Friend Friday
I am impatiently waiting for the "Beam Me Up, Scotty" form of transportation so that I might easily have coffee [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
"Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul." —Isabel Allende
Friend Friday
It's so lovely to be able to host the warm and generous Maureen McQuerry today. Once upon a time, when [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
“A word after a word after a word is power.” —Margaret Atwood
Friend Friday
Why is it that some people -- like me -- merely open that package of ramen and add hot water [...]
Friend Friday
Cindy Lord is one of my Silver Sisters (along with Jennifer Holm). The three of us shared Newbery Honor awards [...]
Friend Friday
I am so pleased Jenn Bailey took time out of her busy book launch schedule to visit with us here [...]
Friend Friday
Who doesn't love old favorites dressed up in fresh new ways? No one! That's why it's such a treat to [...]
Friend Friday
What a treat it is to host Lori Mortensen today, in celebration of her latest picture book, Away with Words: [...]
Friend Friday
Hope. What a sweet and delicious concept. Frankly in the past two years, I've needed more than a drop of [...]
Friend Friday
I was thrilled when Donna Gephart agreed to share a bit of the process of writing her newest book, In [...]
Friend Friday
I have huge admiration for fellow Washington writer Mary Cronk Farrell. She always seems to find topics that have been [...]
Friend Friday
I am "quackers" about today's guest, Liz Wong, and her work. As a volunteer in my granddaughter's school library, I've [...]
Friend Friday
Boy oh boy, do I feel blessed to count Gennifer Choldenko as a friend. Yes, she's an amazing writer; not [...]
Friend Friday
In her essay below, my friend Martha Brockenbrough describes her editor, Jean Feiwel, as "fierce." This is the exact word [...]
Friend Friday
I first met Michael Spradlin some years back at a wonderful Author Festival in Warrensburg, Missouri, sponsored by the University [...]
Friend Friday
Erica Perl and I bonded over yogurt. Passionfruit, to be precise. Evidently yogurt is quite the predictor of whether two [...]
Friend Friday
Behind Dan Richards' mild mannered appearance lurks a superhero; or at least, he was dressed in a superhero costume one [...]
Friend Friday
Given the title of her book, it seems quite appropriate that Yamile Saied Mendez and I met in Vermont when [...]
Friend Friday
This summer, at the International Literacy Association conference, I had the privilege of hearing Jane O'Reilly accept an award for [...]