I am so excited about this year! I'm still working on my resolutions, but I'm thinking I may just have a list of goals instead. They're all important so they're all Goal #1. But the first Goal #1 I…
The Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Book Awards (Cybils) judges and panelists have been announced for the 2010 committees. I'm thrilled to be among them! Panel Organizer: Pam Coughlan, MotherReader Panelists (Round I Judges): Emily…
I am SO excited, but also having guilt. No, make that Guilt. I haven't blogged, and have barely tweeted lately because I'm working so concentratedly on designing my new site. It won't be in flash the way my present site…
What a process! I can finally get back to a normal schedule after working so hard at collecting all my crap book-related materials for the book archives at the Dodd Center for the Book at UCONN. Here is what…
I'll be doing BEA "from-the-aisles" interviews of authors, editors and bloggers for my radio show. Anyone want me to ask any specific questions, post it to my Facebook wall or as a comment here on my blog! I have some…
(Oh, and also? I won TWO raffles this weekend! My luck is zooming around the universe!) Thanks, Paula Yoo, for posting this so I can repost here on my blog. FABulous video - I want to know who wrote…
Muuuuuch easier to create than I'd thought. Here I've been trying to animate it myself but have just learned that my developer only needs me to do the art. Yes, I still have to create every dinhle pose and inbetween…
Like many writers, I'm on various children's literature listservs. One of my groups began a discussion about how great it is to earn money from amazon via one's blog. Some bloggers are earning a lot, too! It's very tempting to…
I'm not the most organized of folks. I try, I really do. And one thing that keeps/kept me from blogging on a schedule is that I really have this feeling that no one reads me. I'm not on anyone's blog…
Just now, as I was making my world famous cold sesame noodles (for a rained out 4th of July concert on the green that ain't gonna happen), I was listening to NPR when a story came on about a brilliant…