I get to teach both Creative Writing and Children's Lit again this fall! I'll have four different preps, so it's gonna be busy, but I'm excited, now that I'm seriously getting stuff ready for classes. It's always a hard transition to go from summer schedule of writing...

Freya's two years old. My puppy. The Giant Furball. Joy-bringer, snuggler, galumpher, the Never-Ending Story dog in all-black.She's spending most of her birthday on the basement floor, trying to stay cool.Don't you love it when you exercise and take a shower and keep...

Elif Shafak on the politics of fiction--and about the art of fiction in general. It's a wonderful speech, and the transcript is available if your computer won't play the video. If you're interested in writing, or in how writers work, you'll find it...

The author of this article has won the Leadville Mountain Bike race many times. Last year, he was second only to Lance. After I saw Race Across the Sky, I entered the lottery to get into the race. I didn't get in, and as I read about prepping for the race, I'm...

Now, I am a believer that when you expect something to happen, it doesn't. I was sure I would not be picked by the Junior Library Guild. Guess that's why it happened.But this article makes me seriously glad to be picked. I feel very honored, even though I expect...