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That’s right! Aliera Carstairs is back!
Congratulations, Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro, working their magic to even greater power! KIRKUS: "En garde! Gear up for more sword fights and trolls as well as an appearance from Baba Yaga in this swashbuckling sequel." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: "... Aliera is such an engaging hero..." You are in for a treat!
Astronaut Academy: Re-entry — :01’s New Online Serial!
We've got a new online serial starting today -- Dave Roman's Astronaut Academy: Re-entry! This online serial begins the second volume of Dave's Astronaut Academy series that began in Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity. If you missed out on that one, you can catch up with this quick summary and head right on into the thrilling [...]
Advance Look: Red Handed, by Matt Kindt
You guys, new book! We just got in advance copies of Matt Kindt's Red Handed. They look amazing! We did a small 'this-book-looks-amazing' dance and then scampered off to write this post about how neat these look. So, pictures (clearly the important bit)! Here's the cover! How many crimes can you see in process? It's [...]
Happy New Year-2!
test heading (from the State Library and Archives of Florida. Apparently these people are having an underwater new year, which was something I didn't know could happen! I hope your year is shaping up to be just as delightful [though possibly less wet] as these peoples' clearly was.) It is a new year today; the [...]
Hilda and the Midnight Giant
A book review! Because those are not really a thing that we do, but it's the holidays. Mostly we don't spend a lot of our time reviewing books because we spend 75% of our days talking and thinking about the books that we publish, and to say anything more about them we'd have to start [...]
Happy Holidays-2!
(photo from the Swedish National Heritage Board. It is unclear to me why New York can't look like this all the time from November to March.) We're on vacation enjoying things like rest and possibly also candy canes; we hope you are similarly relaxing and reading things (perhaps even some of our excellent books if [...]
Holiday Manuscript Submissions
test heading (from the Smithsonian Institute. Jane Stafford did not actually write graphic novels, though it would've been interesting if she had!) You've got a week off from work, so you may be taking advantage of this time to polish your manuscript until it shines and send it off to a publisher. That's great! We're [...]
Giveaway: Curses! Foiled Again
In honor of the holiday (and also of the fact that this book is coming out in early January), we're doing a give-away of Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro's Curses! Foiled Again. This book is the sequel to Foiled, a tome full of 'girl + magic sword = trouble,' and a wonderful book. We're so [...]
Publishing: It’s a Cabal
test heading (from The National Library of Ireland. You can tell these people work in publishing because of their moustaches. After obtaining a job in publishing, everyone is required to acquire a moustache for dramatic twirling when having possibly evil secret machinations.) "Doesn't everyone in publishing know each other?" When I was out upon the [...]
Professional Attire
test heading (from the State Library of New South Wales. There they are required to dress much more professionally than we do.) As an author, how formally should you dress when meeting with your publisher? The two words that you want to think about while contemplating this question are: Situational Appropriateness. Depending on what you're [...]
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