Fan Mail Wednesday #10
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider, Fan Mail, Music, New York Mets | No Comments »Wow, these Wednesdays sure do creep up on a guy? Here I am, literally minding my own business, when -- DANG -- up comes another Fan Mail Wednesday banging me upside the head. Whap, whap, whap. Amazingly, fan mail-wise, I had ...
Kirkus Reviews Spider
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider | 1 Comment »Here's what Kirkus Reviews had to say about Along Came Spider: Spider Stevens and Trey Cooper have lived next door to each other their entire lives and have been best friends throughout their years at Spiro Agnew Elementary School. Trey has ...
Finding the Story: Writing Spider
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider, the writing process | No Comments »I plan on writing a series of "behind-the-scenes" blog entries about my experience writing the book, Along Came Spider. My writing process, if you will. Sigh. I have to confess that the thought of it makes me want to hurl, ...
Spider in Stock!
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider | No Comments »One of the salient features of Amazon.com is that it lists the sales rank of every item. So a hypothetical author could -- hypothetically speaking -- click on his or her book to get a sense of sales. While ...
Spider on the Blogs!
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »A fresh copy of my upcoming book, Along Came Spider (Scholastic, August), arrived in the mail last week. That's a righteous moment for any author/illustrator: the first book off the presses! And always it's the same story. Your editor tells ...
First Review: Along Came Spider!
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider, Uncategorized | No Comments »The process of getting a hardcover book published takes time. There's the idea, the talking about the idea, the research and rough notes, the first draft, the endless revision, the rejected covers, the final cover (see top of main ...
Arnold Lobel: An Appreciation
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider, Uncategorized | No Comments »"I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children." -- Arnold Lobel As an author, I'm often asked to list some of my favorite writers. Of course, it's impossible. There are too ...
Book Covers
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider | No Comments »Above, you should (maybe, possibly, hopefully) see the cover to my new hardcover book, Along Came Spider, due for publication this September (Scholastic, ages 8-12). Except, well, that used to be the cover until about three weeks ago. You see, ...