{"id":2944,"date":"2006-07-06T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-06T02:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:25:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:25:32","slug":"backwith-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2944","title":{"rendered":"Back…with Tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am finally back in the blogging world for a bit, and wanted to put up a few links I’ve been collecting. I found out on the SCBWI<\/a> discussion boards that former Scholastic and Harcourt editor Eileen Robinson has launched a venture called F1rstPages.com<\/a>, which, for a small fee, will critique the all-important first few pages or first chapter of your manuscript. The first chapter is a hefty $100, but the first 2 pages is only $35. Not sure if the price is worth it, but after having my manuscript nixed several times, it makes one start considering…<\/p>\n

According to Publishers Weekly (via the SCBWI newsletter), Flying Point Press<\/a> is a book packager aiming at “tween boys,” primarily through a series of war-themed novels at the moment, but planning to expand to true adventure and historical fiction. I feel a little strange about this, inasmuch as it seems to cater to a set of stereotypes I don’t care for. But then, I’m married to a man whose parents didn’t allow him to play with any realistically violent toys when he was a boy. Transformers were OK; guns and G.I. Joes were not.<\/p>\n

On a lighter note, Actionopolis<\/a> is a new fantasy\/action\/adventure press that publishes illustrated novels. There’s a really cool feel to the ones I looked at–very reminiscent of chapter books that I loved as a child that contained both small, peripheral illustrations as well as full-page artwork. Plus, how can you go wrong with titles like Zombie Monkey Monster Jamboree<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards have been announced–read about the winners here<\/a>. Notably, Kate DiCamillo’s new book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane<\/u> won for Fiction and Poetry.<\/p>\n

Poor Daniel Handler. Lemony Snicket may get mobbed with fans, but heaven forbid he should try to do a reading of adult work under his real name<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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