Judy Blume | Judy Blume
Jul.23.2012
I hit a bad patch this summer when my father needed surgery. He took a while to recover, leaving us both crabby. My friend Gabriel sent me a fb note. Did I know Judy Blume was going to be on the Castro Sunday showing Tiger Eyes, the movie based on her book? Ears perked up. No, Gabriel! Did not know...
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Jun.08.2012
When one thinks of Judy Blume, several things pop into mind: teenage girls. Periods. Training bras. Angst. Oh yes, angst. People always assume that Are You There God? It's Me Margaret was her first novel. It wasn't. Nope, earlier in 1970 Blume published her first novel called Iggie's House....
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Mar.17.2012
Judy Blume is one of the YA writers I look up to. I read two of her books over and over again as a teen–BLUBBER and DEENIE–because they spoke to me, they gave me small bits of my life reflected back to me (being bullied and not fitting in). So I loved finding these short video where Judy...
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Aug.10.2011
Hmmm . . . where were we? Oh, yes! HERE!
So then, amazing authors and illustrators, editors and agents, were EVERYWHERE. It was as if they had all converged at at the SCBWI Conference, although some behaved better than others.
Here's three time Newbery Honoree, and this year's Golden Kite winner...
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Aug.07.2011
Before I became a published author in October 2003, I joined the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, hence to be referred to here as the SCBWIABCDEFG. Even though I had been a copywriter, journalist, scriptwriter, and a hand model for a Whitman's Chocolate's ad, I hadn't written a...
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Oct.24.2010
Recently the book banners once again crawled out of their pits of nastiness to once again try to remove YA literature from classrooms and libraries. A certain Wesley Scroggins an associate professor of management at Missouri State University, and obviously standing for re-election for some post or...
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Oct.20.2010
EXCLUSIVE: Judy Blume Adapting 'Tiger Eyes' for Big Screenby Borys Kit Scott Gries/Getty ImagesAuthor wrote screenplay with her son Lawrence Blume, who also is directing.
Tiger Eyes, the beloved Judy Blume young adult novel, is heading to the big screen, and the author has a hand in the...
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Aug.15.2010
From Judy Blume, on twitter: " Writing is so hard! Sometimes you have to get a pedicure and even buy a necklace to clear your head. And still, it's no easier."
I'm so happy I live in a time when Judy Blume is on twitter and Beverly Cleary can walk the red carpet at the Ramona and...
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May.13.2010
Twenty-five years ago, I was an introverted young girl approaching sixth grade. Suddenly, girls started “going out” with boys, bullies grew bigger, and gym class got rougher. Even though I had dedicated teachers and good friends, school often felt uncomfortable to me. One particularly bad day,...
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Apr.17.2010
As a child, the first book I read that truly grabbed my heart was Blubber by Judy Blume. I identified with Linda, aka "Blubber," because I was the kid in class everyone decided to ridicule. I wasn't overweight, or the teacher's pet; I was the kid who wasn't athletic, which was a big thing...
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