{"id":1078,"date":"2011-12-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:34:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:34:58","slug":"some-holiday-notes-apology-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Some Holiday Notes, an Apology, and an Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, first, the apology…sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately, though luckily, Tanita has been more than capably holding down the fort. Aside from the usual excuses about life being hectic and whatnot, I’ve also been a bit scatterbrained for a much happier reason (here comes the announcement): I’m now officially a client of Jennifer Laughran of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, who is a longtime fellow blogger<\/a>–yet another reason for feeling extremely lucky and thrilled about this new development.<\/p>\n

Anyway, a few links for your Monday perusal: First, a fundraiser that won’t take but a moment of your time and will help kids in need of books. Over at Teaching Authors<\/a>, they’re sponsoring a fundraiser in support
\nof First Book–for every comment they receive on their blog this month (one per person), they’ll donate $1 to First Book, up to $225. Every $2.50 donated provides a brand-new book to a child in need. And through
\nDec. 31, Disney Publishing Worldwide will match every $1 donated with another new book. So Go! Comment! <\/a><\/p>\n

Second, if you’re like me, you’re always interested in end-of-year booklists–here are a couple of intriguing ones: <\/p>\n