Editor | May 27, 2011
Earlier this week, I wrote an article for SexIs about Scarleteen and some of the other websites young adults can turn to for accurate sexuality advice. Today my writing mission, should I choose to accept it, is to start a scholarly-humorous piece about the association between fish and female genitalia. One of the research materials [...]
Editor | May 26, 2011
If you are going to write for children, successfully, you need to recapture that sense of the newness and wonder of things. The world might be old but a child is new to it and anything is possible. Article source: http://www.zimbio.com/Writers+Blogs+on+Writing/articles/jAhN1pWsTTB/Caribbean+Children+s+Fiction
Editor | May 16, 2011
This week I have been doing some QAs on my blog with authors who will be at Book Expo America the week after next. I also did a workshop with a group of exiled writers at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture to follow up on World Book Night. Of the [...]
Editor | May 16, 2011
Karen McQuestion is the author of six books, including A Scattered Life, which has been optioned for film. She’ll be at Book Expo America this year and I asked her about what she plans to do while she’s there: Q:) Hello Karen, thanks for agreeing to answer these questions. Am I right in thinking that [...]
Editor | May 12, 2011
NYT bestselling author Connie Brockway has recently been announced as the launch author for Amazon’s new publishing venture, Montlake Romance. I have just downloaded and read the first three ‘teaser’ chapters of her new book, The Other Guy’s Bride, due out in November 2011. It’s an exciting story so far, and funny, too. Connie will [...]
Editor | May 11, 2011
Thanks to everyone who signed up to win a copy of my book, Being Light, in the Spring Blog Carnival. The winner, Dana B, has been contacted. I’m sorry if you didn’t win but I have several other giveaways scheduled this year, including one later this month and another at the end of June. Please [...]
Editor | May 10, 2011
Charlie Williams, British author of Stairway to Hell and the Mangel Trilogy, will be heading to Book Expo America in New York in May. I asked him a few questions about what he plans to do while he’s there: Q:) Charlie, have you ever been to Book Expo America or any other book trade fair [...]
Editor | May 8, 2011
There’s a great review over at The Motherlode blog for my book, Being Light: “With the author’s gift for cunning prose that manages to point out the absurdities of life while mixing in bizarre (yet somehow believable) situations, this book is a treat. From the attention-grabbing first scene (and creative way to create the conflict), [...]
Editor | May 8, 2011
InternetIf you live in the UK you can sign up to win a mystery hat by Philip Treacy from The Telegraph. He designed Princess Beatrice’s hat for the Royal Wedding. Link via @edwardclarke An article about the book Beryl Bainbridge worked on for the last ten years of her life, saying just before she died [...]
Editor | May 7, 2011
Okay, so I kinda of gave up on the two books that I was reading before because I’m particular (read: picky or close-minded) about what I read these days. Three words: Young Adult, Dystopian I actually tried to read two normal, adult books that I felt I would really like, but it was so funny [...]