Congratulations, Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro, working their magic to even greater power! KIRKUS: “En garde! Gear up for more sword fights and trolls as well as an appearance from Baba Yaga in this swashbuckling sequel.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: “… Aliera is such an engaging hero…” You are in for a treat!
James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederic Frost keep rolling out the goofy and brilliant ADVENTURES IN CARTOONING series—and we keep receiving fan art and original comics from 7, 8, and 9 year old talents! Some of them may even have found their calling thanks to these gems. Do you know a budding genius who Read the Rest…
Oh for time travel! How I wish I could get all the ADVENTURES IN CARTOONING books back to my seven-year-old self! Here comes the latest offering from James Sturm, Alexis-Frederic Frost, and Andrew Arnold! This holiday season, give the gift of zany inspiration to that young, undiscovered cartoonist. It’s all you expect of that brave and Read the Rest…
(photo from The National Library of Scotland) So last week we talked about submission letters from people who could both write and draw. But what if you can only do one of those things? What if your skills are writerly or artistly only? Is there no hope for you? Do not give up, brave writers Read the Rest…
(photo ganked from The Library of Congress; I’m sure you’ll be surprised to learn our office is not actually full of boxers) One of the questions that we get pretty frequently is, ‘I want to submit a graphic novel to you. Um . . . how does that work?’ This is a very sensible question, Read the Rest…
(photo ganked from the National Media Museum) First Second employs a lot of women — we’re all girls in this office, barring Mark! And our parent company similarly — eight employees, two guys. And their parent company too — 135 employees, 28 guys. Here is a list of women who have worked on books for Read the Rest…
MARATHON is now out in stores! This extraordinary epic takes you back to Ancient Greece in the footsteps of Eucles, the man who ran hundreds of miles, eventually from the city of Marathon to Athens, warning of the impending attack of the Persian fleet. The run saved democracy and was at the origin of the Read the Rest…
(photo ganked from the Smithsonian Institution) People send us a whole lot of mail. And a lot of e-mail on top of that. A good amount of that mail is submissions. Here are some quick tips for rising to the top of that submission-related mail stack. (Our Senior Editor, Calista Brill, has written a longer Read the Rest…
(photo ganked from the Library of Congress) One of the questions that we frequently get from authors is: what makes my book a success? This, of course, is a sensible question for any author to ask their publisher. Who doesn’t want to know beforehand if your publisher is going to be like, ‘Well, if your Read the Rest…
(ganked from the Smithsonian Institution) So, internships! It turns out that people want them, and then they e-mail us about their internship-related desires. I personally have nothing but good things to say about internships. Without the two amazing internships I had — one at Red Hen Press, the other with Dark Horse Comics — I Read the Rest…
