Lots of news about changes at HarperCollins, Little Brown, and North-South, among other places. If you haven't heard where Maria Modugno went, I've got that...
The big news is that I am working on the a revision of The Complete Idiot's Guide. The new edition will include information for illustrators--the current...
Amidst my work on the revision of The Complete Idiot's Guide, I did some bits and pieces for The Purple Crayon: I have an article by Brent Hartinger, author of...
There are a couple of updates to the <http://www.underdown.org/>Who's Moving Where page. Most notably, layoffs at Scholastic. I also want to pass on an offer I...
I've (mostly) finished my work on The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books. Though it took me away from working on the site for about two...
My announcement that I was done with the revisions to my Complete Idiot's Guide turned out to be premature. The first round was done but I still had a lot to...
I've posted some advance information about next year's Children's Writer's and Illustrators Market at http://www.underdown.org/cwim2004.htm This will, I hope,...
I have been very busy with my family but wanted to pass along a few coupon codes I've learned of, in case you were thinking of shopping at these sites. I've...
I've posted two detailed book reviews, one of Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market (2004 edition), replacing the advance information about it that I'd...
The second edition of my Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books--considerably revised and expanded--should be in the bookstores by early February, so I...
I've been working hard to get the 2004 ALA awards up on the Award-Winning Children's Books page, so that I wouldn't still be putting them up months late, as...
I have finished adding this year's awards to the Award-Winning Children's Books page, at http://www.underdown.org/awards_2002.htm It now covers all the...
Three quick bits of news: I've added a brief guide to Canadian children's book publishing by Bev. Cooke, at http://www.underdown.org/canada.htm I have updated...
I've now revised the online version of the glossary of my Complete Idiot's Guide to include the changes made for the new edition. There are a number of new...
I've updated the Who's Moving Where page with news from Cricket Books, Simon and Schuster, and more. http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm Also, for those of...
I am back from Bologna, and have started to catch up. I wish I had the time to write up a report on the Fair. For anyone who cares about children's books, just...
Some of you may have had problems with the URLs in my message, due to the periods at the ends of the sentences. Here they are, stripped of punctuation: ...
I've been catching up on the Who's Moving Where page. Go to http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm for news of Kenn Goin, Melanie Cecka, Stephen Fraser, and...
(for links to everything mentioned, please go to http://www.underdown.org/newhdu.htm ) I'm pleased to announce that Margot Finke's Musings column will now be...
I'm very pleased to say that I have now finished setting up four complete chapters from the second edition of the Complete Idiot's Guide for the Web. For...
Several new bits and pieces this time: I have added several items to the Who's Moving Where page -- http://www.underdown.org/chchange.htm . I have also updated...
Margot Finke's "Musings" for August, on conferences and retreats, is now online at http://www.underdown.org/mf_conferences_retreats.htm I have written a...
As some of you may know, the 2005 edition of Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market is already available, more than two months earlier than usual. I...
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