Thank you, Kirkus Review!
June 18, 2015A nice review from Kirkus this week. Click here to read what they said about Double Happiness.
Read more...First Line Favorites
June 7, 2015“Every morning Ellie West listened to her son get out of bed.” This is how The Train of Small Mercies by David Rowell begins. And this is how my new segment about First Line Favorites begins as well. After all, what’s not to love about first lines? While sounding casual, Rowell deftly pulls the reader into a ...
Read more...A Not-to-Miss Workshop
June 6, 2015Even if you visit schools as an author/ illustrator already, even if you have a few tricks up your sleeve, I would highly recommend the “Author School Visits” workshop with Michelle Cusolito and Marty Kelley. They discussed contracts and pricing, marketing and presentations (not to mention a burp and a boogie tossed in by Marty ...
Read more...The Blue Bunny, Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day
May 20, 2015Thinking back on this fun day, May 2nd, at the Blue Bunny Bookstore in Dedham. National Independent Bookstore DayThe nine regional independent bookseller associations across the country are working together to collaboratively support a national Independent Bookstore Day on May 2, 2015. With assistance from their regional associations, bookstores from coast to coast will be welcoming ...
Read more...A Few Local School Visits
April 30, 2015On May 5th, I’ll be stopping by Elm Street school, to hang out with the Kindergarten classes. Looking forward to reading My Sister, Alicia May with them, talking about Down syndrome and creating some poems of our own. On May 21st, I’m doing a workshop at Blessed Sacrament school called Storing Up Treasures, which is ...
Read more...The May Days
April 30, 2015So how crazy is this! We are now going into our third year of The May Days. I began this group in 2012 to find the will-power and accountability I needed through you, yes you, to finish my first novel. Guess what? I’m working on revising the final chapters but, three years later, I’m almost ...
Read more...Starting Your Own Book Club
January 27, 2015At first it might seem intimidating—the idea of starting a book club. After all, there’s a lot to think about, and so many books available to read. Where does one begin? As you begin to narrow down your options, you may discover this is the perfect time to organize a club of your own. With ...
Read more...Out of Touch with Reality
August 4, 2014Recently I was looking a a list of reality television shows. As I clicked on the links and read the show’s descriptions, something occurred to me. If this is what reality looks like, I really don’t fit in. Here’s a wee sampling of some of the current shows. You can see how far removed I ...
Read more...My First Blog Hop
July 15, 2014I’d like to thank Kristin Wolden Nitz for asking me to participate in this blog hop. Kristin is a talented writer and she also my agency mate, as we are both represented by the Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Kristin’s books range from her YA novel, SUSPECT, which belongs to the cozy mystery genre, and her contemporary fantasy, SAVING ...
Read more...The Hesitant Traveler
May 16, 2014The world has changed immensely since I took a trip overseas more than a decade ago. My personal world has changed as well. Last time I traveled across “The Pond,” I didn’t have children. Also, my cell phone was the size of a brief case, and maps were things that I folded ...
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Children’s Author and Poet