Thank you to the authors of the forthcoming The Dyslexic Advantage for the Facebook share of Reading Rocket’s recent interview with children’s author extraordinaire, Avi. I first took a look at the interview (and video clip) for his thoughts on dyslexia, but then found myself drawn into the rest of the transcript, some snippets of …
On this first day of Black History Month, I want to introduce you to Oscar Micheaux: “I was struck by the beauty of the scenery…. Stretching for miles to the northwest and to the south, the land would rise in a gentle slope to a hogback, and as gentle slope away to a draw, which …
A few months ago at the dinner table, our son mentioned that he had been reading about the movies based on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy (aka the Millennium Trilogy). For some mindless reason, I heard “Girl With a Pearl Earring” instead of “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” “I didn’t know there were …
Do you write children’s books or graphic novels or need some inspiration or a writing challenge for the new year? Check out agent Bree Ogden’s “wish list” of manuscripts she would like to see in the coming months: Bree’s Wish List A serious middle grade/YA zombie manuscript A Dexter-ish type YA black comedy A manuscript …
What’s it like to have an agent? I’ve been asked that a few times recently, perhaps because after having written for several years, I now, for the first time, am represented by a literary agent for my children’s historical novel, Planting Words: My Friend Oscar Micheaux. It’s not at all what I expected, in the …