A great interview with Brian Lies, Malcom at Midnight‘s illustrator, at the Hipster Dad, http://www.thehipsterdad.com/2011/10/interview-with-brian-lies-author.html. In it, Brian mentions working on Malcolm. It is an amazing experience to see characters you made up outside of your head for the first time. And Brian has done an incredible job bringing the critters of McKenna School to [...]
People other than my children, my agent, and my editor have read MALCOLM! And they’ve said some nice things about my book. Richard Peck, author of at least a million books (most recently, SECRETS AT SEA), winner of the Newbery Medal for A YEAR DOWN YONDER, and one of my favorite authors when I was [...]
It was going well. Now it looks like this:
My baby brother got married this weekend. It was beautiful and a ton of fun. A rush of relatives, bouquets, and happy tears. All four of us were in the wedding, so there was lots to do. My youngest, who is on the shy side (like me), was the ring bearer. Before the ceremony, he [...]
The revision letter and marked-up manuscript is here for MALCOLM AT MIDNIGHT! And it’s not too bad. In fact, I think I can do this! I’ve been waiting for a package from my editor all week, so when I took E to baseball practice at 5 last night and saw it leaning on the doorstep, [...]
It seems that at some point in every writer/blogger’s life, there come a time when they need to share their process. Maybe it’s to justify all that time sitting at a computer. (See? I really WAS doing something!) But anyway, having turned in one manuscript and in starting another, it appears to be my turn… Be [...]