Well, blogging has not proven to be the best medium for me. I post so rarely. I think I try to make my posts too long and they become intimidating…like writing an article! So I’m going to try a new strategy. I’ve had a lot of the same conversations over and over with new authors,… Read more »
Kekla
Tough Love for Writers
Rachel Thompson’s recent article on the Huffington Post blog, while unpleasantly titled and designed to smack her fellow authors around a bit, offers a pretty comprehensive and useful list of self-promotional things authors can and should try. Feel like you’ve tried everything? Rachel guarantees you haven’t. I make no such guarantees, but since this blog… Read more »
Mondays at CHICKS ROCK!
On Mondays I post at CHICKS ROCK!, the blog of The Women’s Mosaic. Check out my posts there, too! The Women’s Mosaic is a New York City-based non-profit organization that provides education, inspiration, and motivation for women to rise up and rock the world! The Women’s Mosaic unites and empowers women through programs that promote… Read more »
So, I Guess I’m a Slacker…
Today the New York Times published an article entitled “Writer’s Cramp: In the E-Reader Era, a Book a Year Is Slacking.” I read this article with interest. As an author who writes fairly quickly, I’m always looking for new ways to get my books out into the world faster. But it’s not as easy, nor as inevitable, as… Read more »
Panther Photos!
I’m out in San Francisco and Oakland, doing research for my upcoming nonfiction book about the Black Panthers, tentatively titled PANTHERS! There’s a lot of material to review, and the research itself is rather intense, but it’s also really neat to get to walk the same streets as the original Panthers, and to actually see… Read more »
37 Things I Love…#31: Making Videos
My new novel, 37 THINGS I LOVE, is due out from Henry Holt/Macmillan on May 22, 2012. In honor of this exciting development, here is a video of me talking about the book: I cut this video out of extra footage I recorded for a special project. Even after making that one, I had so… Read more »
Mondays at CHICKS ROCK!
On Mondays I post at CHICKS ROCK!, the blog of The Women’s Mosaic. Check out my posts there, too! The Women’s Mosaic is a New York City-based non-profit organization that provides education, inspiration, and motivation for women to rise up and rock the world! The Women’s Mosaic unites and empowers women through programs that promote… Read more »
While I Have You…. (Crafting Your Elevator Pitch)
I once met Toni Morrison in an elevator. This happened during ALA in Washington, DC, in 2010. It was late in the evening. I was exhausted. She was probably exhausted. We were staying in the same hotel, apparently, and we were both on our way back to our rooms. She stepped into the elevator behind me, along… Read more »
Mondays at CHICKS ROCK!
On Mondays I post at CHICKS ROCK!, the blog of The Women’s Mosaic. Check out my posts there, too! The Women’s Mosaic is a New York City-based non-profit organization that provides education, inspiration, and motivation for women to rise up and rock the world! The Women’s Mosaic unites and empowers women through programs that promote… Read more »
Dark and Stormy
I guess I’m coming late to the party: I just found out today about the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) blackout. Where have I been, you might ask? I’ve been everywhere I usually go online lately, I just somehow missed it. But now I’m on board. Well, I’m not turning my… Read more »