And yes, that blog post title was totally in iambic pentameter, in light of the fact that the Ombibus to which I refer is the forthcoming Omnibus of Doctor Bill Shakes and the Magnificent Iron Pentatetrameter, in which will be found my steampunk take on Shakespeare's Sonnet 55, "Not Iron, Nor the Difference Engine." (For clarification's sake, ( Read more... )

Let's see . . .

As I mentioned before, my poem, "A Place to Share", is going to be in the forthcoming anthology from Kane Miller, Dare to Dream . . . Change the World. It's paired with a poem by my friend Laura Purdie Salas, and keeping company with poems by lots of other children's poets whom I admire, including Bruce Coville. You can see the ( Read more... )

Hellooooooo!!!

There's a rumbling of animatronic tom-toms afoot on the interweb that is related to steampunk books - which includes Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore, of course, because of Jackie's automaton - and it MUST be true because her book is listed in the SLJ article on Steampunk that came out on December 1st (even though I didn't ( Read more... )

If you're interested in steampunk - whether it's learning more about what it is or reading up on some of the titles for kids and teens that are available - then I highly recommend Heather M. Campbell's article Steampunk: Full Steam Ahead available in this month's School Library Journal ( Read more... )

Dear friends,

I've been a bit distracted lately. Allow me to tell you what I'm up to, with linkage where appropriate.

1. I've been writing. Specifically, I've been working on a YA novel. At about 16,000 words (through chapter 7), it's already the longest thing I've ever written. It's terribly exciting, and it is like a shiny new toy, calling to ( Read more... )

You know who you are.

You can't pass up a good book cover when you see it.

You quite possibly cannot forgive a bad book cover, either. You know the kind I mean. The ones that have an image on them that has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK! (I yelled this in print because it's the sort of thing that M and I yell in person when we find ( Read more... )