Water Wars: Interview with Cameron Stracher

Last week I saw an online preview of Sourcebooks' new fall catalog, and when I spotted Water Wars by Cameron Stracher, my first thought ...

Liked the Book Better? Don't Blame the Screenwriter!

Today’s blogpost stems from two Twitter Chats I attended recently. In last week’s YAlitchat , writers and educators were discussing how teac...

Vlog: The Haverford Dead Book Duo

This past Saturday, I was honored to attend a book event at Children’s Book World in Haverford, PA with Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, author...

Turning the Tables on the Teacher

I saw the gleam in their eyes when I explained it to them. I’d made a few copies of the opening chapters of my WIP, and I was hoping to find...

A Family's Story

Last week I introduced you to Donna Nordmark Aviles, who talked about her recent book tour in Kansas presenting her three independently publ...

Baby's First Steps

Is it comparable? Yes, I think so. I’ve watched two of my own children pull themselves to their feet and stagger across the room, grinning ...

Gina's Review: When the Worst Happens ...

We owe thanks to Adriane Dutkiewicz for this review, because she’s the one who originally gave Gina her first Worst Case Scenario book, and ...

Inspiration: First Vlog

Today I was suddenly possessed. Not by spooks, although you might expect that. I suddenly decided to post my first vlog. Well, not really ...

A Success Story

How does a writer judge success? I’d like to introduce my friend Donna Nordmark Aviles, who just returned from a book tour in Kansas. Donn...

Tagged!

Last week, I was tagged by Candace Ganger to participate in the 5 Question Tag Game. I needed to give 5 answers to each of 5 questions, an...

WHTD Poem by WIBIJ

This Wednesday I was pleased to be a stop on the tour of the new blogging scavenger hunt: Where In the Blogosphere Is Jon? This new bloggi...

Visiting Kane's Tomb

The next entry in my series of intriguing Pennsylvania graves ( caged graves , the ticking tomb , multiple graves for Anthony Wayne ) is a s...

Gina's Review: Quest for the Simurgh

I’m pleased to report that my guest reviewer is back today to share an unusual adventure story featuring Persian mythology for the middle gr...