Somehow the updated Blog index page, with a link to the October installment, did not get uploaded last night. Until it is, here is a link directly to the new...
It's taken a while, but my long-planned reorganization is now completed! The main change is that I've broken up the Articles page into several sub-categories...
Here is what's new. As always, you'll find links to all these pages on the What's New page, which you'll find a link to from the left column of the Home Page. ...
I've added two articles by Chris Tugeau, artist's rep., to the illustrating section. The first one, The End of the Line: Why Repped Relationships Fail, is a...
I've added another installment to my blog, opening with a discussion of a contract which grants copyright to the publisher, and also addressing questions about...
I've finally done a review of the 2006 edition of Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market: http://www.underdown.org/childrens-writers-market.htm I've also...
I have big news from Scholastic on the Who's Moving Where page: http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm I heard from Brent Hartinger about a personal experience...
I realized that in my hurry to get new pages up and announce them last week, I described the new gift ideas page poorly. This is a page with suggestions of new...
I have a new installment of my blog up for December: http://www.underdown.org/blog_1205.htm I've said my piece about holiday shopping, but I have to pass on...
I thought I was done for a few weeks, but some news came in about the Cricket Magazine Group, and I had to post it. See http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm ...
I had planned to wait to do an announcement until I had some new articles done, but some big news has come along, so I'm not going to wait any longer. For...
My latest blog installment includes an interesting item on the efforts of an author/illustrator to handle foreign rights themselves, a discussion about the...
There are quite a few bits of news on my Who's Moving Where page, including some interesting news about Liz Szabla and Robin Corey. I've been working on some...
I'm pleased to announce that I've finished a substantial addition to what I have to say about agents: I not only revised "Agents for Children's Book Writers...
It's very early on April 1st, but I finished the work in March, so my new blog entry is dated March. It covers questions about book club editions, synopses,...
The last few weeks have been busy, but I have been able to get a few things done. And I've done some work on the Recommended Resources list, which includes...
I see it's been almost two months since I sent out an announcement. I have been working on the site, but had not done anything that I thought merited an...
I thought I was done, but there were a few more things to do. So there are some new bits of news on the Who's Moving Where page. Also up is Margot Finke's...
A busy summer, but I've had time for some work on the site. There is new news on the Who's Moving Where page, at http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm. I've...
There are a few new things on the site, all easily reached from the What's New Page: http://www.underdown.org/newhdu.htm I posted what I hope will be the first...
I've posted reviews of the new edition of Jim Giblin's "The Giblin Guide to Writing Children's Books" and of the 2007 edition of "Children's Writer's and...
I've been getting more and more questions about self-publishing, so now I've added information about it to The Purple Crayon. The articles I've posted are not...
Well, it's October already, but I've just posted the September installment of the Purple Crayon Blog. I started working on it in September and I decided not to...
I was interested in the nominees for the National Book Award, announced today, and put the nominees in "young people's literature," which is the NBA name for...
I've done some catching up on the Who's Moving Where page, and also posted links to two holiday shopping deals at bookstores from which The Purple Crayon earns...
I've added a blog entry for November, featuring: --notes from an Author's Guilds-sponsored panel on "What's Hot and What's Not in Children's Books" --a few...
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