{"id":2903,"date":"2006-08-01T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:25:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:25:38","slug":"briefly-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2903","title":{"rendered":"Briefly…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have so much to do that I’m having trouble figuring out where to start. So, I’ll try my usual method: avoidance! Edit Hell continues, but I’m making progress…<\/p>\n

A few quick thoughts, and then back to work:<\/p>\n

There’s not much going on in the world of Children’s Lit during the summer slump, but I got a chuckle out of a Publishers Weekly<\/a> piece on fantasy – that no matter what my agent says, it’s not dead, and the appetite for it is growing larger. What hath Rowling (who netted quite a snarking last year on her birthday from Terry Pratchett<\/a>) wrought? True, the storylines are getting greater scrutiny and the fantasy writer really has to be on their game to get published, but that segment of the market is still wide open.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the 11th Magic School Bus<\/a> book has been printed! Who knew that kids and science were a great combinations?! Miss Frizzle has been driving the bus since 1986, which is an amazingly good run for a series, not to mention the great PBS series with Lily Tomlin that has been going on since at least the mid-90’s. Drive on, Miss Frizzle!<\/p>\n

And finally, since Starbucks won’t be satisfied until it reaches world domination, it’s putting out children’s books.<\/a>\u201cStarbucks doesn\u2019t market to children, but it does market to families,\u201d says publicity director Christy Salcido. \u201cThis was just a nice item to pair with candy.\u201d<\/p>\n

No.
It’s just too easy.
I’m not even going to touch<\/i> that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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