Lee Wind Newsletter #30 - October 26 - November 8, 2013

[Lee Wind]

Hi!

I hope you enjoy the thirtieth edition of my newsletter.

It's organized into four sections, 

1.  New on the "I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I Read?" Blog

2.  Lee's News

3.  Children's Literature, SCBWI and Publishing World Updates

4.  Current Inspiration

I hope you find it useful and inspiring.

Thanks for reading!

Namaste,

Lee

p.s.  If you'd like to be in touch, please don't hit reply - just send me an email directly at iamle...@gmail.com  Thanks!

1.  New on the "I'm Here. I'm Queer.  What the Hell do I Read?" Blog:

Books:

Surprising Myself- 17-year-old Joel can’t be gay if he’s straight http://bit.ly/Hupz7a #LGBTQ

 

Better Nate Than Ever- Gay MG Adventure: Small-Town Boy Runs Away To Broadway http://bit.ly/1aCIidj 

 

Vuto - A Story about a completely unprepared U.S. Peace Corps worker in Malawi (she has two dads) http://bit.ly/HuqXGL

 

Tina's Mouth: Existential Indian-American Teen Graphic Novel with a Small Gay Subplot http://bit.ly/16G30pz

Fairyland: A Memoir- a girl grows up in 1970s & 80's San Francisco with an openly gay dad http://bit.ly/1fmrM0u

House Of Hades- A Character Comes Out As Gay In Rick Riordan's Best-Selling MG Fantasy Series! http://bit.ly/1esKUfC

Culture, Politics, & Gay-Straight Alliance Info:

Q & A (Queer & Asian Pacific-Islander) Space - Coming Out Stories! http://bit.ly/17HSTBi #LGBTQ 

 

A Halloween Wish http://bit.ly/1f5HFbn

 

Vows: Mr. Duckett and Dr. Jones- A Love Story From the New York Times http://bit.ly/16DnsqX

2.  Lee's News:

Episode Two of “KID LIT With Lisa Loeb” Goes Live – “Creepy, Wacky… And True!” For this episode, I’m delighted to interview editor Becky Baines (about the very Halloween-appropriate THAT’S CREEPY) and shine our diversity spotlight on Libba Bray’s Young Adult novel, BEAUTY QUEENS. http://bit.ly/1clTXe5

3.  Children's Literature, SCBWI and Publishing World Updates 

Will YOU Join in #NaNoWriMo? National Novel Writing Month this November! http://bit.ly/1bbrh4T

 

SCBWI’s INSIDE STORY this weekend http://bit.ly/HGvOW1

 

Have you heard of the independent e-bookstores? http://bit.ly/HtddvL #scbwi 

No Query? No Pitch? No problem for this contest http://bit.ly/1hlOaLQ 

4.  Current Inspiration:

"You don't realize how exclusionary language is until you're excluded."
-Paula, a high school senior

Lee Wind, M.Ed.

Producer,

KID LIT With Lisa Loeb

Blogger, Author, Speaker

Founding Blogger of the Award-Winning "I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I Read?" at http://www.leewind.org

Official Blogger for SCBWI: THE BLOG at http://scbwi.blogspot.com/ and Captain of SCBWI Team Blog

Co-Regional Advisor, SCBWI Los Angeles 

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