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Reading as Virtual Reality
This is interesting. Psychologists Nicole Speer and Jeffrey Zacks conducted a study of reading using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Basically, these researchers used imaging technology to look at what our brains are doing while we read a story. They found that some of the same regions of the brain are active for the reader…
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And the winner is…
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman won the 2009 Newbery Medal this morning. I am absolutely thrilled. It was my pick this year, but I didn’t think it was eligible based on some internet rumblings. You see, there’s an award exclusion criterion for works or portions of works previously published, and a chapter of The…
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Newberiness
Later this month, the American Library Association will be broadcasting the ALA Midwinter Meeting on January 26th, 7:45 AM, MT. This conference, among other things, is the time at which the winner of the 2009 Newbery Medal will be announced. For those who want to watch the event, the ALA will have a first-come, first-serve…
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The wait is over…
Because I heard back from my agent, Stephen Fraser. Before I go into his response to my manuscript, I should say that although I referred to him as “my” agent in the last post, we hadn’t yet signed a contract. Prior to today, we had a gentlemen’s agreement. He anticipated representing me, and I anticipated…
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Last supper
I was listening to a Radiowest podcast on photographer Melanie Dunea’s new book My Last Supper. In it, she asks 50 famous chefs a few seemingly simple questions about what they would like for their last meal in life. What would they eat? Who would prepare it? Where would they eat it? Who would they…
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