Posts tagged "kidlit"

Books as Fingerprints

Posted on January 18th, 2012

It used to be that hardcopy book people would get this insane fire in their eyes when someone would ask them about e-readers or e-books or the future of publishing. It’s that “I like the weight of them” look, the “it’s the way they smell” look, the “you can pry my hard copy books out [...]

Suddenly I Know Things!

Posted on May 18th, 2011

Firstly I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who’s congratulated me here on my blog or on Twitter or Facebook over the past week.  It’s been overwhelming to see the kind of cheer and support this community gives.  Just thank you, thank you. <3 Anyway!  So today I got to do something I’ve always [...]

Why YA?

Posted on May 7th, 2011

Sometimes when I have the “What do you do/I’m a writer/Oh, what do you write/Books for kids” conversation with new people, I get a Look that I’ve come to recognize.  It’s the “Oh.  For kids. So not real books” look.  (It’s similar to the “Oh, fantasy” look, but that’s another blog post.)  I always find [...]