1. My teen writing classes are AMAZING. I am loving working with these kids so much, I can’t even tell you. My two teens have surprised me with their turnaround on writing—this is the class I wish I’d had when…
The Wrap-Up
It’s been slow going getting back to regular life after losing my brother, but it’s happening. Life, as they say, really does go on. And while he remains in my heart (and always ALWAYS will), I’m doing my best to…
Books and Flowers
Hi, guys! :-) I’m jumping into edits on New Book (which means LOTS of coffee and chocolate…it could be worse ;-) and working to get it out by the end of summer (August/September). I have so much to tell you…
The Wrap-Up
1. First, I wanted to tell you about a few good books I’ve come across lately. Young Adult: The Princesses of Iowa by M. Molly Backes, North of Beautiful by Justina Chen, and Out of Reach (a National Book Award…
Reading Time!
I haven’t been to the library in months because I’ve been too busy working on the book. I needed to spend my time writing, not reading, and THIS is what happens when I go to the library. Some of these…
Books to Read!
While I’m playing catch-up here and getting back to book work, I wanted to take a moment to tell you about a couple of great reads I recently could not put down (children starved, phone went unanswered, husband was neglected).…
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
My shelves. Can you really ever have too many books? Instead of sitting around biting my nails all day long as I wait (im)patiently to hear back from my betas (no, really, take your time! I’m kidding), I’ve been doing…
Books to Read!
I’ve been reading The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas to the kids at night lately. I don’t remember how I came across the book originally. I had been scouring the library for good YA and MG fiction to read, and…