Taking Stock, Rounding Up 2017
A roundup of my teaching, translation, and writing in 2017 and my plans for a YA historical fiction series, now in progress.
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Young People Rally for #NetNeutrality
Thursday December 7 saw nationwide rallies to protest Federal Communications Commission director Ajit Pai’s promise to end Net Neutrality at the FCC’s...
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Get Discovered: The YA Discovery Contest
Announcing the 8th Annual YA Discovery Contest from Regina Brooks at Serendipity Literary Agency. No synopsis, no problem. Here’s what she’s looking for.
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Taking Chances, Writing Outside Walls: Diverse Authors at the 2017 Brooklyn Book Festival
A report on two events on Children’s Day at the 2017 Brooklyn Book Festival and thoughts on taking chances and writing outside one’s comfort zone.
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Fighting the Last War
Lessons learned from an overreaction to negative reviews and the failed project that followed, with advice for other writers.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
