I just spent an hour in my walk-in closet. The last time I did that, I was cowering under an onslaught of infant triplet crying. My boys are almost six years old now, and long past choral crying (and I’m much less sleep-deprived), so I was hanging out in the closet for a much better […]
Giveaway: FREE EDIT of a Picture Book Manuscript
Dear-Editor.com has just had its six-month birthday. Woo-hoo! I’m having so much fun with the site. To celebrate this milestone (and to satisfy popular request), I’m giving away a free edit of one picture book manuscript. Deadline: October 10, 2010. For the rules and to enter, go to the announcement on Dear-Editor.com. Happy writing!
News: I’m Writing a For Dummies book!
I’m proud to announce that I’ve just been signed to write Writing Young Adult Fiction for Dummies for Wiley Publishing’s For Dummies line. The book is scheduled for June 2011 publication. I’m so excited! And with my triplets just having started full-day kindergarten, the timing certainly couldn’t be better. An amazing new chapter in our […]
Interview for SCBWI’s “Industry PROfiles”
The Society of Children’s Books Writers & Illustrators has just posted an on-line interview with me. I’m very excited, because I just love SCBWI. It’s the go-to organization for all the wonderful folks who create the words and images in children’s books. The interview focuses on my literary journey from playroom to publishing house to […]
Dear-Editor.com Anniversary Giveaway – a FREE Substantive Edit
To celebrate the one-month anniversary of Dear-Editor.com, I’m giving away a free Substantive Edit of one Young Adult or Middle Grade fiction manuscript. To enter more than once, spread the word! Deadline: April 14, 2010. Enter & rules at www.Dear-Editor.com.
Interviewed on SellingBooks.com!
Interviews are such fun to do! This time, SellingBooks.com let me ponder-out-loud my passion for writing, the welcome challenges of editing, the joy of Dear-Editor.com, and why half of females aged 18 – 25 want to be run over by a truck. Check it out here!
Chatting in the Writers’ Waiting Room
I had the pleasure of being interviewed for the new writing blog Writers’ Waiting Room. The focus of interview was the creation of Dear-Editor.com, my writers’ advice website. The interview, conducted by the contagiously optimistic Tami Casias, was posted on March 13, and it was fun to do. Writers’ Waiting Room was launched on the […]
New Gig: SCBWI’s Summer 2010 Conference
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be presenting a workshop at the Society of Children’s Books Writers & Illustrators’ 39th annual summer conference, which will be held at the Century Hyatt in Los Angeles July 30 through August 2, 2010. My session is “The Ultimate Checklist for Submitting to Editors: 10 Tests a Novel Must […]
Announcing DearEditor.com
What do you do when Fate slips six more hours into your day? You launch a new website, that’s what. I’m excited to announce the launch of www.DearEditor.com, a writers’ advice website where writers, published or not, can ask questions about the craft of writing and/or the publishing industry and get direct answers and actionable […]
Announcing Dear-Editor.com
What do you do when Fate slips six more hours into your day? You launch a new website, that’s what. I’m excited to announce the launch of www.Dear-Editor.com, a writers’ advice website where writers, published or not, can ask questions about the craft of writing and/or the publishing industry and get direct answers and actionable […]
New Gig: “Live with Lisa” Radio Show
I know, you can’t get enough of me on this blog, right? Well then, hear me live on the radio this weekend! I’ll be calling in from England to the “Live with Lisa on The Daily Flow” radio show on Mile High Sports Radio AM 1510 this Saturday, November 29, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. MST […]
Horn Book Guide Gives BIG MOUTH a Thumbs Up!
Please forgive me for tootin’ my own “horn”, but I’m thrilled to report that the new issue of The Horn Book Guide gives BIG MOUTH a cool thumbs up! The Horn Book Guide reviews over 2,000 titles in each semiannual issue , virtually every children’s and young adult book published in the United States in […]
‘Where in the World…?’ Update: BIG MOUTH in Italy
I “lost” a copy of BIG MOUTH in the Los Angeles International Airport the day my family boarded our flight to London. Not only was that book found, it has been taken on holiday to Italy by a reader named Cristina. (Read Cristina’s email to me on my “Where in the World . . . […]
Where in the World? update: Kelsey ‘Finds’ BIG MOUTH at Comic-Con
16-year-old Kelsey got a little more than she bargained for at San Diego’s Comic-Con last week: She found one of the four copies of BIG MOUTH that were “lost” at the convention. If you want to see where Kelsey plans to “lose” the book when she’s done reading it, go to the “Where in the […]
My Interview in Today’s North County Times!
My mom was skimming her Sunday paper in Escondido today and spotted a feature about me and BIG MOUTH: “County Author Inspired by Coney Island Tradition.” What a surprise for her! I’d deliberately kept my interview with the North County Times reporter last week a secret from her and Dad, hoping that this would happen. […]
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