In early April, I spoke at a regional conference put on by the very impressive North/Central California chapter of SCBWI. I had a chance to sit in on a presentation by John Hendrix, and something he said has stuck with me: FAILURE IS REQUIRED. I’ve been thinking recently about the creative process, and how taking […]Read more "On Failure"

Give this story a listen: http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=184775456&m=184775447&t=audio It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Happy STEM Friday to all!Read more "STEM Friday"

Welcome to Free Book Friday! If this is the first time you’ve ever stopped by the Lerner Books Blog we hope you take a second to look through our previous posts which give great insight into the inner workings of Lerner and highlight interesting back stories on how our books come to life. We also […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

How many of you guys grew up reading teen lifestyle magazines? You know the kind I mean—they talked about fashion, health and beauty, and current stars. These magazines could be a lot of fun, but they could also leave you feeling like your life was somewhat lacking. They were full of articles about the “ideal […]Read more "A Little Dose of Reality"

Have you had a chance to check out You’re the Chef, Millbrook’s awesome new cookbook series? Filled with detailed instructions, down to diagrams of which tools to use for each technique, these books will help budding chefs make all kinds of delicious foods.                           […]Read more "You’re the Chef: Lerner eSource Freebies!"

On Thursday of last week, my wife met me at the door with a look on her face that I knew meant something had gone very, very wrong. “What is it? What happened??” I inquired. “It’s…the TV.” She shook her head, and I knew. For the sake of an entertaining blog post, you can now […]Read more "A Death in the Family, Amazon’s Virtual Currency, and Other Internet Junk"

Recognize the finch? It’s one of the famous Darwin finches, which he collected on his voyage to the Galapagos Islands in the 1830s. As a result of that voyage, and from observations of those birds and other animals on the islands, Charles Darwin began to put together a groundbreaking theory that would explain the scientific […]Read more "Shaking the Foundation"

Congratulations, Beth! You’ve won our new Pop Culture Bios: Action Movie Stars series from Lerner Publications! Email us at publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” to tell us your mailing address and we’ll get your books in the mail faster than the paparazzi can take a new picture of the Twilight cast! This week we’re hitting the field […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

I’m pleased to introduce Jon Fishman, Lerner’s manager of reprints, on the Lerner blog today. Not only does Jon deftly deal with anything and everything on Lerner’s reprint list—he’s also a talented writer and our resident sports expert to boot! Here’s Jon. In my opinion, this is the absolute best time of year to be […]Read more "On Springtime, Sports, and Carmelo Anthony"