{"id":1086,"date":"2011-12-01T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:34:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:34:56","slug":"toon-thursday-and-random-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1086","title":{"rendered":"Toon Thursday and Random Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings! Today’s toon is on a familiar topic…the range of cartoons I can write on the subject of rejection seems inexhaustible somehow. Wonder why that is? Anyway, as always, click to view the cartoon larger.<\/p>\n

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\nOn a separate note, some good links have come my way over the past few days. From Doret over at Happy Nappy Bookseller comes a list enumerating MG\/YA books published by authors of color<\/a> during 2011, as an addendum to a post by Zetta Elliott<\/a> on the topic of books published by African American authors over the past year. Interesting reading (and fodder for TBR piles, too)…the numbers are pretty thought-provoking and I’d love to see someone crunch them in relation to the total number of books published by all authors.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for gift ideas, MotherReader has released her annual list of 150 Ways to Give a Book<\/a>. There are ideas for all ages–and I especially love that Tanita’s A La Carte<\/i> is on the list.<\/p>\n

Speaking of giving books, there’s still some time left for the Guys Lit Wire Ballou Holiday Book Fair<\/a>–buying even one book would help these kids’ school library more than you can imagine.<\/p>\n

Looking for someplace to send your writing? There are a few contests going right now. With a Dec. 15 deadline is the She Writes Young Adult Novel Contest<\/a>, to benefit Girls Write Now. All you need to do is sign up for She Writes (which is free) and your 2,000-word excerpt could be eligible to win valuable feedback and guidance from writing and publishing pros. And, if you’re up to writing an essay, you could win a 50-page critique in a contest from the Book Wish Foundation<\/a>. Some great authors and agents are involved in both, so get cracking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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