Friend Friday
I first "met" Sarah Miller through her fabulous Miss Spitfire; Voya says "Miller brings history to life," and that is [...]
Friend Friday
Sometimes you just got to go for it! And that's what I did when I summoned my courage to email [...]
Friend Friday
I first met Michaela MacColl through her writing; I believe it was Always Emily. I have since had the pleasure [...]
Friend Friday
I love Aimée Bisonette's essay below because it taps on something creatives worry about incessantly: am I doing it right? [...]
Friend Friday
I am full of emotion as I write this introduction. First: my heart brims with joy to be hosting Cynthia [...]
Friend Friday
Oh, I wish I had known Carolyn Crimi's secret when I read her delightful novel, Second-Hand Dogs (Balzer+Bray); it would [...]
Friend Friday
It takes tremendous courage to face the blank page. I am not quite certain, however, what it's called to willingly [...]
Friend Friday
I discovered Eden Royce's Root Magic (HarperCollins Publishers) through a cover reveal on a favorite blog, the Nerdy Book Club. [...]
Friend Friday
I regret that Hannah Hall is (as of yet) only a cyber-friend as I know she and I would be [...]
Friend Friday
To my knowledge today's guest is the first Hall of Famer I've ever hosted! In 2015, Ellen Hopkins was inducted [...]
Friend Friday
Dear Linda Urban: You know I've been a huge fan of your work even before your first published novel, having [...]
Friend Friday
I am so pleased that Danielle Joseph took time to visit with us today to share a bit of the [...]
Friend Friday
I still remember my first experience reading When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt. I'm pretty sure [...]
Friend Friday
I adore Irene Latham and not just because she included a poem inspired by Hattie Big Sky in her collaboration [...]
Friend Friday
I first "met" Anne Nesbet through the wonderful historical novel, Cloud and Wallfish, becoming a fast fan of her work. [...]
Friend Friday
It is so much fun to celebrate my fellow book creators and especially so when they're practically neighbors. Kerri Kokias' [...]
Friend Friday
While I love supporting all of my book creator friends, it's always particularly wonderful when those friends, like Ellie Peterson, [...]
Friend Friday
Little did I know that, when my then-sixth-grade daughter introduced me to Karen Cushman’s Catherine, Called Birdy, my path would intertwine [...]
Friend Friday
I belong to a middle grade book club and last winter, when it was my turn to select a book, [...]
Friend Friday
It's difficult to think of someone enthused about life and the writing process than Erin Soderberg Downing. I can see [...]