Friend Friday
What a treat it is today to host not one but two wonderful writing friends! The dynamic duo of Sylvia [...]
Friend Friday
To say I am grateful to count Brenda Guiberson as a friend is an understatement. Brenda has been a mentor [...]
Friend Friday
Today's guest is a friend by association: Janet McLaughlin is pals with my dear friend, Augusta Scattergood and when Augusta [...]
Friend Friday
It's such a pleasure to host Nancy J. Cavanaugh today; as she shares in her post, we were first cyber [...]
Monday Musings
I had such a lovely time in the CyFair school district this past week. The students were prepared and engaged, [...]
Friend Friday
"Friend" doesn't even begin to describe the dear Ann Whitford Paul. She opened her heart (and home!) to a newbie [...]
A Dream Come True
In 2011, one of the books I am proudest of writing, The Friendship Doll, was published (Delacorte). I wish I [...]
Friend Friday
Today's guest, Kim Griswell, and I share a six-degrees of separation kind of thing. Though we've never met, she was [...]
Friend Friday
Holly Niner and I met at the Kentucky Book Festival eons ago. We immediately bonded (I even conned her into [...]
Friend Friday
Long, long ago, I met Dian Curtis Regan when I was invited to join a group of women for a [...]
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 [...]