I was trying to explain to Libby what the deal was with the "other Meghans." I figure posting this will explain the whole thing!

Here are a few of my favorite paintings from the second chapter of Sprout Street Neighbors (some chapter one paintings here ), featur...

    Yes, that is Drew Barrymore -- the picture was taken on the steps of my building in Boston, while they were filming Feverpitch ....

Here are a few of my favorites from the first chapter of Sprout Street Neighbors , the chapter book I've been working on. It'...

I'm working on a "how to" and this is the sped up version...

    Several of the Blue Rose Girls have been traveling lately: Grace is in Hong Kong, Alvina was in Italy, I'm in Scotland, and ou...

Here is the final painting for the jacket of Sprout Street Neighbors. I began with this sketch . I'll post the jacket design soon! ...

Recently, I read this disturbing post  and it made me worry about my privacy online. As authors, we are told  to "be real," t...

I've been off the radar because I have to move... to where I don't know. All of my books are now in boxes--over 35 and counting!...

When I first started out in this business, I thought that if an editor told you to change something you had to do what she said. Now, ...

Tightening up the jacket sketch for Sprout Street Neighbors , my first chapter book, due out next year. 

Like many authors, I had a great laugh at these videos of children's authors reading their harsh online reviews . However, a...

"Of all the questions I have been asked as an author of children's books, the most frequent one, without doubt, has been ...

          As I mentioned in an earlier post , while packing, moving, and unpacking, I've unearthed some forgotten things. Another ...

    I take New Years Resolutions very seriously:  think about them and talk about them and write them down --and, I admit, sometimes fo...

At the hotel in Taiwan, a violinist serenaded us during breakfast. It was Rain Dragon's first experience with a violin and she w...

    Grace put the finishing touches on her gingerbread house, we took a picture, and then Grace presented the house to her dau...

    In NY now the Salvation Army people are all young and they don't just ring bells -- they DANCE. I was lucky enough to see two g...

Ugh. I haven't been posting because I have a bookdeadline and I have so much art to do! Help! Anyway, my pal Marc Tyler Noblema...

I’ve been away from blogging at Wild Rose Reader and Blue Rose Girls for so long that I thought I might forget how to ...