Hey, folks within a reasonable distance of Portland — Friday at 5 pm, you should come to the Barnes & Noble at Clackamas Town Center for the SCBWI Oregon Author/Illustrator Gala! The event description from the bookstore site: “Join us as we celebrate the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Ilustrators – Oregon! Meet Deborah [...]
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Thanks, everyone, for all your lovely congratulatory messages! Here are a couple of photos from the reception after the Oregon Book Awards, at the Portland Art Museum. Linda Zuckerman and I have just been busted by a security guard for attempting to pose while, ahem, making contact with the statue behind us. Hence the slightly [...]
…and I would sure love to see you at 5 pm Sunday afternoon (the link is to the festival’s Sunday schedule and, warning, for some reason it has music) , when I’ll be reading as part of the Oregon Book Awards Young Adult Literature Showcase. I would invite you to the Oregon Book Awards ceremony [...]
At the Small Press Expo, everything is unique, even the chairs. It was a great, crowded show, and it kept me mostly away from the Internet. When I finally did get back online, all kinds of folks let me know I’d been BoingBoinged, which was excellent to see. And in an uncanny coincidence, Mr. Rushkoff [...]
I was glancing at some post about the cultural impact of viral videos — only I read it as feral videos. Am I inadvertently predicting the next Internet trend? In other news: leaving for the Small Press Expo tomorrow! With the usual array of comics, novels, stickers, buttons, sundries. We’re flying into Baltimore and will [...]
Had I not finished Minders of Make-Believe: idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children’s literature mere days before attending KidLit 08: Bridging the Worlds of Books and Blogs, I would’ve experienced the conference differently. I’m sure I would’ve enjoyed the sessions and the people I met just as much, but I wouldn’t have seen [...]
Hey everybody. For your information, there are a couple of places I am going to be soon. Saturday, 9/27: Portland KidLit. Hurray for conveniently located conferences! And next weekend, 10/4-10/5, considerably less convenient, but very exciting, since it will be my first time attending: the Small Press Expo! In both cases I will as usual [...]
When I get home from a trip and go through the accumulated mail, usually it is not that exciting. Bills, catalogs, credit card offers…wait. What’s this? It’s from Literary Arts? Oh. My. The Rules for Hearts is a finalist for an Oregon Book Award! And I’m in great company in the YA category: Night of [...]
Anaheim, here I come! As usual, my conference will be a mix of librarial and authorial. Two highlights: Saturday June 28th, from 1:30-3:30 pm: I’m on a panel — “Teens at Your Branch Library: From Trauma to Triumph?” at the Anaheim Marriott, Platinum 3/4 (Spoiler: Yes to triumph.) Sunday June 29th, from 9-10 am: I’m [...]
I was burned out on the notion of writing a con report until I thought of doing haikus. Then the whole gang got into it. Here are some of mine: Loud fight with girlfriend turns into performance art when you’re cosplaying. Warren Ellis said He wanted to have me killed Most effective blurb. We’re webcomics [...]
