real cover vs. a cover for an alternate universe Last month, there was some controversy with the repackaging of my friend Cindy Pon ...

This has been a year for change in many ways. I finished two book projects long in the works, moved to Northampton, MA from Boston, and am n...

I am on a much-needed vacation right now (two weeks!), and am at my parents' home in Southern California. My parents moved into this hou...

I've been doing a book with someone old, wise, Zen, and supremely talented. It's not up to ME to blab things out about other people,...

I thought I’d check out Ted Kooser’s site American Life in Poetry this morning in search of a poem to post today at Blue Rose Girls . I did...

I finished my rough draft of "Dumpling Days" late at night on Friday (really, Saturday morning) and I was euphoric. The first draf...

This weekend some of us Blue Rose Girls got together to do some celebrating. There was a lot to celebrate... birthdays for Libby and Alvina,...

As reported by Publisher's Weekly two weeks ago, we've had two promotions at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR) recently...

This will be an Un-Poetry Friday at Blue Rose Girls this week. I decided to post more of the pictures that I took during our fabulous "...

I've been entrenched in the writing of my new novel ("Dumpling Days") and while it's always roller coaster, every time the...

If you are in the area, come visit me at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library on Friday at 11 am, where I'll be giving a free presentat...

This is a belated wrap-up of ALA--I had posted very briefly about it here , and the other BRGs have also posted about it as well (includ...