http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com by Cynthea Liu Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:17:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1285" align="alignright" width="126" caption="Mandy Hubbard"][/caption] This week, we have Mandy Hubbard. Mandy grew up on a dairy farm outside Seattle, where she refused to wear high heels until homecoming and hated them so much she didn't wear another pair for five years. A cowgirl at heart, she enjoys riding horses ... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/06/04/1210/authors-on-the-verge-meet-mandy-hubbard-novelist/ [caption id="attachment_1293" align="alignright" width="188" caption="Sarah Rees Brennan"][/caption] This week, we have Sarah Rees Brennan. Sarah was born and raised in Ireland by the sea, where her teachers valiantly tried to make her fluent in Irish (she wants you to know it's not called Gaelic) but she chose to read books under ... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/06/01/1213/authors-on-the-verge-meet-sarah-rees-brennan-novelist/ This week, we have Megan Frazer, who studied English literature and creative writing at Columbia University. She lives with her husband in Maine, where she is a high school librarian. A little about, Secrets of Truth & Beauty: Secrets of Truth & Beauty is the story of a former child beauty pageant ... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/05/28/1117/authors-on-the-verge-meet-megan-frazer-young-adult-novelist/ [caption id="attachment_1113" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Fran Cannon Slayton "][/caption] This week, we have the sensational Fran Cannon Slayton. Fran is a former child sex abuse prosecutor, a former legal publisher, and a stay-at-home mom.  She has been known to sing in rock and roll bands, play trumpet, do an incredible party trick ... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/05/15/1109/authors-on-the-verge-meet-fran-cannon-slayton-novelist/ Nearly 230 entries. Three winners walked away with a free-tique! We topped out at 395 comments for the Library Lovin' Challenge. Now how are Snoop and I going to get 605 more?! Stay tuned to find out .... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/05/04/1325/rlgl-is-officially-over-and-what-a-race-it-was/ All Why, Why, Why feedback has been returned for those who have requested it. If you have not received yours, please let Snoop know and forward ALL the pages of your ms (PASTED in the email) to whysnoop@cynthealiu.com. Snoop will return your feedback via Twitter for any remaining works that ... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/05/01/1324/rlgl-we-love-libraries-update/ Will Round 13 happen? Help us make it to 400 comments by Sunday, May 3rd, 11:59PM CST, and the race is on! The challenge post is here.  Please leave a comment (one per person!). http://www.cynthealiu.com/2009/03/bloggers-library-loving-challenge/ THIS JUST IN: Round 12 Twitter Thoughts from Snoop are posted.  http://www.twitter.com/thesnooper From this point forward, Snoop is only ... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/04/30/1322/rlgl-we-love-libraries-round-12-results-new-racers-may-enter-at-any-time/ [caption id="attachment_1280" align="alignright" width="198" caption="Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia by Cindy Pon"][/caption] This week, we have Cindy Pon. Cindy was born in Taipei, Taiwan and immigrated to California in 1980 at age six, settling in a suburb of Los Angeles. She began writing stories before she was officially declared ... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/04/30/1208/authors-on-the-verge-meet-cindy-pon-young-adult-novelist/ Will Round 12 happen? Help us make it to 350 comments by Wednesday, April 30th 11:59PM CST, and the race is on! The challenge post is here.  Please leave a comment (one per person!). http://www.cynthealiu.com/2009/03/bloggers-library-loving-challenge/ THIS JUST IN: Round 11 Twitter Thoughts from Snoop are posted.  http://www.twitter.com/thesnooper Twitter Thoughts do not replace actual feedback ... http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/04/27/1312/rlgl-we-love-libraries-round-11-results-new-racers-may-enter-at-any-time/ Hello WFCAT fans, Thought you'd enjoy this one today. Especially with RLGL underway. Breathe it in! http://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-i-read-submissions.html http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/2009/04/27/1309/one-editors-take-on-loving-or-leaving-a-submission/