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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Best of the blog 2016

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This blog launched on 2/19/08 . Every February 19, I share what I feel have been the strongest posts of the previous 12 months . This...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Spotted at Barnes & Noble, Pembroke Pines, FL

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Thank you to whoever is responsible!
Monday, February 6, 2017

Elementary principal: "Author visits are essential"

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In December 2016, I had the pleasure of speaking at various schools in the Saginaw, Michigan area. This was orchestrated by the principal o...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

The debt owed to Charles Sinclair and Lyn Simmons

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When researching Bill Finger for what became Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman , the first two people I found who had no...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

"Readers will be sorry when this one is over" - "Publishers Weekly" on "The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra"

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Review of The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra from Publishers Weekly (1/16/17) : "Aranda's vibrant mixed-media artwork...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

"Plenty of lively touches" - "Booklist" on "The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra"

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Review of The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra from Booklist (2/1/17):   "plenty of lively touches" "an amusing take ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

What I looked like when Bill Finger died

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Bill Finger died 43 yea rs ago today. I did n't know about him at the time . T his is why:
Monday, January 9, 2017

"Batman & Bill" panel at Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour

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In 1997, I moved to Los Angeles to try to sell three screenplays I'd written. In late 1999, I moved back east with three unsold screenp...
Monday, January 2, 2017

"Playful…humorously spooky" - "School Library Journal" on "The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra"

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Review of The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra from School Library Journal (1/1/17) :   a January 2017 Popular Pick "a play...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

"The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra" a Junior Library Guild selection

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Thank you, Junior Library Guild, for acknowledging our little myth ! I am honored .   More info here .
Monday, December 19, 2016

Write a wordless picture book

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While doing an author visit at Renaissance Public School Academy in Mount Pleasant, MI, I came upon a project I feel is worth discussing, f...
Friday, December 9, 2016

The three Jerrys

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My school presentation includes both Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman and Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman , whi...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Speaking at Google: I'm feeling lucky

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On 12/1/16, I Googled. The traditional way...but also in person. I had the honor of being invited to speak there as part of their Talks at ...
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Sunday, December 4, 2016

Kidlit authors read their bad reviews, UK edition?

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Well, not quite. But ONE UK author, Jonathan Emmett, did follow our lead and share a particularly critical review. Here's hoping...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night 2016

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On 11/18/16, a day after returning from Vietnam , I had the honor of participating in the 39th annual National Press Club Book Fair and Aut...
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Saturday, November 26, 2016

Saigon South International School

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After a wonderful week in north Vietnam , I relocated to south Vietnam for a wonderful half-week. Just as United Nations International Scho...
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