A look inside Arthur's brain...
>My latest podcast is out. Just click the link. Or visit good 'ol iTunes. The podcast is all about how songs from World War One inspired the writing of my novel Megiddo's Shadow. The book won't be out until this fall, but (of course) I'm excited about it now. It's set in Palestine and inspired by my grandfather's experiences in World War One. If you want to see the book covers and learn more please drop by my home page.
Here's the Canadian cover
And the American cover
Cheers,
Art
>A very cool anthology of short stories for YA is out. It's called "All Sleek and Skimming" and features stories by Martha Brooks, Tim Wynne-Jones, Brian Doyle and others (including an excerpt from my book TRIBES). And the coolest part of the book is it has comics in it too. Prose and comics! Together in the same book!!!!
Anyway, it's all edited by Lisa Heggum, librarian extra-ordinaire.
Check it out,
Art
>Well, I just sent off the galley proofs for Megiddo's Shadow, my World War One novel. This is the last stage before the book is published so it's the last time I'll see it. It's kind of like watching your child head off to university. GoodBYE! We'll miss you! Hope the world likes you!
And like any parent who sees their kid walk out the door then immediately cleans up their room (or turns it into a guest room), I immediately cleaned up my desk and files of anything that I needed to inspire/inform/motivate me into writing Megiddo. Now my desk looks ultra clean.
GoodBYE! We'll miss you! HOPE the WORLD likes you!
>Yay! Monsterology made the Ontario Library Association's Best Bets list for 2005.
And it's for Non-Fiction. Finally people know the truth about monsters. They're real, folks! They're REAL!
Slade, Arthur
Monsterology: fabulous lives of the creepy, the revolting and the undead
Illustrated by Derek Mah
Tundra Books
Arthur Slade showcases 15 monsters with "fiendish" wit and "revolting" humour. In each interview he records the facts, the lies, and the gossip. The black and white illustrations by Derek Mah complement the creepy yet teasing atmosphere created by Slade. Readers will be laughing and squirming at the same time.
>I know. I know. An odd blog post. But one of the handy tools provided by my webhost is a chart of the top 20 searches that people use to find my website. And the title to this post is the search "string" that caught my attention. Who is out there looking for an "adjective that describe rabbit?" As you can see podcasts are the #1 reason and if you add all of the searches for my agent you find out...he's (shock) more popular than me!
LOL!
p.s. of course I like to think the majority of people just go straight to my site. They must already know who I am. Right? Right?
1 (32) 27.59% podcasts
2 (12) 10.34% arthur slade
3 (8) 6.90% scott treimel
4 (8) 6.90% slade
5 (7) 6.03% vault gif
6 (4) 3.45% gallows boy
7 (3) 2.59% draugr
8 (3) 2.59% garry oldman
9 (3) 2.59% sabriel
10 (3) 2.59% scott treimel ny
11 (2) 1.72% great scott
12 (2) 1.72% s©ott treimel new york
13 (1) 0.86% % 2005 wolf arthur aol.com australia
14 (1) 0.86% %22adam graff%22
15 (1) 0.86% %22great scott!%22
16 (1) 0.86% adjective that describe rabbit
17 (1) 0.86% art slade blog
18 (1) 0.86% arthur's christmas website
19 (1) 0.86% arthurslade.com
20 (1) 0.86% atmospheric water vapor
>Great news! Scholastic U.S. will be releasing Monsterology in Spanish in the United States and Latin America in October of 2006 (this year). Now you can be frightened and grossed out in another language!
Ole!
