Interview - Editor Stacy Whitman - Mirrorstone Books

Thank you Cynthia Leitich Smith!

http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/06/editor-interview-stacy-whitman-of.html

Almost as good as being there -- Read Editors blogs...

I found a great blog by editor Stacy Whitman. She recently gave talks at the LTUE Conference. You can read read them on her blog and comment/ask questions.

They start on February 20th.

http://slwhitman.livejournal.com/2007/02/20/

An interview with Kimberly Duncan-Mooney, the U.S. editor for Barefoot Books

Jenna Glatzer interviews Kimberly Duncan-Mooney

http://www.absolutewrite.com/novels/kimberly_duncan_mooney.htm


Jenna Glatzer is the author of 16 books, including Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer and The Street-Smart Writer: Self-Defense Against Sharks and Scams in the Writing World. Check them out and pick up freebies at her site, www.jennaglatzer.com.

Free Novel Writing Software

I haven't tried this. If any of you have - please post a comment about it :o)

http://members.iinet.net.au/~simonh/spacejock/yWriter.html

Karen Wiesner chat -- she's the author of First Draft in 30 days

February 20, 2007, all day: Karen Wiesner will be the featured author on the WCPreaders list. To join Karen for the chat, visit
http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/WCPreaders / or send a blank e-mail to
WCPreaders-subscrib e@yahoogroups. com. Book prizes will be given away throughout the chat.

Smart Writers and the WIN contest

I love the slogan on the site -- Dream it. Do it. Write it Now .

http://www.smartwriters.com/

Check out the details for this year's W.I.N. contest!

Guest Agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin Q & A on teenlitauthors yahoogroups

Sign up for the yahoo group -- teenlitauthors - and get to know agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin

Alyssa Eisner Henkin earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from The University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of The Radcliffe Publishing Course. She spent seven years as an editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Here she edited The New York Times best-selling titles Little Quack by Lauren Thompson and A Creature Was Stirring by Carter Goodrich as well as the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award recipient, Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas. She also created the celebrated Wedding Planner's Daughter series by Coleen Paratore and the forthcoming The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick.

In December of 2006 Alyssa joined Trident Media Group as an agent focused on the representation of children's and young adult authors and illustrators. She is seeking middle grade, tween, and young adult novels as well as chapter books, picture books and non-fiction.

Great research site

Thank you Ashley for this site

http://www.journalism.cuny.edu/research-center/assistance/web-search-tools.html


You can read Ashley's blog at http://alisonashleyformento.blogspot.com/

Agent Caren Johnson is Guest Agent on teenlitauthors@yahoogroups.com

This is a great group for YA writers

They frequently have guest agents and guest editors available for a week - to answer questions.


To Subscibe

teenlitauthors-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Word Frequency Counter- GREAT resource when you're self-editing

It's easy -- just copy and paste some of the text from your PB MG or YA and this marvelous gizmo will tally how many times you've used almost every word!

http://www.writewords.org.uk/word_count.asp

Great Blog for Writers - Darcy Pattison's Revision Notes

You may have heard about Darcy Pattison's Novel Revision Retreat

In her blog she discusses the revision process and other writing tips and struggles

http://darcypattison.livejournal.com/

Here's Darcy's website

http://members.aol.com/ddpattison/

News and Editorial Changes at Children's Book Publishers

Harold Underdown has a wonderful website with great resources for writers The Purple Crayon

This link will take you to Who's Moving Where?

http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm

What's a YA author to do when book packagers seem to create all the hits? Article by agent Stephen Barbara

Read about one agent's insights to YA novels and book packagers


http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6407291.html?text=stephen+barbaraBecause it Takes a Village to Raise a Writer