Yesterday, Leah Clifford visited the Greenwillow offices during a whirlwind tour of NYC with some of her fellow YA Rebels.
Besides having a tour of the 23rd floor, Leah and I had lunch at a restaurant in a church’s courtyard, where we bewildered the people at the neighboring table by talking about the fallen angels and [...]
My Great-Grandfather, the Hero
By David Macinnis Gill
You know the adages “Write what you know” and “Kill your darlings?” They’re meant as sage advice to those of us who string together words for fun. “Kill your darlings,” often blamed on Faulkner, means to strike without mercy any sentences that you think show your great prowess as [...]
In May, the 2012 London Olympic Games’ mascots were unveiled: Wenlock, the mascot for the Olympics, and Mandeville, the Paralympics mascot.
Shortly after that, we saw an awful lot of sassy Zakumi, the World Cup mascot.
Mascots are a lot like clowns; I know that there must be children out there who are entertained by them, but [...]
You never know who you’ll meet at ALA! Here’s Kathy Faber, HarperCollins Children’s Director of Sales, Wholesale and Backlist, “taking a meeting” at her first ALA convention this past June in Washington, D.C.
Amy Brecount White recently visited Lynne Rae Perkins in Michigan. She was in the area in time for “Shardfest.” We are told that Shardfest took place in Lynne Rae’s driveway on one the hottest days of the summer. Shardfest participants got to hammer tiles, smash already broken mugs, etc. etc. etc. to come up with [...]
