Do You Know Where Your WIP is Going?

I have one more chapter to write in my WIP – maybe two – before I run out of planned material and take a leap into the unknown. Okay, maybe...

Book Giveaway: The Second Date

Today I am welcoming Mary Simonsen, author of Searching for Pemberley (Sourcebooks Landmark 2009) and a delightful little book about an Ita...

Meet the Readers

Last night, I was a guest at the Avon Grove Library for Teen Night. “Meet the Author” the signs said – which, I have to admit, made me feel ...

My Safe Haven

Where do you go to de-stress? Find inspiration? Reflect and brainstorm and relax? For me, it’s my own backyard. The pond was not functiona...

Contest Winners!

I am happy to announce three winners of my Teenage Celebrity and T-shirt contest – two from this blog and one from my Facebook page. In the...

My Summer To-Do List

Summer vacation starts today. It’s been a l-o-n-g spring. I know that I posted (with some bravado) back at the beginning of June that I was...

What About Kate?

In writing We Hear the Dead , it became necessary for me to focus on one of the two Fox sisters. Maggie was my obvious choice, because she w...

So Many Lost Stories -- So Little Time

In speaking to other historical fiction authors, I’ve discovered many of them experience the same frustration I do when conducting research....

Teenage Celebrities and T-Shirt Giveaways

On my class field trip today (in between rainstorms, hikes through the swamp, and begging kids to quiet down on the bus), I chatted with som...

Guest Post: Marva Dasef and Sasquatch

Today I’d like to welcome author and blogger Marva Dasef, who has written a guest post and a vignette about an old paranormal friend – Big F...

We Have Not Struck

Counting today, I have twelve days of school left. Twelve . Teaching school after Memorial Day is like bailing out a sinking ship with a le...