I’ve reached the stage in my writing of book two where it’s time to step away from the trees and look at the forest. It’s time for the first read-through.
Writers love words. And when writing anything, it is easy and tempting to get caught up in the detail, the imagery, in the way a […]
I get to be on a panel entitled “Creating Creature Worlds” as part of the Clallam County ComicCon, one of the amazing summer programs presented by North Olympic Library System. If you live close by, put it on your calendar: Friday, June 24th 3—4pm at the Port Angeles Main Library. Related […]
Authors like Lois Lowry make me wonder: exactly what makes a children’s book for children? Sometimes the breadth of children’s books seems to exceed what you find written in many books for adults.
I’m just back from a weeklong vacation; grounds for lots of reading-for-fun. On the plane, I read a book of Lois Lowry’s […]
Those of you who’ve read The Curse of the Neverland will be happy to know I’ve been working away on book 2.
When I’m writing, it’s a bit like walking through a forest—I can’t see the forest for the trees. I have tools to deal with that, and that’s where I am now: trying to […]
A big welcome to those of you who’ve just joined us after coming to my book talk in Northfield last week! Be sure to check out the links below to download your free character posters and coloring book!
The talk was a spectacular occasion for me — so many special people in attendance including my […]
While I moved a lot when I was young, the bulk of my growing up years were spent in the lovely town of Northfield, Minnesota. It’s a real-live version of Garrison Keillor’s “Lake Wobegon” with a highbrow flourish owed to the powerhouse combo of Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges.
This is the place where my […]
My book and I are now on Goodreads.com. What I need next is for readers to write reviews, and to “recommend” the book to their friends.
I am (a lot!) late coming to the party at Goodreads.com. My colleagues at the library told me about it for years, but it took getting published myself to […]
This is an exciting week, full of author fun for me. Hope you can join me at one or more of these:
All Week: May 4-9, downtown Sequim
Finding Fairies Treasure Hunt. You can start at any one of the 6 participating businesses in downtown Sequim: Hart’s Fine Books, That Takes the Cake, […]
Coming event: May 1st Sequim First Friday Art Walk at Hart’s Fine Books in Sequim, 5-8pm author meet-and-greet! (That’s me!) Come as a fairy or a pirate for 20% off the book.
Announcing Piper Pan in the news! This week’s Sequim Gazette featured a very nice article about The Curse of the Neverland […]
Three heads are better than one! I met with Celeste and Pam at Hart’s Fine Books in Sequim yesterday, and we cooked up some super-fun plans for The Curse of the Neverland. They’ve even made a page for my book on their site, so you can buy local through on-line convenience. (See the red “Buy […]
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