The more I dig into this particular generation of my family–the immigrants I’d been chasing for decades to figure out where they’d come from in East Prussia–the more I’m confused. This ...
https://www.stacylwhitman.com/2020/08/07/a-family-history-journey/
Ah, vacation time, when I can at last have time to pause and read my submissions and prepare my presentations! No, really, I’m going home to farm country later this week, and I’m going to be ...
Today is #DVpit on Twitter, which is an event in which writers post pitches for their books on the hashtag and agents who like those pitches and are requesting submissions favorite the pitches as...
https://www.stacylwhitman.com/2017/04/25/mswl-dvpit-and-updated-submission-guidelines/
Let’s talk about middle grade books, young adult books, and that liminal space between, that magic spot of readers ages 10-14 who read up. There’s a certain kind of voice you expect from a ...
https://www.stacylwhitman.com/2017/01/12/the-state-of-mg-vs-ya-when-ya-is-so-much-older-now/
Thanks to audiobooks, I read 144 books in 2016. (If you look at that list, some are still in progress—the problem with relying on the library; when I can’t finish an audiobook in the rental p...
https://www.stacylwhitman.com/2017/01/02/highlights-of-2016-reading/
I often discuss diverse books with people, especially white people, who need the “101”—parents and other people who love children who want to give them good diverse books but don’t know w...
https://www.stacylwhitman.com/2016/11/16/where-do-i-even-start/
I always swore I wouldn’t be one of those people who let my blog languish while I moved on to other things, but here I am, blogging after more than a year, realizing once again that I’m payin...
This post was originally posted on the Lee & Low blog. I’ve long been a fan of mysteries. Trixie Belden was my BFF as a third and fourth grader. Nancy Drew was another favorite. Veronica Mar...
https://www.stacylwhitman.com/2015/07/22/case-cracked-editing-mystery-novels/
In case you missed it, I’m open again for submissions to the New Visions Award. Details can be found on this blog post. This is the first year we’re taking only electronic submissions. You ca...
https://www.stacylwhitman.com/2015/07/21/submit-your-manuscript-to-the-new-visions-award/
As you can tell, I haven’t really blogged much in the past couple of years. I even forget to blog when I have a new book, though I’m sharing that news *everywhere* else. This blog isn’t qui...
https://www.stacylwhitman.com/2015/02/19/where-ive-been-lately/