This is my friend Julia and her wonderful cake pre-party! Julia, you rock! This is what the whole party looked like to me--one big red blur....

This is mine for my Fireside Chat: 2 - Oh dear, I'm a BAD author. BAD, BAD, BAD. meghan

Mingle 2 - Online Dating Us being a children's book blog and all...

Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets. I was introduced to her poetry more than twenty years ago when I attended a Writers’ Conference at...

I didn't have time to come home and make a brilliant post and this is because my S&S editor took me out for a wonderful dinner. I ju...

Hello all, I've got to run but I promise to post tonight! It will be something exciting... maybe... maybe not. That's the fun thing ...

It's not my turn to post today, but as Meghan says -- it has been quiet lately. So here is a thank you to everyone who reads this blog, ...

Wow it's been quiet! I must say I've been busy myself... lots of book stuff to do! Anyhow, because I'm ADD, I've decided to ...

Today a short "whats on my desk" kind of post... As some of you might have read in this post, Keene State College is collecting o...

Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre are still in the children's section of most bookstores I've visited lately...Who would you rathe...

Yes, yesterday was my day to post and yes, I did not do so. I was busy cutting my foot and going to my publisher and being sick on the subwa...

I'm off to ALA--I'll be working at the Little, Brown booth on Saturday and Monday from 1-5, so stop by and say hi! At other times I...

Ooops, looks like I'm not going to ALA after all. Darn. Well, have a good time all!

The photo of Erin didn't work. Perhaps Alvina can put it up. In the meantime, let's guess which one Erin is: Sorry Erin, I did indee...

Alvina did a great job with the photos and the posting. Thanks Alvina! I thought I was photo obsessed... but ... I think she wins. Anyhow, I...

So last week I got tagged for the 8 facts game (see below), so here we go... hope this isen't too off topic for a children's book bl...

I'd also like to direct everyone's attention to the Summer Blog Tour that was kicked off yesterday at Finding Wonderland with an i...

Sorry, another abbreviated post. It's late. Meghan and I went to the Lily Allen concert tonight at the Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I...

Last week, I posted two poems about fathers in memory of my dad who passed away more than twenty years ago. I wasn’t sure I was going to ha...

Libby had a great post a couple of weeks ago, What Makes you Pull a Book of the Shelf? which was very apropos for me. I'm knee deep in ...