GIANNA Z. and I were part of a HUGE celebration of books and reading at the annual Rochester Chlidren’s Book Festival this weekend. Families crowded into the festival at Monroe Community College to meet 42 authors and illustrators, make bookish crafts, listen to talks and read-alouds, and of course, pick out new books to have signed. I…
This post is part of a year-long series of blog interviews I’ll be hosting with my fellow 2009 Debut Authors, called "How They Got Here." It should be an especially helpful series for teens who write, teachers, and anyone who wants to write for kids. 2009 debut authors will be dropping by to talk about…
Lots of thankfulness to go around this week… 1, I’m plugging away at my revision for SUGAR ON SNOW, stealing bits of time wherever I can. I used to feel like I needed big chunks of time to get anything done, but that idea has sort of faded away for me, and I’m thankful for…
A couple weeks ago, a school principal & teacher in California asked me where she could find pictures of real manuscripts from real authors going through the revision process to share with her students so they’d be more excited about revising. I didn’t know of such a resource, but as a teacher, I absolutely loved…
This post is part of a year-long series of blog interviews I’ll be hosting with my fellow 2009 Debut Authors, called "How They Got Here." It should be an especially helpful series for teens who write, teachers, and anyone who wants to write for kids. 2009 debut authors will be dropping by to talk about…
I’ll tell you right up front…this is going to be one of those long rambling posts about the writing process, photos included. If you don’t want to be mired in a tour of my messy revision-mind, you should probably just move on now. Nothing to see here… Still hanging around? Okay… here’s the revision story. …
This is a special request for my published author friends to help teachers of writing… I got an email today from a school principal who works with a large number of economically disadvantaged kids and English language learners, and she’s determined to help them become better writers through the revision process. She wondered if there…
This post is part of a year-long series of blog interviews I’ll be hosting with my fellow 2009 Debut Authors, called "How They Got Here." It should be an especially helpful series for teens who write, teachers, and anyone who wants to write for kids. 2009 debut authors will be dropping by to talk about…
This post is part of a year-long series of blog interviews I’ll be hosting with my fellow 2009 Debut Authors, called "How They Got Here." Today…Sydney Salter, author of JUNGLE CROSSING! Despite her reluctance to go on a family vacation to Mexico, Kat ends up on a teen adventure tour where she meets Nando, a…
I’ll be out and about signing books around the Adirondacks this weekend and would love to see you if you’re in the Plattsburgh or Glens Falls area.Plattsburgh – Borders at Champlain Center MallFriday, October 2nd – 4-6 pm Glens Falls – Dog Ate My Homework Bookstore on Glen St.- Joint signing with eluper !Saturday, October…
