Archive for: November, 2007

A Thank You and A Call for Readers

A Thank You and A Call for Readers

Thanks to everyone who commented or emailed about my last post on page-turners.  The suggestions have helped, and I’m working my way through the text, throwing out chapters and rearranging others.  It’s a slog, as most of you know, being master sloggers yourselves.
I do have one request, and I admit that I make it hesitantly.  [...]

Wanted: Instructions on Creating a Page-Turner

Wanted: Instructions on Creating a Page-Turner

Desperately Seeking A Page-Turner Primer.  If you are one or know of one, please comment below.Edited after reading the comments:Submissions on SOUL TACO are going as well as they could go without a sale.  Editorial comment has been very positive and complimentary, with one editor requesting a rewrite, while three others have said that they [...]

Can Somebody Explain This to Me?

Can Somebody Explain This to Me?

I read this on
davidlubar
’s blog. It’s important enough to pass along. My other post is about the people I’m thankful for, but first, I’d like to say I’m thankful that Ritchie Partington had the nerve to ask a principal to actually read.  If anyone has anymore details about this case, please comment.
QUOTE:A day after informing [...]

The (in)Famous Crab Hat

The (in)Famous Crab Hat

It’s as grainy as a picture of Nessie but….

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ALAN in Review

ALAN in Review

Other folks did a fantastic job of blogging ALAN/NCTE (yep, we’re now more important than in NCTE in my world), among them 
jbknowles

davidlubar
 , 
professornana

halseanderson
.  (If I missed anyone, I’ll edit this post.)  How they could take phots and update their blogs, I have no idea, and my hats are off to them (both the ballcap and the [...]

The Countdown Begins

The Countdown Begins

The “Best YA Show on Earth” is about to begin! Two weeks and counting to the 2007 ALAN Workshop in NYC, which will be held Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 19-20 at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, Westside Ballroom.  To view the program, which is in pdf format, click here.
 
davidlubar
 ,
dlgarfinkle
 , and
halseanderson
 , y’all packed yet?
 
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