Me with Kate Quinn and Stephanie Dray. These gals rock! I attended my first Historical Novel Society conference last weekend and, y'all, I have found mah people! Seriously, it was so awesome to be around folks who don't roll their eyes when you start talking history but actually share your obsession. Plus, I got to be on a panel about writing fiction set … [Read more...] about A Newby at the Historical Novel Conference
Authors
Donna Jo Napoli, SCBWI WIK Conference, Crystal Kite and School Visits
Last Friday, I attended the writing intensive at the Southern-Breeze SCBWI conference with Donna Jo Napoli. In addition to publishing dozens of books, she is also a linguist from Harvard and a mathematician from MIT. Serious chops.Anyway, I mentioned to her that I particularly love her YA novel, BEAST, which is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story. The "Beast" is a … [Read more...] about Donna Jo Napoli, SCBWI WIK Conference, Crystal Kite and School Visits
On Writing HIstorical Fiction: A Guest Post from Julie Chibbaro
Award-winning young adult author Julie Chibbaro has a knack for creating vidid, fascinating and intense worlds from eras long gone. Her first book, Redemption, took us to the harrowing wildness of the New World in the 1500s, while her latest--Deadly--takes us to New York in the early 1900's during a typhoid epidemic.Deadly has received a lot of attention, with The New York … [Read more...] about On Writing HIstorical Fiction: A Guest Post from Julie Chibbaro
On the Kindness of Children’s Book Authors
The Southern Kentucky Book (SOKY) Festival rocked for so many reasons: I got to hang with Kristin Tubb, met Cynthea Liu in person, and made new connections with the awesome Philana Marie Boles and Jen Bradbury. But I will always remember it as the festival where fellow author Tracy Barrett brought me a special surprise. Tracy and I had never met face-to-face, though she was … [Read more...] about On the Kindness of Children’s Book Authors
Q&A With Tracy Barrett, Author of ITHAKA
Telemachus' best bud is a centaur in the story.I loved Tracy Barrett's new book, King of Ithaka.It's perfect for those of us who love ancient history, as well as for young teens fascinated by the Greek myths. Tracy is a professor at Vanderbilt University and has published seventeen (17!) books for children and one for adults. She is also the regional adviser for the SCBWI … [Read more...] about Q&A With Tracy Barrett, Author of ITHAKA
