I’m on the Verge of
The amazingly gracious Cynthea Liu has a new feature on her website, www.writingforchildrenandteens.com, that she calls “Authors on the Verge.” The goal of the feature is to introduce readers to authors who are, you know, on the verge of their careers. Recent authors include Cyn Balog, Nancy Viau, and Gayle C. Krause. And now, me! Please stop by Cynthea’s site, not only to read...
Read MoreI Want to Live in a Shipping Container
For the past ten years, I’ve lived in your typical suburban, 3/2 brick ranch neighborhood. It has everything you could want for a family: Good schools, nice roads, pleasant landscaping, and even a golf course in the middle of it. The lawns are manicured, the azaleas neatly trimmed, and the children are all above average. My neighbors and I have carbon footprints the size of an overgrown...
Read MoreEnchiladas Supremes
Because you can belong to enough social networks (is that really true?), I’ve created a Ning network for Soul Enchilada called “Soul Enchilada Supremes.” The content will be pretty the same as my Facebook, MySpace, and official website, but hey, how can I turn down free web space? Want to join? Go here. Share
Read MoreMusic City Mastications
This past weekend, I spoke at the Southern Festival of Books, a long-running book festival in Nashville, Tennessee. Varian Johnson and Heather Hepler joined me for a panel on “Heartache and Hope” in young adult literature. Our crowd was small but interested (and interesting), and we had a good time talking books and the field of young adults books. Afterwards, we beebopped up to the...
Read MoreEnchilada ARCs Spotted in the Wild
On her blog, Laurie Halse Anderson has posted a photo showing the early galleys of Soul Enchilada displayed at the Great Lakes Bookseller’s Association annual tradeshow this past weekend. Debut authors sometimes wonder when the whole “published author” thing starts to feel real. I’m not speaking for others, but when an uber-author like Laurie Halse Anderson takes a photo...
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