http://booklandheights.blogspot.com/ Discover new authors and books

http://digg.com/u13XA_ Good short article on that 60 second elevator pitch.

http://www.laylalawlor.com/ Comics from a cool Alaskan!

Go read!

Here’s what I’ve got planned for the next two months. I add more events all the time, so Events page often!

SPACE (Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo)
April 18-19, 2009 in Columbus, OH.

Teen writing and drawing group
Monday, April 27, 2008 (every fourth Monday)
6:30-7:30 pm, on writing by Josh Elder
7:30-8:30 pm, on drawing by Tim Broderick
Central branch of the Schaumburg Library, 130 S. Roselle Rd., Schaumburg, IL
For more information, call (630) 372-7800

Saturday, May 9, 2009: Signing at Mystery One bookstore in Milwaukee, 11 am until the cows come home. 2109 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202. Call 414- 347-4077 for more information.

Saturday, May 16, 2009:I’ll be participating in this event starting at 2 p.m. jointly sponsored by the Mystery On Loan Club and Teen Book Club of the Palatine Public Library.

Saturday, May 30, 2009: Signing at Schaumburg Barnes & Noble bookstore, 1 p.m. until the last book is sold. 590 East Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173. Call (847) 310-0450 for more information.

Go read the new page of Children of the Revolution here!

Enough bad news about the economy and newspapers and comics.
In about a week I’ll be driving to Columbus for SPACE, I’ve got a bunch of events in May and Printer’s Row in June.
And I just got off the phone with Jon Jordan, editor of Crimespree Magazine, and I can’t wait to tell you about what’s happening in August.
It’s going to be a good summer!

We all have them – bookmarks in the deep recesses of our browser. Every week I’m going to share some of mine:

• Check out the maps at the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin.
• Sword & Sarcasm webcomic, written by John Jackson Miller and drawn by a long-time friend, Chuck Fiala!
• Meet Chicago-area mystery writer Sam Reaves
• I bought a pair of jeans from the All American Clothing Co. And yeah, it feels good!
• Teen Seen blog, a collaborative effort by a bunch of cool YA writers.

OK, now I’ve got most of the day off so I’m out with the daughters to visit the Art Institute of Chicago.

Children of the Revolution page up – link is to the left. Coming close to wrapping up Diangelo’s first day in this adventure.

This weeks’s links are all about the weekend – the Columbus, Ohio comicon called SPACE, that is.

• The SPACE homepage. If you’re in town, come visit!
• I’m sharing my table with Brian Babendererde of Soul Chaser Betty fame
• OK, I lied, those are the only two SPACE-related links I’ve got. Here’s the homepage of the Chicago Browncoats, followers of my favorite space opera Firefly.
• And lastly, you can’t beat a good webcomic that takes place in space: Zortic!

I’ll be live-blogging SPACE right here throughout the weekend, so stop by to see what’s going on. Meanwhile, go read!

If you ever wondered what it’s like to be at a comiccon, read all about it this weekend as I live blog and twitter from SPACE, the Columbus Ohio con this weekend.
Today’s a travel day though – six hours on the road!

Brian and I have a small 6-foot table and exhibitors are slowly moving in. I’m going to try and take some photos for my facebook page – I’ll post them here later.

Comiccons have their own vibe. Wizard World is loud and frenetic. Fallcon is small but spunky.
SPACE seems to be quieter, like a conversation with an old friend. People take a long look around before buying.
Discerning readers – pretty cool.
Lot’s of poor college students too. Hopefully they check things out online.