Author Archives: madelynruth@yahoo.com

Tastes like Can

Posted on February 23, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I’ve been working on my blog a lot this week, but you won’t see the results until March, when I start bringing you interviews with some friends who have new books. This week, all I’m bringing you is a brief … Continue reading →

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Musical welcome

Posted on February 18, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

If you read my old blog, you know I like to give warm, musical welcomes to new books. Today I’m welcoming Kathy Erskine’s novel Quaking as it comes out in its paperback edition! (That counts as new, right?) Follow me … Continue reading →

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Ask Madge

Posted on February 16, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Dear Madge, I have a friend who’s not a writer or editor. She is, however, very opinionated and she wants to look at my manuscript, which is with my real editor and is in its final edits before publication. At … Continue reading →

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Top chapter books

Posted on February 10, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

The polls are long closed at Fuse # 8 for the Best 100 Chapter Books, but we can still debate as Elizabeth Bird dishes out the results, which she is doing gradually in the most thorough, thoughtful way imaginable, with … Continue reading →

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of voice and vocabulary

Posted on February 7, 2010 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Look at the following words: Caustic, mullion, duffer, magistrate, minions, populace, portcullis, abhorrence, vizards, corselet, casquet, flagon, halberds, thumbscrew, phosphorescence, imminent, podgy, capricious, audacious, debonair, avidity, antimacassar. Now guess which book I plucked these from? (I’d turn this into a … Continue reading →

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