James Preller Interviews . . . Lewis Buzbee: Part Two!
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations | 4 Comments »I'm back for Part Deux of our chat with my lovely and talented co-host this week, author Patty Duke Lewis Buzbee. (To catch up with Part One, click here.) As a nod to tradition, let's open the show with a brief ...
James Preller Interviews . . . Lewis Buzbee, Author of “The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop.”
Sunday, October 4th, 2009 Posted in Greatest Hits, Interviews & Appreciations | 2 Comments »As a kid, I used to come home from St. Frances De Chantal Elementary in the late 60's and early 70's to find my grandmother sitting in front of the television, sipping brandy, watching the soaps. She especially loved "The ...
Hills Gleam Dimly: Karla Kuskin (1932 - 2009)
Sunday, September 13th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations | No Comments »"I put it down and I begin to understand it better." -- Karla Kuskin. Karla Kuskin died in late August, 2009. I was away on vacation at the time, off the grid, not even looking at newspapers, so I missed it. ...
Loudon Wainwright III, “History,” Revisited: Music Video Friday
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations, Music | No Comments »Hopefully this will keep you entertained while I'm away for a week . . . hiking, sitting by fires, kayaking, reading, playing with my kids, reconnecting with Lisa, writing on a yellow legal pad by Rainbow Lake in the Adirondacks, ...
James Preller Interviews . . . Travis, of 100 Scope Notes!
Monday, July 6th, 2009 Posted in Around the Web, Interviews & Appreciations | 8 Comments »I've enjoyed doing this semi-organized, possibly-ongoing series of interviews, especially when it comes to meeting important voices in the kidlitosphere. I hope you agree that it's nice to get to know the people behind some of our more frequently-visited blogs. ...
An Interview, a Few Links, and Song
Friday, June 19th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations, Music, the writing process | 1 Comment »Let's take it around the horn: 1) I recently answered a few questions from the good folks at the pithily named blog, Books We Love from the Park Ridge Public Library Children's Staff. Here's a taste of the goodness you'll find there: Do ...
Color Me . . . Inspired
Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in Fun Clips, Interviews & Appreciations, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Like many of you, I have a number of blogs or websites that I return to again and again. One of my favorites, which I encourage you to check out, is Color Me Katie. I'm not sure how I found it, ...
James Preller Interviews . . . Betsy Bird, of Fuse #8
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in Greatest Hits, Interviews & Appreciations | 12 Comments »It doesn't take long for a book-loving blog-hopper to discover Betsy Bird's A Fuse #8 Production. It is so consistently good -- full of personality and life and enthusiasm for children's books -- that many of us return on a ...
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 ...
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: ...