One Year of Bloggy Goodness
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations, Six Innings | 6 Comments »A year ago today, I made my first post on this blog. I've somehow managed 248 posts over that period, all of them a laugh riot. This site has had 23,272 visits, 57,560 pageviews at 2.47 pageviews per visit, and 16,111 ...
2009 Bank Street College Best Children’s Books
Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in Six Innings | No Comments »I learned on Friday that Six Innings was named to the 2009 Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year list. I have a huge amount of respect for the people at Bank Street, so even though this sounds ...
Stories Behind the Story: The Case of the Ghostwriter
Friday, May 8th, 2009 Posted in Greatest Hits, Jigsaw Jones, the writing process | 3 Comments »In what I hope will be a recurring feature on an irregular schedule, I thought I'd try to convey some of the background to each of my Jigsaw Jones titles. And in no particular order. The Case of the Ghostwriter has a ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #41
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Six Innings | No Comments »Dear James Preller, Hi, my name is Gavin C., a 6th grader at Maple Ridge Elementary. I have just read your book Six Innings. I loved it because I am one of those crazy baseball players that just can't live without ...
Nice Review: Six Innings
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Six Innings | No Comments »I found a nice review of Six Innings at the Books For Kids Blog. Thank you! The blogger, GTC, a retired librarian, did an exceptional job, a thoughtful review complete with quotes from the book. Of course I'm partial, but the ...
James Preller Interviews . . . The Happy Nappy Bookseller
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations, Mighty Casey, Six Innings | 6 Comments »I first encountered Doret Canton and her singular blog when I read this post back in May, 2008. She was saying nice things about my book, Six Innings, so, naturally, I fell madly in love. In today's world, that means: ...
SLMS Conference, Stuff, Things, and Song
Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in Music | No Comments »Sorry, a hectic week. I'm running off to my daughter's second-grade class this morning, while balancing a tray of bagels. All the kids are going to read poems! Then I'm zipping up to Saratoga Springs for the 2009 SLMS Conference. Signing ...