Friend Friday
I had such a blast when Michelle Dunphy interviewed me for her now-on-hiatus podcast, Authors are ROCKSTARS! She recently got in touch about something new she's doing and I asked [...]
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 of giving the story behind the story of her books. [...]
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: Audacity Jones Steals The Show (Scholastic). In her first adventure (Audacity Jones [...]
Friend Friday
Nanci Turner Steveson is a repeat Friend Friday essayist. Her new book, Georgia Rules (Harper Collins) is not out for a few more months (don't worry; I'll remind you closer [...]
School Visits!
I have spent three days this week in the amazing CyFair school district, and will spend five more days next week. I am so grateful for the warm welcome and [...]
Friend Friday
(For most of this month, I have been celebrating readers, rather than writers. Enjoy this little diversion and then stop back on December 30 for an inspirational post from the [...]
Friend Friday
This regular blog feature is celebrating readers, instead of writers, most of this month (check back on December 30 for an amazing post from Nikki Grimes)! I hope you read [...]
Book Birthday!
Today is the book birthday for Liberty -- hooray! Writing Liberty was like wrassling alligators in a vat of gumbo. My creative process is always messy but it was downright discouraging as [...]
Friend Friday
I have waited FOREVER to host the talented, big-hearted, talented, fun-loving, talented, thoughtful Jaime Temairik. She is one of those illustrators who really gets a story and her art is [...]
Throwback Thursday
Thirty four years ago, this charmer entered our lives and now she's the mom to two darling daughters herself! Her first grade passion for chapter books led me to write [...]