Three generous and talented Nashville authors – Victoria Schwab, Amanda Morgan and Myra McEntire – have joined forces to help flood ravaged Nashville, Tennessee. In Victoria Schwab’s own words: So if you haven’t heard, Nashville, TN is in a MAJOR crisis. On May 1st and 2nd, Nashville, Tennessee received a record amount of rain—nearly 13.5… Read more »
Stops and Sightings
Reach Out and Read and The Children’s Hospital
Today I visited and read with several of the special children and lovely families served by The Children’s Hospital in Colorado, and I can see that this will be a perfect partnership. Before any of my books hit the shelves, I designated Children’s to receive a portion of my author proceeds on the sales of… Read more »
Autographed Copies of TOO PURPLEY! at the following locations
Barnes & Noble728 North Waukegan Road Deerfield, IL 60015 Borders49 S. Waukegan Road Deerfield, IL 60015
Signed copies of TOO PURPLEY! in these stores now!
I’ve been traveling in the Midwest and Northwest these past two weeks and stopped in to sign TOO PURPLEY! stock at the following bookstores: Barnes & Noble (Near the Notre Dame Campus)6501 North Grape RoadMishawaka, IN 46545574-247-0864 Borders (Near the Notre Dame Campus)4230 Grape Road Mishawaka, IN 46545 Barnes & Noble2619 Miamisburg-Centerville RdDayton, OH 45459937-433-0750… Read more »
Check out these budding authors
Mrs. Smith’s class at Evans International School are using TOO PURPLEY! as a basis for writing and illustrating their own books. Check it out athttp://1smith.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/class-book/ Thank you Mrs. Smith!!
Annie Leonard and THE STORY OF STUFF
There’s a great interview, today, in the School Library Journal online edition, with Annie Leonard, creator of THE STORY OF STUFF. Annie’s self-deprecating admission of her lack of intellectualism, provides humble humor alongside her movie masterpiece, which has been viewed in classrooms and homes all over the world. For those of you unfamiliar, THE STORY… Read more »
A Primer on Book Production
Nicole Moulaison, Production Manager for Macmillan Feiwel & Friends and Square Fish imprints, provides a fascinating look at what goes into making a book. http://mackids.squarespace.com/mackidssquarespacecom/2010/1/15/behind-the-scenes-production.html
Pay it Forward Friday – FRED
I just read about FRED, Fathers Ready Every Day, yesterday in my local paper. As a project designed by Texas A&M, FRED’s goal is to encourage father-child involvement and daily rituals of bonding and learning between children and positive male role models. The website provides a reading log and other tools to get started. Pass… Read more »
John Green on NaNoWriMo
Whether you’re writing a novel this month or not, you’re gonna love this!
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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