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Curious City is head over pixels to be partnering with children’s author and web maven, Samantha (Sam) Clark. Since meeting each other at a SCBWI Conference in Austin in February ’12, conversations about our mutual geek passion for the website/blog builder, WordPress have turned into a partnership of building new author and book websites and converting outmoded ones. In just a few months we have built a website for middle grade author Natalie Dias Lorenzi and converted authors Jennifer Carson, Carolyn DeCristofano, and publisher Pugalicious Press from older formats to a...
Read MoreA Warmer World
As the snow starts to fall in Maine during a winter that has seen so little snow, one might wonder and worry about “a warmer world.” Author Caroline Arnold brought a manuscript to Charlesbridge Publishing that outlined just that–a warmer world and how different species have been lost, have struggled, and have adapted to a globe that spins now without the insulation it so desperately needs. The manuscript landed with Jamie Hogan, an illustrator whose attention to detail reflects an innate tenderness for both the world she can see and the world she curiously...
Read MoreClone My Brain (Part 2): Q&A from SCBWI Austin
If you are just joining us…Curious City is answering submitted children’s book self-promotion / marketing questions by the ever-so-clever creators from the Austin SCBWI Conference on February 18. 2012. The conversation began in Part 1 (but you can start anywhere you desire.) This online Q&A stands as the only current affordable way to clone my (Kirsten Cappy’s) brain per conference requests. Teaching an Old Book…New Marketing Tricks Q: If you have had a hardcover out for awhile (and there seems to be little hope of a paperback), would you spend time...
Read MoreSirenz Song
In Greek myth, the Sirens were said to be impossible to resist. I found the Sirenz creators to be equally tempting. How is this for a first client meeting? Pop to the front of the line of Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty show at the Met with a snap of author Natalie Zaman’s manicured hand and then off to Alice’s Tea Cup to nibble scones with Zaman and classy co-author Charlotte Bennardo. We all had “The Nibble” (and were stuffed for a week). Charlotte and Natalie write in the alternate voices of Shar and Meg, two modern teen girls whose...
Read MoreLibrarian Lobsters!
No…this is not some genetic mutation to bring you protein-rich book curators… Author Craig Moodie (former fisherman, now author) is giving away 4 live lobsters to be delivered on New Year’s Eve. Or rather his character is giving away lobsters. Let me explain… Moodie has decided to continue the storyline of Into the Trap (Roaring Brook) in a (quite funny, quite content rich) blog written by the teen lobsterman character, Eddie Atwell (aka Lobster Boy). For kids that love action adventures, the book and blog are a sweet match. “…an...
Read MoreBases Loaded
David A. Kelly has the bases loaded on the Ballpark Mysteries series (Random House). With Fenway Foul-up and Pinstripe Ghost out now and L.A. Dodger hitting this summer, David is hitting homers. Curious City was happy to be called from the dugout to shape and design the character driven website, The Dugout Scoop: The Dirt on Ballpark Mysteries. (Isn’t great how you can make a zillion cheezy baseball references?) Share...
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