Friend Friday
This summer, at the International Literacy Association conference, I had the privilege of hearing Jane O'Reilly accept an award for [...]
Friend Friday
It is a sheer delight to host a longtime friend, Kaelen Felix, today, along with Allistar Banks, the author of [...]
Friend Friday
Katherine Marsh holds a dear spot in my heart for saying something incredibly encouraging to me, just at the time [...]
Friend Friday
This summer, I participated in the International Literacy Association (ILA) conference, which was a fabulous experience. Topping the list of [...]
Friend Friday
I had the pleasure of sharing a luncheon table with Juana Martinez-Neal at the International Literacy Association conference in July. [...]
Friend Friday
In July, I was honored to present at the International Literacy Association conference and even more honored to find myself [...]
Friend Friday
I reconnected with Carolyn Dee Flores at the International Literacy Association conference this past summer. She was bubbling with excitement [...]
Friend Friday
I met Roxanne Lambie at a reading association conference in El Paso, if I remember correctly. She was at a [...]
Friend Friday
Suzanne has the warmest smile and biggest heart and it is an honor to know her. Her newest book, All [...]
Friend Friday
Though I love to read nonfiction, I am almost more fascinated by why its writers choose the topics that they [...]
Friend Friday
What a treat it is to host a fellow dog-lover! I think I may have met Wendy Wahman through her [...]
Friend Friday
I had the pleasure of being with Diana Noble at a conference recently. We hit it right off and she [...]
Friend Friday
I had the lovely fortune to be seated next to Kevin Scott at the Inside Story, sponsored by SCBWI Western [...]
Friend Friday
Even though I'd hardly known Diana Lopez for five minutes, when I asked her to be a Friend Friday guest, [...]
Friend Friday
Boy, howdy, am I excited about today's Friend Friday. About twelve million years ago, I wrote a fan letter to [...]
Friend Friday
When I count my blessings, I count among them wonderful creators for kidlit who -- no matter how famous and [...]
Friend Friday
I met Barb Kerley through my writing partner, Mary Nethery. The two of them were in a critique group together [...]
Friend Friday
I met the incredibly energetic Beth Bacon through the Vermont MFA program, even though she and I are practically neighbors [...]
Winston Writes
She gets all the credit but I do all the hard work, digging through old newspapers and archives. I guess [...]
Winston Writes
This is my face when my writer asks my opinion about her first draft. I know honesty is the best [...]