Friend Friday
Kelly Jones is one versatile writer. I first met her through her charming debut novel Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional [...]
Friend Friday
Though Eddie Ellis and I have never met, any dog lover is a friend of mine! This is what Kirkus [...]
Friend Friday
There are so many kind and generous people in the kidlit community, and I would say Caroline Starr Rose is [...]
Friend Friday
Today the spotlight shines on Jenny Lundquist, who recently shared with me that she'd been in the audience when I keynoted [...]
Friend Friday
Friendships seem even more precious these days, in the face of challenges, large and small. I am grateful each week [...]
Friend Friday
How could I not be friends with Kristin O'Donnell Tubb when she clearly loves dogs as much as I do? [...]
Friend Friday
Though Teresa Funke and I have never met, a mutual friend cyber-introduced us because of our mutual passion for historical [...]
Friend Friday
I met Anica Mrose Rissi in line at a car rental counter. Okay, we had arranged to meet there, because [...]
Friend Friday
It has been such a pleasure to get better acquainted with Melissa Roske, today's guest. Unfortunately, most of that acquainting [...]
Friend Friday
I am tickled pink to host Tom Brenner today. We first met at the Western Washington SCBWI Great Critique. The [...]
Friend Friday
So excited to host my brand-new #nErDCampMI friend, Bridget Hodder, today. She graciously stepped in to help when another nErDCamp [...]
Friend Friday
What a treat to host Katie Slivensky today. I cannot wait to read her debut novel, The Countdown Conspiracy (HarperCollins [...]
Friend Friday
I need to think of a good word for a friend that I've never met. Because that is the word [...]
Friend Friday
My dear, dear friend and amazing illustrator, Kary Lee, thought I should know Annette Pimentel and so she cyber-introduced us. [...]
Friend Friday
I "met" Leah Henderson when new friend Joanne O'Sullivan brought a copy of Leah's ARC to a lovely lunch during [...]
Friend Friday
What is not to love about Debbi Michiko Florence, a writer with a bunny, two ducks and the most adorable puppy [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
“You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you’ll never [...]
Friend Friday
I first "met" Jane Kurtz through her beautiful River Wild. Some years later, I was lucky enough to meet her person [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
“Many times, what people call ‘writer’s block’ is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but [...]
Friend Friday
You faithful followers know that Friday is *the* day to celebrate friend's new books around here. Except when I [...]