Category Archives: kidlit

Interview with Jacqueline Jules

Posted on March 1, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I met Jackie Jules soon after I moved to Arlington, Va., when my tiny critique group (three people) was invited to join her critique group, which was larger but which ebbed and flowed. I’ve been a part of that group … Continue reading →

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Musical welcome for Zapato Power

Posted on February 28, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Jacqueline Jules’ Zapato Power, Freddie Ramos Takes Off, arrives in book stores today. To say welcome, I’m playing REM’s Superman. You know you want to sing along! (And if you want to play along, follow the link to find the … Continue reading →

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Musical welcome

Posted on February 18, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

If you read my old blog, you know I like to give warm, musical welcomes to new books. Today I’m welcoming Kathy Erskine’s novel Quaking as it comes out in its paperback edition! (That counts as new, right?) Follow me … Continue reading →

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of voice and vocabulary

Posted on February 7, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Look at the following words: Caustic, mullion, duffer, magistrate, minions, populace, portcullis, abhorrence, vizards, corselet, casquet, flagon, halberds, thumbscrew, phosphorescence, imminent, podgy, capricious, audacious, debonair, avidity, antimacassar. Now guess which book I plucked these from? (I’d turn this into a … Continue reading →

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Around the web in 80 days

Posted on February 3, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

or maybe that’s minutes… When people ask me why I’m blogging I always have a hard time coming up with an acceptable answer. Because writers need a web presence? Because I want to? Often I mutter something about World Domination. … Continue reading →

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