The Tour has begun…. Click here for  Words and Colors and here for Flamingnet. and if you want to hear a live interview (opposed to a dead interview?) go to Book Bites for Kids Thursday at noon PST.

BTW, Flamingnet takes student book reveiwers? Check out the site!

What’s an editor looking for? Who edited that book? If you, like me, have spent hours schlepping through acknowledgement pages in the back of books trying to find the editor, you’ll love this post.

http://darcypattison.com/marketing/qa-how-do-i-find-an-editors-name-for-submission/

Why do I care who edited a book? Submissions! If it’s a book that is simialr in style or content to something I’m working on, I want to add that editor to my possible query list. And having a name in the address is so much more effective than “dear submissions editor.”

There’s even a link to what editors are looking for at Dutton. Go read it!

Want to interview an author, but don’t have the $$$ to bring them to your school or to drive to a major city where she is speaking? Blog tours may be the answer. Several book review sites join together to interview authors and feature the interviews on their sites during the same time period. And the best thing for authors? We can do it all in our p.j.s.

So, I’m heading out on tour–blog tour—pajama style.

You can find me at  Words and Pictures From My Mind to Yours on Tuesday, September 23 and at

Flamingnet.com TBA (sometime in Sept.).

Other authors? Read the complete blog schedule here.