Gender in the World of Children's Books

Uma Krishnaswami, author of THE GRAND PLAN TO FIX EVERYTHING (Atheneum 2011), has an essay on gender in the world of children's books -- including some of my own views -- over at the Women Doing Literary Things blog.

Also, take a look at the interview Cyn posted yesterday of Elizabeth Law and Allen Zadoff.  Of particular note are extensive discussions of revising a manuscript and selecting a cover with boy appeal.

Also, Elizabeth Law is giving away a 30 page manuscript critique.  Go check it out!