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, [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
"Another word for hope is book." Rita Williams-Garcia
Friend Friday. . on a Tuesday!
I have long admired Deborah Hopkinson's writing and if you have ever heard her speak, she does an amazing job [...]
Friend Friday
I met Paddy Eger when she attended a writing seminar I used to offer in my home, ten years or [...]
Friend Friday
It is not often I get to host a book creator who is also a professional performer, but such is [...]
Friend Friday
Happy St. Patrick's Day to you! And you are very lucky, indeed, today because my guest is Julie Bowe. Sadly, she [...]
Friend Friday
"Time and good friends are two things that get more valuable as we get older." I couldn't find the author [...]
Friend Friday
This Friday Feature is near and dear to me; it's such fun to shine the spotlight on my fellow writers' [...]
Friend Friday
Even though we are practically neighbors, J. Anderson Coats and I are still only cyber friends. I hope that changes [...]
Friend Friday
Okay, when I tell you that Dave Patneaude is a friend, that is a serious understatement. He and I have [...]
Friend Friday
Today's friend is *ahem* me. Since I had a new book launch on January 31, I thought it would be [...]
Friend Friday
At one point in our careers, Sundee Frazier and I shared an editor who suggested we meet. Our coffee shop [...]
Happy Book Birthday to Me!
Get out your party hats and horns! Today is the book birthday of the second of the Audacity Jones' books: [...]
Friend Friday
Nanci Turner Steveson is a repeat Friend Friday essayist. Her new book, Georgia Rules (Harper Collins) is not out for [...]
School Visits!
I have spent three days this week in the amazing CyFair school district, and will spend five more days next [...]
Friend Friday
There are so many terrific people in the kid lit world, and Margie Culver is pretty near the top of my [...]