Other Writers' Blogs and Websites

I love to hear what other writers have to say on their blogs and websites.  Every now and then I'll highlight some here.

For today, here are three writers whose works I admire and who offer thoughtful, interesting, insightful posts on writing and life. (Click on their names for links.)

Karen Hesse

Karen Hesse's blog is new. She and I both like to offer you photos with our words . . . or words with our photos. . .  Safekeeping is her newest book, due out mid-September, and it's another Hesse gem.

Kate DiCamillo

Clicking on her name above leads you to Kate's official Facebook page, containing touching bloggish posts. She has another lively Bink & Golly book out, Two for One. Try her website, too.

Karen Cushman

Clicking on her name (above) leads you to her website, but also check out her Facebook page, with its nice bloggish posts. Her newest book, Will Sparrow's Road, will be published in November.

Love these writers!

xx

ALA, part 2

Some 20,000 librarians, publishers and writers

descended on Anaheim, CA, 

for the annual American Library Association conference

June 21-26, 2012.

This was a crazy, good time to celebrate books

and to meet twitter/blog/facebook followers

and librarians

and colleagues

 

(Judy Zuckerman)

(Katy Horning, Emily Kokie)

(Randy and Karen Hesse)

(me, Ed Spicer, Katherine Applegate)

(Joanna Cotler, Susan Katz, Kate Jackson, Lisa von Drasek)

(Newbery winner Jack Gantos and daughter Mabel)

Such a week!

Such good folk!

Wish I had been able to take more photos

. . .

next time 

. . . 

xx

An ARC, an ARC, my Kingdom for an ARC . . .

Look at this treasure

that came in the mail today:

an Advance Review Copy (ARC)

of Karen Hesse's new book:

safekeeping

!

It looks enticing:

"a novel of tomorrow"

with generous doses

of

Karen Hesse's own photographs

!

I am eager to begin.

!