After posting about the "shoulds" of social media, I had the good fortune to attend a Toolbox Workshop given by the Austrialia children's author Christopher Cheng. The 20 workshop attendees…
When I was in middle and high school, I wanted to be popular, more than anything else in the world. However, my weak social skills rendered that goal pretty much…
In my first two months on Instagram, I've gotten to know a lot of Lego builders and photographers, and I'm honored that some of my favorite Lego people there have…
For the past six years, I have served as the assistant host of "Los Vientos del Pueblo," a bilingual program of Latin American and Spanish music, poetry, and history that…
My experience with social media began when I signed up for Facebook the year before Gringolandia came out. I was fortunate at the time to have some friends and colleagues…
Although I've been busy trying to promote Rogue, I also have a new YA novel that I finished and sent off to my agent last November. Titled ANTS GO MARCHING,…
I had my first school visit for Rogue today, at a week-long summer program for college-bound students at Hackett Middle School in Albany. The 36 students have been reading the…
When I registered for this summer's American Library Association annual conference, I was excited to see that one of the main speakers was none other than … Temple Grandin! I've…
I've been busy with interviews and guest posts for the past month or so, but things seem to be quieting down. Not sure whether or not that's a good thing,…
Yesterday morning I received a lovely thank-you from Michael Guarneiri, the English teacher who invited Fatima Shaik and me to Arts & Media Prep high school on Monday for a…