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Literary Freedom Project
I received this in my inbox today, and wanted to share it with everybody: PUB: call for proposals--mosaic magazine literary Read more
24 Aug 2009
white bread, indeed!
Imagine being told your writing was "sinful," or having your work rejected because of your "ethnic" surname...read all about it Read more
23 Aug 2009
beat them at their own game
  Did you know Nnedi Okorafor, author of Zahrah the Windseeker, was once a semi-professional tennis player?  Find out how Read more
22 Aug 2009
Writers Against Racism
There's a great new series over at Amy Bodden Bowllan's blog at School Library Journal: it's called Writers Against Racism, Read more
20 Aug 2009
brain drain
Tried to outrun a migraine last night, and it did go away but now it's 3am and I'm wide awake.  Read more
19 Aug 2009
Muñecas
Sorry folks--if you're wondering what the heck those chapters are from, it's my story about boys who love to make Read more
18 Aug 2009
progress!
As hectic as things have been as of late, I *am* making progress on this story.  Which isn't really a Read more
18 Aug 2009
my proposal
Last spring, Mosaic Magazine put out a call for proposals for their Literary Freedom Project, which is designed to facilitate Read more
16 Aug 2009
really?
A white teen in Missouri, armed with a Gatorade bottle filled with lighter fluid, douses a black teen and sets Read more
16 Aug 2009
when imagination fails...
I'm on a roll!  About to take a pickle break, but have spent the past three days cranking out a Read more
15 Aug 2009