23 November 2008

Weakly Robin

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I launched the weekly Robin series on 17 Nov 2007 , meaning there have been a full year of Oz and Ends postings on that weighty pop-culture...
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22 November 2008

Queen Zixi Rides Again

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Golden Age Comic Book Stories has a tendency to sway far afield of its nominal topic. (Which reminds me, I might need to update that descrip...
21 November 2008

“But I Have to Drop the Name ‘Bud’ in There!”

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"Otherwise, how will everyone know that we're dear, dear friends?" In today's New York Times , Michiko Kakutani reviewed ...
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Reviewing Sons of Liberty

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Over at Boston 1775, I've just posted some thoughts on Sons of Liberty , a historical-fiction graphic novel scripted by Marshall Poe and...
20 November 2008

Let’s Bypass the Elite in Book Design, Too

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Showing his continued grasp of his best interests, Samuel J. "Joe The Plumber" Wurzelbacher has chosen to issue his short-awaited ...
19 November 2008

Editors’ Biggest Peeves

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Here's another fruit from last weekend's SCBWI New England ENCORE! session in Rhode Island. This spring editor Sarah Shumway, now w...
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18 November 2008

Tracking the Baby-killers

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Last Saturday I delivered my "Punch Up Your Plotting" workshop at SCBWI New England 's ENCORE! session in Providence . Among t...
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17 November 2008

“The Cardinal Rule of Writing for Young Adults”

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Last week Publishers Weekly ran a guest column by thirteen-year-old Max Leone on what teen-aged boys want to read. Young Mr. Leone actuall...
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16 November 2008

Weekly Robin Holiday Extra

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Godson (right) and Godson's Brother last month on Halloween. I swear I had nothing to do with Godson's choice to dress as Robin. Abs...

Reason for Robin, #4

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It's been over a month since my last Reason for Robin : the Boy Wonder as a character younger readers can identify with. My next analysi...