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Via SF Signal 's daily Tidbits, I discovered that Omnivorac... findingwonderlandweblogarchivewaking https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/01/toon-thursday-unnecessarily-triumphant.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Toon Thursday: The Unnecessarily Triumphant... Weeeee'rrrrre baaaaacccckk....and we're bad. Good bad. Not bad bad. I don't think. Yeah, that felt good. I had some links I was going ... findingwonderlandweblogarchivetoon https://writingya.blogspot.com/2013/02/waiting-on-wednesday-some-gene-luen.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Waiting on Wednesday: Some GENE LUEN YANG Love Wait a minute, didn't I say I never do the WAITING ON WEDNESDAY meme? Well, here I am again anyway, because J'ADORE GENE LUEN YANG. Seriou... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/02/things-which-sadden.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Things Which Sadden Requiescat in pace , Brian Redwall, whom this afternoon the BBC is reporting died , at age 71, of a heart attack. I was never able to get in... findingwonderlandweblogarchivethings https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/08/water-world.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Water World It's late in the 21st century, and life as we know it has all but disappeared under a rapidly rising ocean. Only scattered civilizations rem... findingwonderlandweblogarchivewater https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/12/ Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): December 2009 The old home of WritingYA.com, maintained as an archive for those whose links still point here. findingwonderlandweblogarchivedecember https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/04/borrow-body-and-round-up-some-posts.html?showComment=1209048540000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Borrow a Body and Round up Some Posts I cherish the thoughts of others even more when they clarify thoughts of my own. Thank you for thinking with me and for your faith that I am... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/02/professional-courtesy.html?showComment=1172627940000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Professional Courtesy... I apologize for yet another long silence (except for my comments on TadMack's posts). I have this problem, which is that my writing confiden... findingwonderlandweblogarchiveprofessional https://writingya.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-dont-do-history-case-for-historical.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): I Don't Do History: The Case For Historical... Cross-posted at Fiction, Instead of Lies, and kind of a continuation of the response/discussion to the comments on this blog post. Imagine ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-24-2005.html?showComment=1235486640000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): February 24, 2005... ...was the go-live day for WritingYA. We knew exactly ...four people, thought our blog would only be read by our writing group, and most of ... findingwonderlandweblogarchivefebruary https://writingya.blogspot.com/2005/04/ Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): April 2005 The old home of WritingYA.com, maintained as an archive for those whose links still point here. findingwonderlandweblogarchiveapril https://writingya.blogspot.com/2010/12/winter-blog-blast-tour-interview-with_10.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Winter Blog Blast Tour: An Interview with Maria... It's been a good tour, this week with the Winter Blog Blast. From the humor of Josh Berk, to the immense talent of Uyen Pham we've been fort... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/12/random-notes-and-ramblings.html?showComment=1228976460000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Random Notes and Ramblings The Literacy Evangelist strikes again! Jen is collaborating with some awesome people to create the PBS Parents Children's Book Blog ! Wow. P... random notesfindingwonderlandweblogarchive https://writingya.blogspot.com/2010/02/drooool.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): DROOOOL...... We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you the following library porn (thanks to my mom for the link): For more ultra-dro... findingwonderlandweblogarchive https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/11/reminder-all-good-things-must-end.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): A Reminder... All Good Things Must End The Clock is running down... Hard as it is to believe, the auction for Robert's Snow begins THIS WEEK, and the efforts of those of us Bloggi... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/08/monday-maunderings.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Monday Maunderings I've been closely following Mitali's "Ten Questions," series, which is a list of ten critical questions she encourage readers or filmgoers t... findingwonderlandweblogarchivemonday https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/03/thursday-night-news-roundup.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Thursday Night News Roundup Before I get to the news bits, I just wanted to share a few thoughts (positive, this time, I swear). I just finished reading Markus Zusak's ... thursday nightfindingwonderlandweblogarchive https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/11/2011-cybils-witch-song-by-amber-argyle.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): 2011 Cybils: Witch Song, by Amber Argyle In a Cybils crop filled with plenty of dystopia and -- still! -- vampires, this is a fantasy tale in the more traditional vein. It doesn't ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2016/07/turning-pages-reads-close-to-famous-by.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Turning Pages Reads: CLOSE TO FAMOUS, by JOAN... Welcome to another session of Turning Pages! When we talk about comfort reads , we have to mention the works of Joan Bauer. A little off... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/09/tbr3-tale-of-two-cities-ending-first.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - Ending the First... Another lovely jaunt through the Dickensian countryside of dry, witty lines, but the tone of the novel already grows a bit more dark... Are ... a tale of two cities https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/05/2-4-6-8-whom-do-we-appreciate.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): 2-4-6-8! Whom Do We Appreciate? The month of May is made of awesome! Aside from the eventual cessation of rain and the appearance of fields of flowers, the requisite birds ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/01/obsessions-links-and-news-bits.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Obsessions, Links, and News Bits Okay, so I was reading TadMack's post below about obsessing over one's signature (which I often do when signing an edition of prints--it get... links and newsfindingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/10/when-she-woke-by-hillary-jordan.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): When She Woke, by Hillary Jordan When She Woke is not a young adult novel (the protagonist, Hannah Payne, is 25), but it will definitely cross over. Many teens, after readi... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/05/sliding-out-of-control.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Sliding Out of Control Eddie Proffit is having one hell of a year, no mistake. First, his dad is killed in a freak accident at work. Eddie's ...seriously messed u... out offindingwonderlandweblogarchive https://writingya.blogspot.com/2006/09/ Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): September 2006 The old home of WritingYA.com, maintained as an archive for those whose links still point here. findingwonderlandweblogarchiveseptember https://writingya.blogspot.com/2013/08/guest-posts-and-other-links-of-note.html?showComment=1377212063567 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Guest Posts, and Other Links of Note It seems to be Guest Post Season, or something. We've got Tony Cliff--author of the new and adventuresome and visually stunning graphic nove... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2013/03/turning-pages-saving-planet-stuff-by.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Turning Pages: Saving The Planet & Stuff, by... It was amusingly ridiculous, the trouble it took to get a copy of this book. First, I thought I'd already reviewed it, years ago. Turns out ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/09/youre-free-to-hate-book-just-let-me.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): You're Free to Hate the Book. Just Let ME Read... HAPPY BANNED BOOKS WEEK https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-cybils-false-princess-by-eilis.html?showComment=1325247676235 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): 2011 Cybils: The False Princess, by Eilis O'Neal One of the great joys of the Cybs is discovering that rare new book which hasn't gotten on everyone's radar yet. Other than a fab review fr... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2010/01/turning-pages-pow-superheroines-debut.html?showComment=1264692550582 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Turning Pages - POW! A Superheroine's Debut "It's one of those unexpected gift moments, like looking up and finding a mirror right in front of you, and instead of food in your teeth or... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/08/pratchett-meyers-and-more.html?showComment=1219211280000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Pratchett & Meyers and More The minute I sit down to write a quick post, the DHL guy is here with a copy editing package. Read this as I wrote it -- full speed ahead, t... findingwonderlandweblogarchivepratchett https://writingya.blogspot.com/2012/03/happy-314.html?showComment=1332090620144 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Happy 3.14 Pi. It's what's for breakfast. (I wish. Unfortunately, it would mean making a crust, and I really have revisions to do before TOMORROW. Tech... findingwonderlandweblogarchivehappy https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/05/psst-another-stolen-moment.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Psst. Another stolen moment... ...to say, "Check out Minh's really cool save the date' invites." He's allegedly helping with his DIY wedding , thus excusing himself for ... findingwonderlandweblogarchivepsst https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-cybils-tyger-tyger-by-kersten.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): 2011 Cybils: Tyger, Tyger, by Kersten Hamilton An Irish character named Teagan, which is my favorite Irish name? Check. High fantasy? Check. Strange new worlds? Check. Strong female chara... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/10/bits-and-pieces-few-markets-little-news.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Bits and Pieces - A Few Markets, A Little News So, with all the random Amazon.com trips I've been making to double-check book titles and ISBNs for the Cybils , I randomly ran across a new... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/07/lazy-weekend-links.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Lazy Weekend Links Via Kiki Strike , a seriously cool idea hitting gumball machines in Manhattan. Ideas. Plus a $.25 refund. Cover to Cover this week tackle... lazy weekendfindingwonderlandweblogarchive https://writingya.blogspot.com/2016/10/ Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): October 2016 The old home of WritingYA.com, maintained as an archive for those whose links still point here. findingwonderlandweblogarchiveoctober https://writingya.blogspot.com/2017/02/surveying-stories-reflections-on.html?showComment=1486174014105 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Surveying Stories: Reflections on Emotional... There are so many things which have been happening in the last several years (days!?) which have deserved our emotions. As a person of colo... findingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/07/poetry-friday-hope-glory-51st-dream.html?showComment=1184959020000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Poetry Friday: Hope & Glory - the 51st (dream)... Today, Poetry Friday is hosted at NYC Teacher's place, and the topics are wide, far ranging -- and original and beautiful and thought-prov... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/12/multicultural-kidslit-put-your-money.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Multicultural SFF? Put Your Money Where Your... Via SF Signal -- Oh, here's a project that is so close to my heart. Aquafortis mentioned it to our writing group on Tuesday, and I've just ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2006/10/florid-of-complexion-dull-of-hair.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Florid of complexion, dull of hair In an interview with Fairest author Gail Carson Levine , she relates the trouble she had writing Fairest , and discusses the book. Well wort... findingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/12/poetry-friday-because-sylvia-plath.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Poetry Friday: Because Sylvia Plath Doesn't... Black Rook in Rainy Weather On the stiff twig up there Hunches a wet black rook Arranging and rearranging its feathers in the rain. I do not... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2015/02/i-was-first-time-writer-so-i-did-as-i.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): "I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was... Oh, my word, THANK YOU , Ms. Harper Lee, for holding onto your work, despite your editor telling you to rewrite Scout's story a different wa... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/04/toon-thursday-stages-of-rejection-5.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Toon Thursday: Stages of Rejection #5 Yes, our intrepid writer has ventured out of the house! The recovery process is well and truly underway. As you can see, this also marks th... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/06/round-blogosphere.html?showComment=1213466460000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Shopping, Politics and Joyriding There should be a sonic boom (or an ultrasonic tango?) around Berkeley sometime today as A. Fortis and I get together and exchange a ton of ... findingwonderlandweblogarchiveshopping https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/05/ring-around-blogosphere.html?showComment=1211978520000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Ring Around the Blogosphere My good people, don't make MotherReader track you down! The June 6-8 48 Hour Book Challenge is only a breath away now. 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I thin... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2013/01/on-first-page-of-end-of-despair.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): "On the first page of the end of despair..." What would it mean to live in a city whose people were changing each other's despair into hope? -- You yourself must change it. -- wh... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/06/broken-promises-and-sorry-excuses.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Broken Promises and Sorry Excuses Right. Remember two weeks ago , when I swore up and down that I'd post a brand-new Toon Thursday? Um, yeah. No. It's not happening. Why not?... broken promisesfindingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/02/poetry-friday-sleepy-sleepy-sleepy.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Poetry Friday: Sleepy, Sleepy, Sleepy... One terrible weekend when I was nine, I met a strange boy at the beach who walked up to me, said hello, and proceeded to make bad jokes. 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Big and Small. Black and White. Heavy and Light. The opposing ends of any given spectrum become obvious to us early on, as th... poetry fridayfindingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-voices-in-short-stories.html?showComment=1129096500000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): New Voices in Short Stories It occured to me, after musing away on short stories the other day, to wonder why there aren't more anthologies and prizes celebrating the b... archive newin shortfindingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/01/back-in-uss-no-wait-uk.html?showComment=1231948800000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Back in the U.S.S.... no, wait. UK... I'm baaaaack! The most stressful wrangling with the UK embassy is over, and we made it back to Glasgow, just in time for the skies to open a... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2006/12/starlet-power.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Starlet Power This book is a 2006 Cybil Award Nominee for YA Fiction. Morgan Carter has stepped away from the blazing lights of celebrity and is living t... findingwonderlandweblogarchivestarlet https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/03/more-media-madness-conference-chat.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): More Media Madness & Conference Chat I realize this proves I spend a lot of time listening to the radio and watching television instead of undertaking actual productive activity... more mediafindingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2006/06/summer-read-sheep-girl-makes-good.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): A SUMMER READ: Sheep Girl Makes Good There's nothing like getting into a good fantasy, and since Giannine's cruddy father at least has the decency to have his secretary ask her ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/04/just-so-you-know.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Just so you know... ... "I Aten't Dead" , good people, just a tad overwhelmed! I'm editing, avoiding finishing a manuscript despite the May 4 deadline I've bee... just sofindingwonderlandweblogarchive https://writingya.blogspot.com/2014/09/color-me-excited-its-cybils-season-again.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Color Me Excited--It's Cybils Season Again! I just wanted to make sure you all know that Cybils Awards judging panels will be announced this week--Wednesday, to be exact! It's alway... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/06/two-from-01.html?showComment=1246038695523 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Two from :01 One collaboration, one first chapter; one written by Asian-Americans, one written in Korea. The latest YA offerings from First Second are a... archive twofindingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/11/lolita-pippi-bridge-too-far.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): The Lolita Pippi: A Bridge Too Far We kvetched earlier this year about Paddington being commercialized and other characters being cheapened by overexposure, but this one take... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2018/02/cybils-award-announcement.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): CYBILS AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT Congratulations to all of the winners! We're especially thrilled about... Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction : THE DRAGON WITH THE... findingwonderlandweblogarchivecybils https://writingya.blogspot.com/2012/09/blog-tour-repost-other-normals.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Blog Tour Repost: THE OTHER NORMALS We've talked about role-playing games, or RPG and now we've segued into chatting about a gamer book by Ned Vizzini. This is a review repost... archive blogfindingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2016/04/happy-national-poetry-month-2016.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Happy National Poetry Month 2016! Hey, everyone, it's... You can grab that logo there, and find tons of cool ideas for celebrating poetry , on the Academy of American Poet... national poetry monthfindingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/10/behind-facade-paper-towns.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Behind the Facade: Paper Towns Margo Roth Spiegelman: Runaway. Daredevil. Legend. And Quentin Jacobsen--classmate, neighbor, geek-at-large--is in love with her. Sure, they... findingwonderlandweblogarchivebehind https://writingya.blogspot.com/2006/04/ Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): April 2006 The old home of WritingYA.com, maintained as an archive for those whose links still point here. findingwonderlandweblogarchiveapril https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/05/reviews-roundup-aka-my-library-books.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Reviews Roundup (aka My Library Books Are Due... I did the Bad Thing of devouring a whole load of books without doing writeups in between like I should, so here I am left with a short stack... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2013/05/nominations-are-open.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Nominations Are Open... The Harlem Book Fair , televised annually by C-Span's BookTV and attended by thousands, will be held this year July 19-20, in, New York - Ha... findingwonderlandweblogarchivenominations https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/07/poetry-friday-missing.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Poetry Friday: Missing At times, poetry details the transitory nature of the world. Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Ever... poetry fridayfindingwonderlandweblogarchive https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/12/reading-and-you.html?showComment=1228241100000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Reading and You A Happy and frosty cold first of December to you, people! November in Glasgow ended on a self-congratulatory note, as the temperature droppe... findingwonderlandweblogarchivereading https://writingya.blogspot.com/2006/12/way-of-warrior.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): The Way of the Warrior This book is a 2006 Cybil Award Nominee for YA Fiction, Halfdan is the son of a thrall and a 9th century Danish clan chieftan, Hrorick, and... findingwonderlandweblogarchiveway https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/07/ala-oops-bitterblue-andsquids.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): An ALA Oops, Bitterblue, and...Squids? The ALA Conference this year has brought us many fine things: the music video . The news that the Best Books for Young Adults is still aliv... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/07/caught-and-questioned.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Caught and Questioned I've been caught in the headlights by the Impossible Duo; expect to hear from the more artistic half of OUR duo next week. Meanwhile, it's ... findingwonderlandweblogarchivecaught https://writingya.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-is-it-with-dragons-and-maidens.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): What is it with dragons and maidens, anyway? Probably the funniest thing about Vivian Vande Velde's quick-paced novel, Dragon's Bait is the idea that dragons aren't really all that in... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-dizzy-on-dumpy-on-groggy-and-grumpy.html?showComment=1230127500000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): On, Dizzy, On, Dumpy! On, Groggy and Grumpy! Did I just hear the Grinch's reindeer? The Festival of Festivus wheezes and moans its way into the world 'o' blogs today. Billed as the "ho... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2013/05/thursday-review-short-seller-by-elissa.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Thursday Review: THE SHORT SELLER by Elissa... Reader Gut Reaction : Elissa Brent Weissman's earlier novel Nerd Camp won the 2011 Cybils Award for Middle Grade Fiction, so although I ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/04/poets-audience-and-denim.html?showComment=1207176480000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Poets, Audience and ...Denim. Huzzah! Poetry People everywhere are celebrating National Poetry Month . More celebratory than most are Gregory K. from GottaBook who has ... findingwonderlandweblogarchivepoets https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/06/monday-review-anyas-ghost-by-vera.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Monday Review: ANYA'S GHOST by Vera Brosgol Dear FCC: I received a review copy of this book from the publisher, First Second. What if you made friends with a ghost and she turns out... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2008/11/toon-thursday-that-elusive-spark.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Toon Thursday: That Elusive Spark... Well, we are officially about 2 weeks into National Novel Writing Month and I'm a) woefully behind, and b) embarrassed at the poor-quality d... findingwonderlandweblog https://writingya.blogspot.com/2017/10/ Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): October 2017 The old home of WritingYA.com, maintained as an archive for those whose links still point here. findingwonderlandweblogarchiveoctober https://writingya.blogspot.com/2007/09/toon-thursdayand-contest.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Toon Thursday...and CONTEST Okay, so we are having our first CONTEST here on Finding Wonderland! It is not an incredibly exciting contest, and I just came up with it fi... findingwonderlandweblogarchivetoon https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/05/book-fair-winds-down-have-you-donated.html Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Book Fair Winds Down--Have You Donated Yet? 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When 16-year-old Kerry goes to the laundry to pick up her ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/10/monday-review-cloud-roads-by-martha.html?showComment=1321937490082 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Monday Review: THE CLOUD ROADS by Martha Wells Reader Gut Reaction : I wasn't familiar with SFF author Martha Wells, but I was intrigued by the refreshing premise of her YA fantasy novel ... https://writingya.blogspot.com/2011/01/monday-middle-grade-magic.html?showComment=1294098012752 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Monday Middle-Grade Magic Parts of these reviews were initially posted to Goodreads. (Yes, I'm plagiarizing myself.) And--this kicks off a new format for writing revi... middle gradefindingwonderlandweblogarchive https://writingya.blogspot.com/2009/01/kung-hey-fat-choigong-hoy-fat-choigong.html?showComment=1233208200000 Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Kung Hey Fat Choi...Gong Hoy Fat Choi...Gong Xi... 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