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 [...]
Friend Friday
I never tire of hearing stories of book creators' road to publication. Amy O'Quinn has a great one to tell [...]
Friend Friday
This is a first: a multi-generational blog post!! Instigated by the energetic Meg Ferrante. I wish you could all meet [...]
Winston Writes
There's only one thing wrong with this book. I didn't write it. But dogs have such a hard time getting [...]
Friend Friday
Emily Whitman is in the house! We both had sand between our toes the first time we met, at a [...]
Friend Friday
I don't know how it is that Heather Bouwman chooses to be friends with a slacker like me-- in addition [...]
Friend Friday
Jo Hackl was born and raised in Mississippi, now lives in South Carolina and is the embodiment of southern hospitality. [...]
Friend Friday
Melissa Ostrom I discovered romance in a nursing home. The Warner Home, the facility was called. I [...]
Friend Friday
My darling friend and Butterfly Sister Augusta Scattergood (Making Friends with Billy Wong) suggested I ask her friend Rob Sanders [...]
Friend Friday
I met Miriam McNamara when I was a visiting faculty member to the Vermont Master of Fine Arts. Her energy [...]
Friend Friday
Today's Friend Friday guest, Frances Wood, and I bonded over birds. I am an amateur (VERY!) birdwatcher and, after meeting [...]
Friend Friday
I'm a huge fan of Shannon Hitchcock's work so when our mutual friend, Augusta Scattergood, suggested I invite Shannon to [...]
Friend Friday
It was Dave Patneaude's son who introduced us, eons ago. I'd been a judge for the PTA Reflections contest and [...]