Newsie stuff

Just popping in here with some tidbits:

I first "met" Elaine Magliaro when she won my "Famous First Words" contest a few months ago. She's now settled into her very own blog and has already dedicated a poem to me. I'm speechless. I feel incredibly flattered.

I don't know that I read comic books as often as the ditty suggests, and my cigar-smoking days are long over, but, wow. I've never had anyone dedicate so much as a naughty limerick to me.

She also wonders what I'll be up to next in the kidlitosphere. I guess I'm ready to announce my newest venture.

Well, thanks to Susan at Chicken Spaghetti, who put me onto the nice folks at The Poetry Foundation, I'll be doing some freelance editing for them. They hope to put some pizazz into the children's section of their website, and I promised to give it a whirl.

This only makes part-time job #587 for me, in addition to that whole Mommy thing.

Yes, the invitation to Jack Prelutsky's reading was a nice gift from them (though admission was free to the public anyway). In the interest of full disclosure, they didn't ask me to write about him or review his newest book. This is what I love to do, so why not?

My only regret is that I left the camera home. D'Oh!

Speaking of forgetting, please go check out Kris Bordessa's delightful interview with Sylvia Long, whose breathtaking illustrations--reminiscent of 19th century Naturalist paintings--grace Cybils non-fiction picture book winner An Egg Is Quiet.

Due to carelessness on my part, its publication was delayed while it sat in my email in-basket. My bad. Go read.

Comments

[Susan]

Yay, Anne! I am so happy to hear of your involvement with the Poetry Foundation and its awesome web site!

[Elaine Magliaro]

Anne,

If anyone was deserving of having a poem about a cigar-smokin' piggy dedicated to her, who else could it be...but you?

Wow...working with the Poetry Foundation! It sounds like fun to me. There's nothing like a little poetic pizzazz in one's life to lift the spirits.

[Anne]

If I haven't thanked you enough already, Susan, I'm sending even more warm, fuzzy thoughts your way.

And, Elaine, my husband is now very jealous and has been trying to come up with a poem in my honor. I suspect I won't be able to recite it in polite company, however.

[brettdl]

I suspect not.

[jules]

Congrats, Anne. That is fabulous news about the freelance editing!