsuit story beat out Leslie Ann’s “hookers” by a narrow margin of one vote. Jamie, email me your address, and I’ll send you a copy of Vacations From Hell, featuring a new short story by Maureen Johnson. Maureen is actually reading and signing […]
Grr. Every time I try to put a cute little picture on a post lately, it crashes my browser. I’m sure that’s EXACTLY the reason why I didn’t blog yesterday! Sigh. But I am feeling a little better, as you may have heard from Twitter. I only have a cold, […]