I really wanted to show a painting in progress. This took a really long time to make and it's about 20 sec long. Oh well. I tried...

We have a tradition on this blog of not reviewing books -- and I am all in favor of it. So this isn't a review, just a story ab...

Here is my book trailer for Starry River of the Sky ! Isn't it great? Because it took us so long, we were able to pu...

Yesterday I attended one of my favorite events of the year, the Brooklyn Book Fest . Not only is it walking distance from ...

  I apologize for being absent from Blue Rose Girls so much in recent months. My life has changed since I became a nanny granny and...

So my new book comes out soon...very soon...and I'm on pins and needles about it. I've been ramping up for my booklaunch , ...

I often read this blog for bits of inspiration. This weekend she posted a great quote from one of the hackers responsible for some big ...

           Earlier this summer, I read this article in the Atlantic and it really struck a nerve. It was written by a Princeton profes...

A few weeks ago, I was driving myself to the airport in a place I don't know at ALL (Northern Minnesota). I'd been at a fam...

Starry River of the Sky is almost here ! I'm planning a glorious book launch! Instead of my usual talk and reading, I...

As Alvina mentioned yesterday, we're all excited to be posting regularly again this fall. Thanks hanging in there with us! A few lin...

After a busy summer, us Blue Rose Girls are committed to posting regularly again. While students and teachers are going Back...

As I may have mentioned, I am getting very excited about the release of Starry River of the Sky ! I'm so excited ...

Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day ? is one of my favorite books so I thought I would take it out to read to th...

I'm just wondering: for all of you authors out there... how much back and forth do you guys do over little text things or big text thi...

Awhile ago, when she was just starting the book that became Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Grace posted about Faulkner's six -- the ...

As some of you know, I've been on a small Scottish island for the last four months and for the last four weeks, staying with a family...

Alvina got married! Don't they look beautiful? Which is one of the reasons it's been so quiet around here recent...

I'm moving yet another thing to blogger. This is going to be the children's art blog:  http://kidsartcreations.blogspot.c...

I've started up my Fireside Chat again, but this time I've moved it to Blogger. This is so I can write on the couch and w...