Author: paulahy

Now, now calm down. I needed to get your attention to remind you that this week is Banned Book Week – the national initiative to draw attention to literary censorship. Every now and then, the mother in me enters the room while the writer in me is working and I’ll notice a curse word in [ Read the full article… ]

Young adult has come a long way. But there will always be those who like to remind YA writers that we musn’t try and sit at the grown-ups table. After all we “only” write for kids. Why haven’t they figured out that this dismissive attitude only fuels our fire? I think the mere existence of [ Read the full article… ]

  Rally Cry For Reading The Brown Bookshelf Announces 2011 Spotlight Authors & Illustrators Today, The Brown Bookshelf announced the twenty-four authors and four illustrators to be spotlighted in the group’s fourth annual 28 Days Later initiative, a month-long celebration of veteran and emerging children’s authors of color. “Four years in and spotlighting authors of [ Read the full article… ]

Totally dating myself here, but remember that old Ragu commercial where the grandma was making spaghetti sauce and one of her new- school grandchildren comes up and starts making all these suggestions of what she should put in the sauce to make it better? And everytime the grandchild mentions an ingrediant, Grandma says (with all [ Read the full article… ]

Or is it…open says me? I never knew. Which ever it is, the window is now open for 28 Days Later submissions. The Brown Bookshelf is still here four years later because of word-of-mouth. For those who visit regularly, we appreciate your spreading the word about submission time and then promoting 28 Days Later when [ Read the full article… ]

Every Sunday my pastor does her little routine… “What time is it?” she says, a glint in her eye as she scans the church. And the congregation responds, “It’s giving time.” And everyone knows that it’s time to dig deep into their pockets or checkbooks and prime themselves for the offering. Well, it’s giving time [ Read the full article… ]

Over at Color Online (this year’s recipient of 28 Days Later spotlight books) Doret has posted about Fuse 8’s call for people’s favorite Fictional Chapter books. Do go over and check out her post, as she’s saying exactly what I would for this call of action. Then, head over to Fuse 8 and submit a [ Read the full article… ]

Well, you know it’s award season (CSK, what say you?) so that also means it’s 28 Days Later announcement time. This year, I find myself in a position of having to stay in my rabbit hole. In other words, I’m knee deep in my latest work in progress. Between that and pondering 28 Days Later [ Read the full article… ]