Friend Friday
I am delighted to host Melissa Stewart today in celebration of her newest book, Can an Aardvark Bark?, illustrated by Steve [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
“The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is [...]
Friend Friday
I have so many book creator friends, including the brave, resilient and funny Laurel Snyder. Today she is sharing a [...]
Wednesday Wisdom For Writers
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less [...]
Friend Friday
Tracey Baptiste looks sweet and innocent but she can write one heck of a creepy story, as her first book, [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no [...]
Friend Friday on a Tuesday
The only problem with having so many writing friends is that there are not near enough Fridays for hosting them [...]
Friend Friday
Carol Baldwin is a huge supporter of children's literature, which makes her a dear, dear friend of mine! I adore [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
“A word after a word after a word is power.” Margaret Atwood
Listen Up!
I have discovered a new podcast (new to me, that is), That Stack of Books, co-hosted by longtime KUOW radio [...]
Friend Friday
I am so pleased to host Dorinda Nicholson today for Friend Friday! I am a huge fan of hers, going [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.” Marianne Moore
Friend Friday
I have found more new friends (and books to add to my TBR pile!) over at the Nerdy Book Club. [...]
Wednesday Wisdom for Writers
"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard." Anne Sexton
Friend Friday
I am delighted to host Joanne O'Sullivan today, whom I recently met at the South Carolina Association of School Librarians [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
"Be awake to inspiration. . .it's not on YouTube or Facebook." Laurie Halse Anderson
Friend Friday
Mark Twain wrote in his biography that "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." But writing funny can be a challenge as today's [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
"Work without a net." Matt Phelan
Friend Friday
I had such a blast when Michelle Dunphy interviewed me for her now-on-hiatus podcast, Authors are ROCKSTARS! She recently got [...]
Throwback Thursday
Going back to 1933 for this one: eighty-four years ago, to be exact. This rapscallion was born in Beaverton, Oregon, [...]