Thoughts during my two days in NYC, where I attended SAWCC's Mixed Messages conference and met with the Dutton folks:
It's FUN to have lunch at a trendy Tribeca Italian restaurant on a rainy Friday afternoon with two editors, dipping biscotti into espresso while you discuss your novels-in-progress and kid lit in general ...
Editor Monika Jain of Kahani is all about excellence, and this innovative magazine for South Asian kids deserves the Assocation of Educational Publishers' prestigious award ...
After a bit of internal turmoil featuring Katie Holmes and John McCain, I've come to like the title editor Margaret Woollatt suggested for Sparrow's story (First Daughter: My Extreme American Makeover) ...
I get steamed when Indian writers living in America, lauded by Americans, and funded by Americans pontificate about how India is so much more writer-friendly than the so-called literary "empty room" of America. Okay, so most Indians are bicultural and bilingual. That's true enough, but what followed made me wonder if I need to get my ears de-waxed: "You put an Indian anywhere new and he learns to adapt. You put an American in India, and he wouldn't last seven minutes." Gulp. I wonder if he-who-shall-not-be-named regretted the arrogance of that statement after making it ...
Compassionate, articulate Marina Budhos is a wonderful addition to the world of YA literature (Ask Me No Questions)...
And in ten years, Pooja Makhijani and Anna John of Sepia Mutiny will both be famous. Thanks, SAWCC, and thanks, Dutton!
It's FUN to have lunch at a trendy Tribeca Italian restaurant on a rainy Friday afternoon with two editors, dipping biscotti into espresso while you discuss your novels-in-progress and kid lit in general ...
Editor Monika Jain of Kahani is all about excellence, and this innovative magazine for South Asian kids deserves the Assocation of Educational Publishers' prestigious award ...
After a bit of internal turmoil featuring Katie Holmes and John McCain, I've come to like the title editor Margaret Woollatt suggested for Sparrow's story (First Daughter: My Extreme American Makeover) ...
I get steamed when Indian writers living in America, lauded by Americans, and funded by Americans pontificate about how India is so much more writer-friendly than the so-called literary "empty room" of America. Okay, so most Indians are bicultural and bilingual. That's true enough, but what followed made me wonder if I need to get my ears de-waxed: "You put an Indian anywhere new and he learns to adapt. You put an American in India, and he wouldn't last seven minutes." Gulp. I wonder if he-who-shall-not-be-named regretted the arrogance of that statement after making it ...
Compassionate, articulate Marina Budhos is a wonderful addition to the world of YA literature (Ask Me No Questions)...
And in ten years, Pooja Makhijani and Anna John of Sepia Mutiny will both be famous. Thanks, SAWCC, and thanks, Dutton!