In my last post, while (gracelessly) complaining about the way some nonprofit organizations try to drum up support in my neighborhood, I mentioned that before I contribute to a particular organization, I like to do research on it and seek outside opinions. At the end of this post, I explain *how* I do that, and… Read more »
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Regarding “The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going to Miss Almost Everything”
After two weeks of lovely, restful travel I am back home and am blogging from my red couch. So many things to do. I have about 40 books out from the library (mostly for work), about 150 movies on my Netflix queue (many for work!), a megaton of email (mostly work-related!), lots and lots of,… Read more »
Diversity in YA Tour
Readers in San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, Cambridge MA, New York City, and San Diego — Cindy Pon and Malinda Lo’s Diversity in YA Fiction tour is coming to you in May. Here’s the Diversity in YA tour schedule. Cindy and Malinda will be presenting panels in the company of a whole lot of other great… Read more »
A Book Recommendation and a Bank Non-Recommendation
Writers out there: I strongly recommend the book Writing the Other: a Practical Approach, by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward. It’s the companion book to Shawl and Ward’s Writing the Other Workshop. From the workshop website (linked to above): “Are you afraid to write about characters whose racial heritage, sexual orientation, or religion differs from… Read more »
Not a Lot to Say on This Thursday
Conversation between two people, overheard on the street: PERSON 1: You could certainly drop the appendix.PERSON 2: Yes, the appendix! Here’s what I’m wondering. Do you think they were graduate students or writers (or some such) talking about a document? OR, do you think they were surgeons, having a conversation about which organs it’s acceptable… Read more »
Musical Medleys, PSAs, and James Franco Cutting His Arm Off
I’m going to send you to a website that you’re never going to want to leave. Of course, maybe you’ve already been there. I keep sending it to people and they tell me they’ve already been there. Annoying people hooked into the pulse of the internets! Stop being so on top of things! Go to… Read more »
And How about Some Two-Minute Blogging?
I really like Adrienne K.’s most recent post at her blog, Native Appropriations. The post is called “Full Blood, Verifiable Native American: A Weird Experience at Trivia Night.” Go check it out.
15-Minute Blogging
I’m giving myself 15 minutes to write this blog post. If I’m not done in 15 minutes, then it’s not posting. Because, you know, I’m on a blog break here. Here’s the thing about being on a blog break: what am I to do when people around me keep doing super-cool things that I want… Read more »
Some Links for a Nearly-Solstice Monday
I just wanted to let you all know that my blog break is going excellently. (How would you know unless I blogged it?) My publisher in Taiwan (Gaea) is releasing Graceling again with a new jacket that a lot of you will find familiar. Click to enbiggen ——–> I’ve been reading some good blog posts… Read more »
A Few More Things I Love…
…because, well, they just keep rolling in, and I don’t feel like waiting for my Monday post. This cartoon, starring a little fellow many of us know and love. (Look at the cartoon before you click to the little fellow.) Thanks, C. This picture slideshow, 25 photos long, of signs seen at the recent Rally… Read more »
