It's time for me to update my blogrolls. If you know a good blog I'm missing, let me know in the comments. (And, yes, please tell me about your own children's literature blog. There are so many new ones lately, I've lost track.)
Viewing: Blog Posts Tagged with: lisa schroeder, Most Recent at Top [Help]
Results 26 - 36 of 36
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: blogroll updates, blog administration, blog administration, Add a tag
Blog: 2k8: Class Notes (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: jenny meyerhoff, Web sites, jenny meyerhoff, lisa schroeder, laurel snyder, Web sites, lisa schroeder, laurel snyder, Add a tag
Web sites…
Most authors have them, need them, or want them. But are they truly necessary? For the rest of this week, members of The Class of 2k8 will give you their innermost thoughts on being part of the World Wide Web. Stay tuned for some great insight, and be sure and check out each member's site.
(Drum roll, please.) Let’s get to that list: 28+ Reasons Why You Need A Web site.
A Web site is where people go to find out information.
The first thing I do when I finish a book that I love is visit the author’s Web site. Here, I learn more about the author, what other books he published, where she was born. A good Web site makes me feel closer to the writers I enjoy, and much more likely to buy their next book. I hope readers who come to my site feel like they’ve gotten to know me a bit, and have found some way in which we connect.
~Jenny Meyerhoff, Author of Third Grade Baby
http://www.jennymeyerhoff.com
A presence on the Web means being a part of a community.
For me a Web presence isn't just a matter of advertising, it's a matter of community and process. So many essays have begun as blog posts, and soooo many of my friendships and professional relationships have started the same way. I've also had old friends find me through my online life, and I've been approached by publications like Salon.com, as well. So, really... I have to say that I think I'd still be waiting tables if it weren't for the Web!
~Laurel Snyder, Author of Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, http://www.laurelsnyder.com/
A Web site brings people to your site.
It's really fun to see what kind of search brings people to your site. Let's see, some of the phrases that have brought viewers to my site include:
"didactic stories read"
So, you want to read a didactic story, and if so, may I ask why?
"sleeping babies"
Ah yes, with a picture book titled, Baby Can’t Sleep, I get lots of parents wanting the secret to getting your baby to sleep. Guess what? There is no secret. Babies simply don't sleep as much as people have led us to believe. So, buy my book and have a laugh over it at the very least.
"slush pile garbage"
Yeah, I think editors would agree, there's a lot of garbage in the slush pile. Are you trying to figure out what defines garbage? I think it's pretty much anything that's not so fabulous an editor wants to snatch it up the second he/she reads it.
See? What a fun game! Get a Web site, and find out what fun phrases bring people to your site.
Lisa Schroeder, Author of I Heart You, You Haunt Me, http://www.lisaschroederbooks.com/
Our Totally Important Post for today is about Lisa, as well.
T.I.P.
Kids are loving I Heart You, You Haunt Me! Check out what this blogger’s daughter has to say.
Blog: Kate's Book Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: lisa schroeder, i heart you you haunt me, ya fiction, sonya sones, novels in verse, lisa schroeder, i heart you you haunt me, sonya sones, novels in verse, Add a tag
I love it when I book-talk a new selection for my classroom library and end up with a near-battle over who gets to sign it out first. I know, I know, chaos is generally frowned upon in school, but I love to see kids ravenous about reading. Here's the book that caused the commotion this week...
Dee got there first, so she's enjoying Lisa Schroeder's debut novel in verse tonight, probably up late with a flashlight under the covers even as I type this review.
I read I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME in one weepy sitting over the weekend and savored lisa_schroeder's free verse poems that come together to tell a touching story of love, loss, and healing. The book opens with the funeral of Ava's boyfriend Jackson -- a funeral for which she can't help but feel a sense of responsibility, given what happened. This isn't a traditional tear-jerker, though -- because Jackson comes back. As a ghost. And Ava finds herself pulled in two directions, forced to choose between the love she lost and the life she still has.
Lisa Schroeder's poems are spare and beautiful -- the kind of poems that paint an amazing picture and then hit hard in the last lines. This book will have huge appeal for fans of other verse novels. Kids who love Sonya Sones, especially, are in for a treat. Like Sones, Schroeder takes a realistic look at teenagers. Simon & Schuster recommends this title for grades 9 and up. There are some very mild references to sex, but nothing, in my opinion, that would make the book inappropriate for a 7th or 8th grade reader who has read Sones' work or other books that deal with teen romance.
Ava and Jackson were so real to me during the hour I spent in their world, I couldn't help being swept up in their drama. Part of me was glad I read this one at home, so I didn't end up sobbing through sustained silent reading in front of twenty seventh graders. But part of me thinks that would have been just fine, too. Sometimes, an old-fashioned cry is a perfect reminder of how transporting a great story can be.
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: blogroll, blog administration, Add a tag
My new blogroll system is a little unorthodox, so I thought I'd explain why the new blogrolls are the way they are now. My new blogrolls are simply links to posts of...links. And here's why:
- I believe in the inclusive nature of the blogosphere. If you post about children's books, I'll link to you. Even if I don't believe in your politics, or your religion, or your taste in books. I would need a blog with five sidebars at this point in order to include all my links. And, the font size for each link name was becoming smaller and smaller in the sidebars. I couldn't read them any more. Now that I've linked in posts, the font size is nice and large and I can change them easily (as long as I remember October 1, 2007).
- You can bookmark a blogroll post on your computer and it takes you straight to the blogroll of your choice. You can even bypass reading my blog now! If you want to read the children's book blogs, just bookmark On Children's Books and you're ready to click and read.
- Comments: If I've missed a great blog, you can leave me a comment and let me know.
- During my blog breakdown, I decided it's all about content, not design. So, I am going for simplicity. Easiest and least expensive (i.e., free) blog software, simplest free template (minima), automated everything.
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: blog administration, Add a tag
Suffering a blogging breakdown is never easy. But it does force you to focus on your priorities. I've spent the past two weeks thinking about what my priorities are in terms of blogging and writing. And here's what I've come up with:
I will continue with The Edge of the Forest. I think it fills an important niche and I love working with other writers and reviewers in the kidlitosphere.
Big A little a:
- When I began blogging, talking about books and writing was most important to me. This is what I will return to. I want to develop my skills as a reviewer--I'll even review an adult title from time to time.
- I want to talk about writing and the submissions process more. (NaNoWriMo, anyone?)
- This blog will be tied to The Edge of the Forest so I can make Forest-related announcements here: calls for submissions and reviewers, new issues, etc.
- And, I could not exist without Poetry Friday.
What I won't be doing at Big A little a any more: interviews, any event with a deadline and/or specific post date, everyday etiquette, memes and quizzes. I'm looking for simplicity here (hence the most basic blogger template available).
I know this post is dull and self-indulgent, so thanks for bearing with me.
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: review copy policy, blog administration, Add a tag
There are new rules here at Big A little a. The first of these is no more review copies for this blog. I plan on reading and reviewing what I seek out in the future here.
There's always a caveat, however, and here it is: I'll still be accepting review copies for The Edge of the Forest. I'll be dealing with those review copies in the following way:
- Six times a year I'll send out packages of review copies to outside reviewers.
- I won't be keeping track of to whom each individual book was sent.
- Reviewers will review the books they love for the Forest and donate those they didn't.
- I will send review notifications if a review is published.
- I may review a book here or over at Book Buds, but my choices will be idiosyncratic.
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: blog administration, blog alert, black threads in kid's lit, Add a tag
I am behind on my new blog linking, something I plan to remedy this afternoon. I did want to bring your attention to a blog I just found--Black Threads in Kid's Literature. Written by children's author Kyra E. Hicks, this is a blog the kidlitosphere needs. (I raved about Hicks' Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria in April here.)
==============
In the world of reviewing, I have a review of a super-cute picture book--Jan Thomas' What Will Fat Cat Sit On?--up over at Book Buds.
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: blogroll updates, blog administration, Add a tag
Being away for a couple of months sure slows down the blog reading and maintenance. I've spent the evening reading through new blogs and here are the ones I'm adding to my blogrolls:
- On a budget? Books now have a comparison shopping site: BooksPrice.
- Here's a new Picture Book blog: Bottom Shelf Books. Minh reviews books, interviews authors and illustrators, and, in general, talks picture books. This week, Minh interviews the crew of Punk Farm
- Adele Griffin and Heather Brewer have started a co-character blog. Say, what? Well, Griffin's Lexie Livingstone (star of Vampire Island) is conversing via blog with Vladimir Tod (of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites).
- Cheryl Rainfield maintains two booklists (with reviews)--one of picture books, one of teen books.
- The Book Mine Set. This is an interesting blog, featuring reader diaries and Wednesday Compares (poor Seuss lost 21-4 to Robert Frost!)
I've also been adding writer blogs left, right, and center.
If I've missed a great blog this summer, please let me know!
ETA: Two more:
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: blogroll updates, blog administration, Add a tag
It's time for another update of the old blogrolls. Much has been happening this month, and here's what I've run across:
- The Little Horse. A serial story for children.
- Three Men in a Tub. A group blog run by "illustrators and longtime pencil pirates Stacy Curtis, Ted Dawson and Wes Hargis."
- Kirby Larson's blog. Hey! Kirby Larson has a blog and she's initiated a "hot women of children's literature" series. To be watched.
- Sara Latta's blog "I've got blisters on my fingers." Sara is a children's writer living abroad.
- In this month's "I thought I'd already added this blog" edition--The Shady Glade.
- YALitLovers. Title speaks for itself.
- The Adventures of Chidester the Gumberry. More serial fiction, but this one asks invites children to interact, answer questions, and, possibly, change the direction of the story.
- A Patchwork of Books. A YA/Children's librarian's blog.
- The Mombrarian. Holly Doe writes about books, reading, and classroom ideas.
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: blogroll updates, blog administration, Add a tag
I have 4 more blogs I need to add. They are:
- Mitali Perkins' Sparrow Speaking! Listen Up! This new blog is Mitali's character's blog. And it's on the upcoming presidential elections and related madness. Excellent! (I live in one of those two-oh-so-important primary states, and you'd think the election is on now.)
- Emily has launched Deliciously Clean Reads. While I have nothing again non-clean reads, I understand that many parents do. This useful new site is an excellent resource for people looking for books with no swearing and sexual content.
- In the Other Reads department, I'm adding Adventures in Daily Living--on "children, books, techie oddments, pets, paraplegia, adoption, gardening and whatever else strikes my fancy"
- Haunts of a Children's Writer. Jim D. is an active member of Illinois SCBWI and a writer. He's also writing over at the Children's Book Wiki.
Good reading, folks!
Blog: Crossover (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: metablogging, blog administration, Add a tag
Fellow bloggers, I have a question for you. In the past two days, certain unsavory blogs have been linking to this wholesome blog about children's literature. They're showing up in technorati. Is there anything I can do about it?
Never Jam Today:
www.noeldevries.blogspot.com
Thanks, Erin!
Okay, I won't be modest. Add me...
Megan Germano
Read, Read, Read!
http://www.5thgradereads.blogspot.com
Sincerely,
MG ;)
I've been blogging for six years about a variety of topics, including my two young adult fantasy novels (the third on the way for the end of this year). I'd be honoured if you'd include me:
http://bowjamesbow.ca/blog.shtml
Kelly,
I may have gotten these from you, but in case they're NOT on your list:
http://shrinkingvioletpromotions.blogspot.com/
http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/
And if you think my blog would be a good addition, it's http://beckylevine.livejournal.com
Thanks!
Crooked House, Stephany Aulenback's blog, is a good one.
I'd love to be listed in your esteemed blog roll, Kelly.
www.juliemprince.com is where I keep my writerly blog and discuss children's literature.
I'm taking a mini-blacation right now, but it's definitely an active blog.
Thanks for the consideration! :-)
Thanks everyone! I will add all these blogs and more over the weekend. (Julie and Becky: I can't believe you're not on there already!)
Hey Kelly,
I'm lucky enough to already be listed on your author page, but please consider adding TheBrownBookshelf.com to your blogroll as well. Thanks.
See what I mean, Varian. Brown Bookshelf has been in my Reader but I keep forgetting to add it to my roll. It will be done!
Hi! I'm just starting my own blog- fourstorymistake.blogspot.com. Thank you, Kelly!
Well, I'm not sure Dark Party is up your alley most of the time, but it is about literature.
We recently did a post on children's literature that won't drive parents insane. You might like it.
http://tiny.cc/QgIdc
I love the name of your blog, by the way.
Hi Kelly!
I'd love to see my Audiobooker blog on your blogroll! Thanks for asking for suggestions.
http://audiobooker.blogspot.com/
Mary Burkey
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast is a fun kids blog...
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/