Yet Another Childrens Writer

About Me

A small space for children's and YA writer Eric Etkin.

Also check out WWW.ERICETKIN.COM

And my .. portolio, hosted at WWW.WRITERSCAFE.ORG/PROFILE/MOTHDEVIL

Thanks for stopping by. Questions? Comments? Criticisms? Please email the front office.

My Interests

Writing. Hiking. Drums. Legos. Museums. Biking. Cooking. Dungeons. Dragons. Eating food that's not burnt.

I'd like to meet:

People with telekinetic powers. I would like to form a team. A Superteam. Yes, that would be good.

Also looking to network with other children's writers, illustrators, editors, or anyone else looking to talk shop, swap reads, or take over the world.

Music:

The Police. Dream Theater. J.E.W. Blondie. Soundgarden. STP. Faith No More. Lisa Germano. Blue Man Group. The Corrs. Rush. Blondie. Pink Floyd. Dio. Lacuna Coil. Chevelle. David Bowie. Poe. Queensryche. Rasputina. Tracy Bonham. Veruca Salt. Typical 80's pop. 70's disco.

Movies:

Empire Strikes Back. Dark Crystal. Spiderman. Dark City. Alien 1-3. LOTR. Evil Dead 2. Ghost World. Serenity. Finding Neverland. Soylent Green (yes, I know it's people). Blues Brothers. The Incredibles. Spinal Tap.

Television:

Simpsons. Buffy. Battlestar Galactica (the new one). Firefly. That's about it... I don't watch much TV, except for news.

Books:

Currently Reading:
Eva Ibbotson - Dial-a-Ghost
Currently Writing:
The Graverobbers

My Blog

The Graverobbers - Chapter 1

1: New YearNote to future self: Keep working on telekinetic powers. I'd spent most of the summer trying to lift things using my brain. My plan at the beginning of vacation went...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:52:00 PST

Devious - Chapter 6

Wandering EyeballThe gooey, dirt-caked eyeball glanced around and then finally rotated up to look at Dakota. Lint and dust from the rug clung to it, and the eyeball shook itself like a tiny dog flingi...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:11:00 PST

Devious - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 A Big, Fat Round Surprise Dakota came home from school the next day hoping to find Stampt. Usually, the goblin would be lounging on the sofa with his nose buried in some foo-foo, high-br...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:17:00 PST

Devious - Chapter 4

Chapter 4 After the Fact Dakota ended up going to his bedroom with a full stomach. He paid for his dinner with a revealing story of how Stampt was mysteriously missing and his imaginary friend Gar...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:11:00 PST

Devious - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 - Ghostly Girls and Problematic Parents The girl was not a goblin. She was pale and ghostly. Her eyes were big like the saucers under his parents' teacups. Her head was topped with a tang...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:56:00 PST

Devious- Chapter 2

The next day was a disaster. Dakota still hadn't seen his parents since his mother kicked him outside the previous night. He raced home from school, hoping to grab Stampt and find some sort o...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:51:00 PST

Devious - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 An Evil Prophesy You could say that prophesies are things that belong to good people. Average, everyday good people. You know, like heroes, knights, genius schoolboys, orphaned children,...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:31:00 PST

Doing it for the children

So I had my first school visit today. Most writers do school visits after they're published, but this plan had been sort of hatched for awhile. About four or five months ago, my friend Sonya suggested...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:20:00 PST

My Space. Day one. A little about me.

Hey there. Right now, I'm basically just killing time waiting for my roomate to do the dishes. Sure, I COULD do them myself, but seeing as how I'm usually the one stuck doing that, I figure I could ad...
Posted by Yet Another Childrens Writer on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:40:00 PST