Woohoo! The Texas Book Festival Announces its 2012 author lineup. What’s a book lover to do?!?!
Category: Authors
Nora Ephron -30-
Goodbye, Nora Ephron. The Quarter Century Club will always have Heartburn.
The Best Little Writing Conference in Texas
If you’re looking for an agent or wanting to learn more about what the heck is going on in publishing, look no farther than the Writers’ League of Texas Agents Conference June 22-24 in Austin.
Book Expo 2012: Day 2
Our heroine’s Day 2 at Book Expo 2012. Will the girl get the galley? Tune in to find out!
Book Expo 2012: Day 1
Day 1 of my adventures at Book Expo America 2012
The Thursday Blinterview: Lynda Rutledge, Part II
Lynda Rutledge, the author of Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam) was my featured author of the month for May. Here’s Part II of our “blinterview” about the craft of writing. Let’s talk about your writing career. You’ve written nonfiction for a long time and taught writing. As a writer, what was […]
The Thursday Blinterview: Lynda Rutledge
Even though Lynda Rutledge’s book launch party for Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam) was on April 30 at BookPeople, I’m declaring her my author of the month for May. If you haven’t had a chance to visit Bass, Texas, yet, get thee to your nearest bookstore and snag a copy. Lynda’s […]
Yours Truly on Finding an Agent
At the 2011 Writers’ League of Texas Agents Conference, the Author Learning Center taped interviews with conference agents, editors, authors, and publishing consultants. I had the pleasure of talking about how writers can find an agent. A couple of more clips will be posted soon! Meanwhile, check out the resources at the Author Learning Center: […]
A Literary Ramble with Agent Laura Rennert
I’m a fan of the blog Literary Rambles, a go-to site for all things related to children’s books and publishing from Casey McCormick and Natalie Aguirre. So what a nice surprise it was to zip through my Feeddler feed today to see the L.R. Agent Spotlight shining on Laura Rennert of the Andrea Brown Literary […]
A Writerly Weekend in Houston
Big weekend in Houston. Started off with my “The Path to Publishing” class at Rice University’s Glasscock School on Saturday. Excellent group of students with lots of great energy, promising book ideas, and thoughtful questions. Sometimes I wonder if I get more out of the class than my students do — I always walk away […]