A few mid-week links:

• I am SO EXCITED for Dumplin’ the book and now Dumplin’ the movie!!!
• “At the time, science fiction for and by women was a rarity. There was no one like Meg Murry before Meg Murry, though she left a legacy to be picked up by contemporary young adult heroines like The Hunger Games’ Katniss Everdeen and the Harry Potter series’ Hermione Granger.”
• On tropes and when they do actual damage.
• What Whovians should read.
• Excellent advice from editors for beginning writers.
• Caroline B. Cooney and the “what if” approach.
• Which books do you wish you could read again for the first time?
• Judy Blume to the rescue!
• Lee Wind is the SCBWI’s Member of the year! Make sure to check out his excellent blog.
• On parenting and writing.
• JK Rowling plays Minecraft, and other things you may not know about her.
• Because you’re never too young to be a writer, picture books about writing.
• Fairy tale retellings are always on my reading list.