My apologies for taking so long to post the last half of this "painting in progress". A couple weeks ago I posted here about how ...

No time for a real post today--just got back last night from a lovely Blue Rose Girl meet-up at Libby's place in Mystic. Anna and I drov...

I’m sorry that I’ve been AWOL (Absent Without Literature) so many Poetry Fridays this summer. And I’m a little late in posting today because...

Haircut for Robert , May 30, 1972- August 27, 2007.

One of the things on my to-do list this summer was to create a new program for my school visits . I'd like to offer writing workshops f...

Beyond the Book: GEEKTASTIC: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci Oh boy, there's so much beyond-the...

Oh boy, looking back. I just answered a questionnaire for something. Two answers were about my speaking "career." --------- I’m ma...

With my fellow Blue Rose Girls reminiscing about their lives less ten years, I thought I should do the same. Unfortunately, I have no journ...

There's been a lot happening in the news, so you might not have heard about the devastating typhoon in Taiwan . Luckily, it seems that m...

I was going to post the second half of my work-in-progress post from last week, but I was inspired by Alvina's post yesterday to look ...

Yesterday, August 16 was my ten-year anniversary of starting at Little, Brown and Company. (I mentioned this last week to a former coworker ...

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is on the Fall 2009 Kids' Indie Next List . Yay!

Ooops, almost forgot! This painting is on sale NOW (auction ends tommorrow)! BID NOW! URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem...

I've finally put up a sneak peek of my new book POP. Check it out here: Please note that the text and design are not finalized. I change...

Since my book has released in July, I have not done a lot of in-person appearances which is a big bad in terms of book promotion. I'm g...

Thank you for your input last week on the Desmond jacket- we did indeed pick image number two (the fence one)! Its good to know you all agr...

I'm a little bit stressed these days--it's been a busy summer that is just going to get busier. I've now had two consecutive wee...

This summer, I've been babysitting three days a week for someone almost three. Being a babysitter for someone this young is a different ...

I’ve had a bit of writer’s block in the last few months. In recent days, I have been struggling to finish a poem that I began writing over a...