On last week's blog, Vijaya Bodach shared her inspiration for her debut YA novel, BOUND. This week she provides insights into her publishing journey and she and I talk shop. PATH TO PUBLICATION CAROL: Did you try to publish BOUND through “normal” publishers? If so, was there a pattern to your rejections? VIJAYA I tried the… Continue reading Behind the Scenes of Bound: Author Interview Part II
Congratulations to Sheri Levy who won Dorothy Price's picture book, "Nana's Favorite Things." In November I reviewed Mississippi Trial, 1955 and analyzed a scene using questions that Rebecca Petruck posed to me. In this post I'm sharing an excerpt from another award winning book about the Jim Crow period, Guardian by Julius Lester. This time I'm analyzing… Continue reading Guardian: A Book Review and a Writing Exercise
Congratulations to Linda Phillips, for winning Words with Wings on last week's blog. As some of you know, Linda is a close writing buddy but I can assure you--there was no hanky panky in her winning this book. As far as I can tell, http://www.random.org does not keep track of previous winners! ********** Let's start with… Continue reading Digging for Clay and a Giveaway!