Dreamwalks July 2009
I just flew home from ALA Chicago A most magnificent experience meeting nation wide librarians (according to ALA roughly 25,000 library leaders and supporters)touring publishing houses with their newest offerings (like wending through a gold mine), meeting the indomitable Egmont USA team: Douglas Pocock, Elizabeth Law, Regina Griffin, Mary Albi, and Ellen Greene. Chatting and… Read more
We just returned from Maui where I swam in the sea and went on a 5 day Sacred Maui Pilgrimage Retreat with Ram Dass. The first day there we visited a sacred Hawaiian site by special invitation. Lei’ohu Ryder invited us into the Kukuipuka Heiau a place of profound healing and inspiration. Lei’ohu Ryder shared… Read more
It has been forever since I blogged. Why?? I have been juggling many projects and am in the air all day tossing and tossing. I was recently asked juggling advice and did I recommend it. Hum . . . The answer depends on your best way of working. Jane Yolen always juggles many projects at… Read more
Happy World Water Day! Image thanks to PlayPumps Join me in celebrating clean drinking water with PlayPumps! For World Water Day PlayPumps is focusing on communities in Malawi Africa where only 57% of the rural population has access to clean drinking water. Do you want to pitch in and Help? Check out PlayPumps! Clean drinking… Read more
I just finished many present-day trips to India in the pages of Indu Sundaresan’s brilliant new short story collection: IN THE CONVENT OF LITTLE FLOWERS (Atria Books). The fabric of these stories is silken, the flow of language itself transports the reader. Though the stories vary in time and place, all of the striking stories… Read more
Look forward to hidden treasure when you read Justina Chen Headley’s new book NORTH OF BEAUTIFULFebruary 09 (Little Brown) This gorgeous novel has already earned a Publisher’s Weekly starred review, and I expect that’s just the beginning of the praise it’s bound to receive. It’s rare to find such a perfectly balanced novel. Award-winning author,… Read more
EXCALIBUR PEN Driving along the Big Sur coast in California, we stopped to climb down to a deserted beach, then scaled rocks to a waterfall. Guess what I found embedded in the mud below the enchanted falls? Pictures tell the story . . . ~the Wart walked up to the great sword for the third… Read more
ZOOM ZOOM photo shareOctober’s been a travel month. First stop Oregon SCBWI Retreat at Silver Falls State Park where I taught Story CPR, met fellow writers, Chronicle books editor, Julie Romeis, and Holiday House editor, Leanna Petronella. Leanna gave a stomping good session on writing YA novels. Five words for this retreat= Terrific!! Watch out… Read more
What a surprise to be nominated for the I Love Your Blog award! And to be nominated by my favorite blog Wordlings by Justina, Justina Chen Headley is a true honor! Here’s the To Do nomination list flying round the web for those of you who would like to join in the fun. 1) Add… Read more
Leapin Synchronicity! Author Julia Cameron talks a lot about how the world joins you in synchronicity when you commit to a project. I’ve experienced this phenomenon any number of times. The most recent incident had to do with leaping from one novel to another. It was time to leave Stealing Death (after sending it in… Read more
