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...