ASPEN, CO – A standing-room-only crowd, including Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, celebrated the 19th Annual Colorado Book Awards on Friday, June 25, 2010 at the Doerr-Hosier Center in Aspen. Hickenlooper, a long-time collaborator with Colorado Humanities and Colorado Center for the Book, spoke to the 200 attendees about taking the… Read more »
Great Reads
Win an autographed F&G of TOO PICKLEY!
… and your friends will be pickle-green with envy!Okay, maybe that’s going too far but I couldn’t resist because –I’m giving away one autographed F&G of TOO PICKLEY! which doesn’t officially hit bookstore shelves until 7/6/10. It’s easy to enter. Just hop on over to Goodreads Book Giveaways.The deadline in 5/31/10.
Congratulations to all the Colorado Book Awards Finalists
2010 COLORADO BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS Anthology/Collection Broken Links Mended Lives: A selection of short stories by members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Janet Lane, Susan Mackay Smith and Jeanne C. Stein, editors, RMFW Press A Dozen on Denver: Stories, Rocky Mountain News, editor, Fulcrum Publishing Beats At Naropa: An Anthology, Anne Waldman and Laura Wright,… Read more »
Ann M. Martin on Middle Grade writing and her return to The BSC
Ann talks about the journal her mom kept for her since birth, why she chose to write a prequel to The Baby-sitters Club, and the important themes for middle grade stories.
Coming of age in black and white – WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED
Before G, PG and PG13 movie ratings, we had As and Bs. I was quite young when the rating system changed but I still remember my parents talking in whispers about B movies. Unlike PG13 movies which often ride the popular wave of slapstick sex and references, a B movie might have been more subtle… Read more »
TOO PURPLEY! On Sale Today!!
I can’t believe it. TOO PURPLEY! is on bookstore shelves and shipping from online sellers. Yesterday, I stopped by my neighborhood Barnes & Noble and it was already out. SQUEEEEEE! I’m so grateful for the wonderful reviews TOO PURPLEY! has collected. You can read them on my TOO PURPLEY! page and in my Media Kit…. Read more »
Congrats to my agent-sharing buddies – ALA Award Winners!
I know this is fame by association but … sending out my most heartfelt congratulations to Liz Garton Scanlon for her Caldecott Honor book ALL THE WORLD and … Chris Barton for his Siebert Honor book THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS. Liz and Chris and I share our wonderful agent, Erin Murphy!! Hooray for Liz, Chris, and… Read more »
Pay it Forward Friday – Shannon Caster
When my boys were young, they were experts in the non-fiction section of the library.“Tornadoes are over here!”“Dinosaurs are over here!”“I found MONSTERS OF THE DEEP!” That’s why my shout out this week goes to my good friend and critique buddy, Shannon Caster. Shannon writes the articles and books that make curious kids race to… Read more »
Scones and Sensibility Release Day!!
YIPPEE! IT’S FINALLY HERE. Join the adventures of middle-grade matchmaker Polly in this fun and funny new novel written by my darling critique buddy, Lindsay Eland. SCONES AND SENSIBILITY is available TODAY – just in time for those lucky girls on your Christmas list. Read about the sweet and talented author, Lindsay Jo Eland.Then read… Read more »
Pay it Forward Friday: David Macinnis Gill and his Halloween Teen Read
Yesterday I stopped by the website of one of my crit buddies, David Macinnis Gill. It had been a while since I’d visited and I was blown away with the “busy-ness” of it all. I adore “busy” websites because they give me that amusement park feel. Maybe that’s not a fair comparison, because some amusement… Read more »
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