AWP Panel
AWP: Our panel, "What I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Writing for Children and Young Adults," seemed like a success. At least we had a good time. It seemed as if our audience did. At least there wasn't much shuffling, squirming, and reading of programs while we were...
Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris BohjalianMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI LOVED this book. I attended a launch luncheon with Chris Bohjalian a couple years ago, and it's been on my to-read shelf ever since. I finally read it, and it's spectacular. It brings to life a...
Medusa Tells All: Beauty Missing, Hair Hissing
Yesterday, a box of books arrived on my porch, covered with a light dusting of snow.Very exciting moment in an author's life to open the box of complimentary brand-new copies and hold the baby in your hands for the first time.Check it out:You can buy it here...OR go...
Kobus van Wyk
Today--well, Thursday in South Africa--marks the funeral for one of the most amazing people I have had the privilege to know personally.This is the last photo taken of a gentle giant of a man who changed his world, and changed our world. Kobus van Wyk, we will NEVER...
Happy news and poetry to make you laugh from Richard Meyer
My friend Richard Meyer, who taught Humanities in high school to both my kids (and they adore him), retired a few years ago and has immersed himself in one of his primary passions: poetry. He's getting quite a pile of publications, and here are two of his most recent...
Another snow day….or rather another snowy day
Freya carries in a blanket of snow. I try to grab her with a big towel before she shakes.Writing this morning before school. Going to try to hop on the trainer for a bit, too.Rafi and Maddie, the characters in the novel I'm working on, have me hooked and all I want to...
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