MarcyKate Connolly

Middle Grade & Young Adult Author

Month: October, 2009

Publishing Tramp Stamps

Nearly every fledg­ling writer has one, but most of us don’t go flaunt­ing them. I know, it seemed like such a great idea at the time, but when you wake up the next morn­ing, all you feel is sick. Yes, I’m talk­ing about the scam­mers who prey on writ­ers who’ve just fin­ished their first work, eager to […]

Budget Increase for Arts and Humanities Endowments

This impor­tant bud­get increase rec­og­nizes the essen­tial role the arts play in our lives, schools, and com­mu­ni­ties,” said Robert L. Lynch, pres­i­dent and chief of Amer­i­cans for the Arts, an advo­cacy group, in a state­ment. Click here to read the full arti­cle that made my day.

Mea Culpa

Yes, I’ve been bad. I haven’t posted much at all dur­ing the month of Octo­ber, with the excep­tion of the auto­matic weekly Twit­ter Round-ups. Work has been eat­ing me alive. It’s my fault. I took on a sec­ond part-time job. I knew both orga­ni­za­tions had major events this month, but I didn’t antic­i­pate both would want […]

Weekly Twitter Roundup 10-27-2009

Prepar­ing a talk about the behind-the-scenes excite­ment of run­ning an opera com­pany. I get to present it to a bunch of stu­dents tomor­row. # Prepar­ing for per­for­mance of Don Gio­vanni at the Palace. I think I’ll tweet all day # When prepar­ing the green room for cast, try not to throw a case of cokes […]

A New Twist on “Free” Books

I’m not sure what to make of this yet.  It’s sim­ple — get a free book from your favorite author (in this case, Gre­gory Maguire) if you make a dona­tion to a char­ity of your choice.  This may not be a sus­tain­able busi­ness model, but the non­profit admin­is­tra­tor in me thinks it’s bril­liant. As giant […]

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    I’m a writer and arts admin­is­tra­tor liv­ing in New Eng­land with my hus­band and pugs. I’m also a cof­fee addict, vora­cious reader, and recur­ring com­muter. I occa­sion­ally blog at From the Write Angle and vol­un­teer as a mod­er­a­tor at AgentQueryConnect.com. Rep­re­sented by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Lit­er­ary & Media. My debut novel MONSTROUS will be out from Harper­Collins Children’s Books in 2014!

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