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Cover Stories: Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith from Melissa Walker

I'm honored that the cover story for Eternal (Candlewick, 2009) is featured today at Melissa Walker's blog. Peek: "I couldn't figure out how the designers would incorporate two similarly laid-out profiles, unless one was on the front and one on the back, but then, how would they pick which would go where?" The post includes a sneak peek at the Eternal covers coming soon from Walker UK (12/07/09...

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Cover Stories: Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith from Melissa Walker

I'm honored that the cover story for Eternal (Candlewick, 2009) is featured today at Melissa Walker's blog. Peek: "I couldn't figure out how the designers would incorporate two similarly laid-out profiles, unless one was on the front and one on the back, but then, how would they pick which would go where?" The post includes a sneak peek at the Eternal covers coming soon from Walker UK (12/07/09...

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Cynsational WBBT Giveaway by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Have you been following the fantastic discussion in the Comments section of Cynthia Leitich Smith's WBBT interview ? You must check it out. While you're at it, the deadline for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsational WBBT Giveaway is Sunday, November 22nd. Enter for a chance to win a copy of any of Cynthia Leitich Smith's books . "I'm offering a signed copy...

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WBBT: Writing the True with Cynthia Leitich Smith

One of the first blogs I discovered, when I started blogging almost three years ago, was Cynsations . Then I quickly found Cynthia Leitich Smith's website . Between these two resources (talk about organized and easy to navigate), one can pretty much find anything worth knowing in the children's book world. I'd read Cynthia's books TANTALIZE and ETERNAL, but thanks to readergirlz...

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WBBT: Writing the True with Cynthia Leitich Smith from HipWriterMama & CLS Book Giveaway

WBBT: Writing the True with Cynthia Leitich Smith : an interview by Vivian at HipWriterMama. Note: Check out my deep thoughts on my publishing background, writing across formats, Native youth literature, writing cross-culturally, girl power & Gothics, true love, and a myriad of other topics. Peek: "I’m always vaguely flabbergasted by folks who begin as fantasists because...

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WBBT: Writing the True with Cynthia Leitich Smith from HipWriterMama & CLS Book-of-Your-Choice Giveaway

WBBT: Writing the True with Cynthia Leitich Smith : an interview by Vivian at HipWriterMama. Note: Check out my deep thoughts on my publishing background, writing across formats, Native youth literature, writing cross-culturally, girl power & Gothics, true love, and a myriad of other topics. Peek: "I’m always vaguely flabbergasted by folks who begin as fantasists because...

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WBBT Schedule Recap: November 16 - 20

... (Part 1) at Chasing Ray Jacqui Robbins at Bildungsroman Sarwat Chadda at Finding Wonderland Cynthia Leitich Smith at HipWriterMama Beth Kephart at Shelf Elf Annie Barrows at Great Kid Books Thursday, November 19th Sy Montgomery (Part 2) at Chasing Ray Laini Taylor at Shelf Elf Jim DiBartolo at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast Amanda Marrone at Writing & Ruminating Thomas...

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WBBT Day Three

Sy Montgomery (Part 1) at Chasing Ray Jacqui Robbins at Bildungsroman Sarwat Chadda at Finding Wonderland Cynthia Leitich Smith at HipWriterMama Beth Kephart at Shelf Elf Annie Barrows at Great Kid Books

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"We need more friends, more loud mouths who advocate for quality Native voices and visions and well-executed cross-cultural additions to the body of youth literature."

... the war between girls and boys. Don't tell my husband." Sarwat Chadda at Finding Wonderland Cynthia Leitich Smith at Hip Writer Mama : "Grandma says, “My, aren’t you the savage little Indian!” (I overheard this in a bookstore, said to a young child who was misbehaving.)." Beth Kephart at Shelf Elf : "My books are not off-the-chart sellers; I am...

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Winter Blog Blast Tour 2009

Today’s Winter Blog Blast Tour interviews: Sy Montgomery (Part 1) at Chasing Ray Jacqui Robbins at Bildungsroman Sarwat Chadda at Finding Wonderland Cynthia Leitich Smith at HipWriterMama Beth Kephart at Shelf Elf Annie Barrows at Great Kid Books And yesterday’s, since I forgot to post them: Ann Marie Fleming at Chasing Ray Laurie Faria Stolarz at Bildungsroman Patrick Carman...

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2009 Winter Blog Blast Tour, Day Three

My "real" post for today (Shakespeare and Frost) was posted earlier , but here's today's list of links for the Winter Blog Blast Tour: Sarwat Chadha is at Finding Wonderland , talking about engineering, the Knights Templar, adventure, death and more. Beth Kephart is at Shelf Elf discussing inspiration, genres, writing, and how The Heart is Not a Size . Cynthia Leitich Smith...