Book Launch Party

What a FABULOUS book launch party we had this past Saturday! I can only wish you ALL could have been there. Some of the highlights:

Alexi Rampp Taft (Piper Pan cover model) was there with her whole family—(my friends all said “Isn’t she amazing!”) Readers who already own the book came to celebrate with me, […]

AIM High

Great News! I’m so very excited!

Thanks to great timing and incredible local support, The Curse of the Neverland is going to be used as the book club book for a new program sponsored by the Soroptomist International of Sequim in the Greywolf Elementary School for 4th and 5th grade […]

Shakespeare’s Girl Heroes

Let’s talk about girl heroes again—and let’s take it back 400+ years to Shakespeare’s Girl Heroes.

This week I watched a marvelous DVD from the library: a PBS film entitled “Shakespeare Uncovered.” The 6 episodes featuring different plays are hosted by stars Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson, and David Tennant.

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Healthy Heroes

My long-held desire to be heroic got some satisfaction through writing The Curse if the Neverland – a desire every child (and most adults!) share. It falls in with wanting to be special. I’ve not met a human yet who didn’t want to be special. When we want to stand out, to be heroic, it’s […]