SOUL TACO Out-Hits Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb’s lifetime batting average is .367. In the world of agent queries, SOUL TACO, is batting a cool .500, which means that out of the twelve agents who have responded to my equeries, six have requested fulls or partials. I know better than to get excited by these early numbers. It’s still Spring training for Taco, and there’s a long season ahead. But...
Read MoreUniversal to Open Harry Potter Theme Park!
Universal Studios has announced that it’s building the world of Harry Potter in Florida. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20731 Can you imagine what it would be like to walk down streets that once existed only in your mind? To see street signs with names that you created? To be hugged by a half-giant with a carpet for a beard? Um, on second thought,...
Read MoreHopping and Hoping
One of my favorite pre-school memories is cooking Jiffy-Pop on the stove. First, unwrapping the pan with the little wire hand and a swirly of aluminum foil on top. It took forever to get it to pop, but when it did, man! The popcorn forcing the foil up like metal cocoon until it was about to explode, and then when you open it, all that fresh-popped corn tumbling into the bowl. Um. Um....
Read MoreSpeaking of Gail Giles
Please join us for an ALAN Online BookChat to discuss DEAD GIRLS DON’T WRITE LETTERS with the author, Gail Giles. Date: Wednesday, 5/23/07 Time: 9:00 PM Eastern URL: http://alan-ya.org/bookchat/flashchat.php Here’s more about DEAD GIRLS DON’T WRITE LETTERS: When Sunny Reynolds’s beautiful and flamboyant older sister, Jazz, dies in a fire, the family ...
Read MoreRight Behind You
Wow, it’s been two week since I posted. Time flies when you’re overwhelmed. For awhile, I’ve been meaning to blog about Gail notjazz Giles’ latest, RIGHT BEHIND YOU, the dark story of a firebug who is arrested for setting his neighbor on fire. After spending most of his life in an institution, Kip is finally released. He, his father, and new...
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