Last year, I was asked to write a blurb for the upcoming book Kimchi and Calamari, by Rose Kent (which is a really nice book, by th...

Our question of the week is: What outside influences do you use to keep yourselves focused? ALVINA: What outside influences do you use ...

Quite often when adults hear that I write for children their first question is, “Are you going to write an adult novel?” This is always said...

This is an attempted group photo we blue rose girls tried to take of ourselves this weekend. The goal was to "take a pict...

CHRISTMAS IS A-COMING English Nursery Rhyme Christmas is a-coming, The goose is getting fat, Please to put a penny In an old man’s hat. If y...

Calling all kids' book folks--writers, illustrators, booksellers, librarians, editors, etc. What has been the most OUT THERE story idea ...

I am a week short of a deadline and painting like a maniac. Recently a 9 to 5er pointed out that as freelancers we don't HAVE...

I was looking for the exact quote but I think it's long gone. A few years back (I think!) I'd read in PW about Mark Brown's firs...

Thursdays are my day to write in the Blue Rose Blog. I have my own blog that keeps me very blog-occupied, but it is as scattered and variabl...

I feel a little like a squirrel preparing for winter (and not because it is once again 40 degrees in Boston). I'm about to start the pai...

More often then not, when I'm introduced at a book event I'm described as a prolific author/illustrator. While it is usual...

The following question was posted anonymously in the comment section of my personal blog , but since it seemed more appropriate f...

When their children got in trouble, parents often said that the parties involved were a “bad influence” on each other. As one friend of mine...

Recently, at a school visit, a young student rushed up to me and said, “I read The Year of the Dog in 2 hours!” “That’s wonderful,” I said ...

Some (ah-hem…many) truths about being a children’s book author (or at least some truths about me). In no particular order. Petrified...

Some quotes that keep me working, or help me to look at my work in a new way: "When you write don't think, listen." -Ma...

Libby's posts on beginnings, and then Anna's post about BLOW OUT THE MOON (which was a beginning for me , too), and then Meghan...