Cool interviews! Anticipated sequels! My picks from the WBBT.

As you may know, the Winter Blog Blast Tour, organized by the fabulous Colleen Mondor of Chasing Ray, is going on right now throughout the Kidlitosphere. It's a great lineup of author interviews on a variety of kidlit blogs. I wish that I had the time to read all the interviews, but unfortunately, I don't, so I've been just dipping my toes in and reading the ones that interest me. Here are some of my favorites:

• Leila interviewed Kathleen Duey, author of Skin Hunger. I read Skin Hunger last year for the Cybils, and loved it, but hated the cliffhanger ending. So I was thrilled to read that the sequel, Sacred Scars, is at the copy editor, although we still have to wait until August, 2009 to read it.
  
  Read the interview here.


• Colleen Mondor interviewed Martin Millar, author of The Good Fairies of New York, which I reviewed here, and Lonely Werewolf Girl, which I never posted a review of, but loved so much that I nominated it for the Cybils, so I was excited to see that a sequel to it is in the works also! Although I never formally reviewed Lonely Werewolf Girl, I did post some thoughts about it in the Wands and Worlds community.
  
  Read the interview here.


• Betsy Bird interviewed Louis Sachar, author of Holes on Fuse #8.
  
  Read the interview here.


• Colleen Mondor also interviewed Ellen Datlow, editor of numerous fantastic short story anthologies. I don't read a lot of short fiction, but I did enjoy her anthology, The Faery Reel.
  
  Read the interview here.


• Little Willow interviewed Lisa Ann Sandell, author of several books including the verse novel, Song of the Sparrow, a beautiful reimagining of the story of Elaine, the Lady of Shalott, who supposedly died of a broken heart because of Lancelot. I reviewed Song of the Sparrow last year here.
  
  Read the interview here.
  

Kaimira Blog Tour

Tomorrow, I'll be participating in the blog tour for Kaimira, Book 1: The Sky Village, by Monk Ashland and Nigel Ashland. Monk Ashland is a pseudonym for writer (and 2007 Cybils judge) Chris Rettstatt, and Chris will be joining me tomorrow for an interview. I'll also be posting my review of the book tomorrow.

The complete schedule for the tour follows, so be sure to check out all the other tour stops, too!

Monday, July 14, 2008
Wands and Worlds

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Shelf Elf

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A Wrung Sponge

Thursday, July 17, 2008
Jan Dohner, Library Media Specialist

Friday, July 18, 2008
Association of Online Community Moderators

Saturday, July 19, 2008
Bri Meets Books

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