Being a writer AND a publisher
I got an email from Lee Byrd at Cinco Puntos Press today, telling me that Bobby always said he shot himself in one foot when he decided to become a poet and shot himself in the other foot when he...
View ArticleThe Problem With Professionalization
I posted this on Catalyst Book Press’s blog but thought it appropriate for this one as well.  I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the problems with professionalization or the problems that...
View ArticleFacebook Scandal
Although I am a huge fan of the ability to easily publish things on the internet–maybe I’m more into free culture than I realized–I’ve also wondered how many problems crop up. I’ve looked occasionally...
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Why I Write For Children: Authors Explain at the Children’s Authors Breakfast...
I had a great time at the Children’s Authors Breakfast at the BEA. I can only wish that I was as funny as Eoin Colfer and Sherman Alexie, and I can also only wish that someday I’ll be as big as Judy...
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Smell of Old Lady Perfume–Interview with Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
Recently, I wrote an article for El Paso Magazine and interviewed Claudia Guadalupe Martinez, whose new young adult book Smell of Old Lady Perfume, is due out from Cinco Puntos Press in July. I’m...
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Article 4
This weekend, I had three appearances at the Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison. Here I am, appearing on a panel with (from left to right) Marlene Kim Connor Lynch of Connor Literary Agency, Nichole...
View ArticleThe Gatekeepers
My previous post about The Cool Kids reminded me of the panel I organized for REFORMA’s National Conference in September. The panel consisted of the only 3 y.a. writers that I am aware of who have ever...
View ArticleBooks: Doing the Work of God
I had a two hour long conversation today with the editor of a small publishing company here in the Bay Area that specializes in science fiction. We were discussing the nature of y. a. literature, and...
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Just Be Your Quirky Self
I am reading Ariel Gore’s How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead because, of course, my daily angst is all about how I’m not a famous writer yet. It’s a great book. Read it. You can buy it...
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Never Satisfied
When I was eighteen or nineteen, my then boyfriend gave me a children’s book called Never Satisfied as a gift. On each page of the book, the narrator keeps complaining to his friend that “nothing ever...
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