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Up Near the Roof

I asked author Candice Ransom to blog about her recent office remodel. Thanks, Candice, for sharing the story and photos. I am delighted to write about my recent home office re-do. I posted about the transformation on my own blog, Under the Honeysuckle Vine, which shows numerous photographs. I decided to become a children’s book […]Read more "Up Near the Roof"
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“What’s it going to be then, eh?”

<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_DRH_8nTKpLY/S-xZLAq8LwI/AAAAAAAAAho/boQAh6Lp9As/video4cdbd1b23600%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('075eb8ec-5493-4bad-b746-1df39ad78be4'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " http://www.youtube.com/v/cMOAXm94VWo&hl=en_US&fs=1&&hl=en“;” alt=””> I’ve been teaching a class about YA at The Loft for the past couple weeks, and one of the things we’ve discovered is how important waiting and boredom are in YA. Pick up any good YA novel, and you’ll find periods […]Read more "“What’s it going to be then, eh?”"
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Inhabiting Our Work Spaces

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB I love the Guardian’s “Writers’ Rooms” online series. It’s a great collection of photos and short notes about the spaces in which writers work. Inspired by the series, I created the “TFCB Writers’ and Editors’ Rooms” photo essay below. Let’s start with my work space at the Lerner […]Read more "Inhabiting Our Work Spaces"
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Go, Go Grossness!

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press The April 1, 2010 of Booklist features their spotlight on series nonfiction. The list of the top 10 new series launched in the last year included our very own Gross Body Science! Here’s what Booklist had to say about it: “You can’t squeeze pus from a wound these days […]Read more "Go, Go Grossness!"
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Hazards of the Editorial Life

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB I love the editorial life, but I have to say it has its drawbacks. Like stiff shoulders and hips after a day seated in front of the computer screen or hunched over a paper layout. Or tired eyes from staring at too many profitability reports for too long. […]Read more "Hazards of the Editorial Life"
Reluctant Readers

Reluctant Readers

[Here’s Greg Hunter back to blogging about his job. Enjoy!] Before starting my job at Lerner, I was only so familiar with the term reluctant reader. I was aware of the concerns that the term intimates, sure, but I rarely if ever thought about reluctant readers as a demographic. As a child, I wasn’t reluctant […]Read more "Reluctant Readers"