Please remember that boycott correspondence should be polite, professional and precise. You are welcome to reproduce this list in part or in full, on any platform, without attribution. VOYA Magazine Staff Edward Kurdyla Publisher & Co-Owner, VOYA Magazine publisher@voyamagazine.com Lisa Frueh Kurdyla Co-Owner and Reviews Editor, VOYA Magazine reviews@voyamagazine.com RoseMary (Honnold) Ludt Editor in Chief, VOYA […]
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Boycotting VOYA Magazine (Updated)
I’d like to take a moment to talk about why I’m encouraging the YA community to participate in a boycott campaign to contact VOYA Magazine‘s advertisers. (A boycott action list is available here, with all their recent advertisers, e-mail addresses, and Twitter handles here .) I had a very good conversation with a youth librarian […]
VOYA Magazine Boycott Action List
Please remember best practices for written protest: polite, professional and precise. You are welcome to reproduce this list in part or in full, on any platform, without attribution. Macmillan press.inquiries@macmillan.com childrens.publicity@macmillanusa.com @bookbrag Scholastic Kyle Good, Sr. Vice President, Corporate Communications kgood@scholastic.com @Scholastic Penguin-Random House rhkidspublicity@randomhouse.com youngreaderspublicity@us.penguingroup.com @randomhousekids @penguinkids Baen Books PR@baen.com @BaenBooks Rowan & Littlefield […]
Ghostbusters <3 NYC (Spoilers)
You know, something that I really appreciated about this Ghostbusters, and it was a fairly subtle thing. But action movies love to destroy cities. Since 9/11, action movies often model that destruction on… well, 9/11. Because now we know what it looks like when a skyscraper falls. And I find it upsetting. It’s one of […]
Once More, Never Again
Last Friday, my wife decided to take my daughter to a Pride Skate at a local roller rink. I was surprised, because that particular rink is smack in the middle of an intensely religious, heavily armed part of town– in a town that has spent the last several years fighting vociferously to deny queer people […]
Pickerington Teen Book Fest 2016
Are you going to be there? Because I am! Come on out for a full day of amazing panels and workshops by YA authors- including an incredible keynote by Printz Award winner, National Book Award finalist – and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature- Gene Luen Yang! I will be teaching a free screenwriting workshop after […]
Upcoming Events!
Pickerington Teen Book Festival June 11, 2016 10:00am – 5:00pm 7800 Refugee Road, Pickerington, OH 43147 Blogger interview, teen writing workshop, panel (Book sales by Barnes & Noble) Joseph Beth YA Beach Bash August 16, 2017 7:00 PM 692 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45208 YA panel, Q&A, signing Hancock County Public Library Young Adult Festival […]
After Bedtime Chocolate Chip Cookies
AFTER BEDTIME CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 1/2 cup toasted sugar 1 tsp vanilla 2 pinches ground cardamon 2 pinches ground white pepper 2 large eggs 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 2 1/4 c all purpose flour 1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream […]
Nobody Wants to Talk About Money, So Let’s Do It!
Congratulations, you just sold your first book! You’re getting an advance! You’re going to be published! Royalties are a thing now! Everything has changed! Slow your roll, scribe. I’m here to talk about the thing nobody wants to talk about, and that’s money. More accurately, how you should approach the money you’re going to make […]
THEY DID WHAT!? 50 Impressive Kids and Their Amazing (and true!) Stories
INDIEBOUND Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Powell’s From Stevie Wonder to Emma Watson, and Pocahontas to Pablo Picasso , 50 amazing kids who shaped history! A collection of biographies profiling some of the most influential kids in history and today. Prodigies, proteges, and kids with huge ambition, these youngsters prove that fulfilling your dreams and making a […]
THEY DID WHAT?! 50 Unbelievable Women and Their Fascinating (and true!) Stories
INDIEBOUND Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Powell’s From Tina Fey to Vera Wang, and Oprah Winfrey to Maria TallChief, 50 incredible ladies who shaped our history! A compilation of biographies profiling some of the most intrepid women in history and today. From athletes, comediennes, and TV personalities, to world leaders, political figures, and activists, these women paved […]
You’re Not Going to Spend a Lot Marketing This Book
So, I’m reading this absurd article on all the things you need to spend money on to market your own book. Oh noz, you have to pay a zillion dollars for a website, for a mailing list, for copy and editing for your website, wtf? I’m not even going to link to article because, seriously, […]