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I'm a children's book editor living in Brooklyn. I post about books, publishing, life, travel, food, and other random stuff. I was widowed in 2016, and may post about my grief and recovery on occasion as well.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Observations about mainstream publishing

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Reposted from the Blue Rose Girls . *** Last week I read this insightful, sobering insider look at publishing here by Daniel Menaker, forme...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

Take a break!

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Re-posted from the Blue Rose Girls . As I mentioned in a past post , it's been a particularly hectic summer, and as a reward for/respite...
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Monday, September 14, 2009

The Brooklyn Book Festival

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Re-posted (belatedly) from the Blue Rose Girls . This weekend, Grace and I attended the wedding of our former roommate, Jon. Grace, Jon, and...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Tweet!

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Re-posted from the Blue Rose Girls . No time for a real post today--just got back last night from a lovely Blue Rose Girl meet-up at Libby...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Beyond the book: GEEKTASTIC edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci

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Beyond the Book: GEEKTASTIC: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci Oh boy, there's so much beyond-the...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

10 Years: a look back

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Yesterday, August 16 was my ten-year anniversary of starting at Little, Brown and Company. (I mentioned this last week to a former coworker ...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

A day in the life of an editor

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Cross-posted from Blue Rose Girls **** I'm a little bit stressed these days--it's been a busy summer that is just going to get busie...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Beyond the Book: Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin

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Cross-posted from the Blue Rose Girls. Beyond the Book: Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin * Looking back, I was disappointed to discover that I...
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Sunday, August 02, 2009

Lying covers, and the importance of diversity

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Re-posted from the Blue Rose Girls (from last week): If you haven't heard yet, there's quite the controversy going on regarding the...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Chautauqua, Part Two

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Cross posted, once again, from the Blue Rose Girls . *** As I mentioned last week , I've been at the Highlights Foundation Writer's ...
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