Thanks to Neesha Meminger who gave the heads on up on the Simon & Schuster's 2009 Blogfest. "Blogfest is a two-week event where 40 of Simon & Schuster’s top teen authors and their fan bases come together to share ideas on one single blog. Each day of blogfest (9/21 through 10/4) will be devoted to one question submitted by a teen ahead of time through S&S’s teen advisory board—Pulse It. Authors will answer questions on a variety of topics..." Neesha is also one of the 40 authors … [Read more...]
CORA Roll Call: Short Stories
September 16, 2009 Read Comments
Color Online is sponsoring this edition of CORA Diversity Roll Call. I have to admit, I'm a novel chick and I didn't read a lot of short stories. That changed somewhat when I was in the graduate writing program at Kennesaw State University. I had an intense love affair with the short story and even wrote some of my own. Unlike novels, which have room to grow and explore, short stories have to be focused and tight. There is one particular anthology that I've read several times, and I … [Read more...]
Author Interview: Paula Chase Hyman
September 14, 2009 Read Comments
Today I’m hosting author Paula Chase Hyman on her Del Rio Bay Blog tour. Paula Chase Hyman, writing as Paula Chase, is the author of the Del Rio Bay series, which includes So Not The Drama, Don’t Get It Twisted, That’s What’s Up!, Who You Wit’? and Flipping The Script. Her series helped launch Kensington Books YA line in March 2007. Dedicated to working with teens, she co-founded the Committed Black Women in 1993, a high school mentoring group and coached a competitive … [Read more...]
