I Get to Teach Adults
After many years of teaching history and writing to children and teens, I'm now teaching adult writers for the first time and applying some of my methods.
After many years of teaching history and writing to children and teens, I'm now teaching adult writers for the first time and applying some of my methods.
Good news for my YA historical novel Torch, coming out in November, and a first look at the cover.
Last night I returned from my first ever invitation-only book festival, the Gaithersburg Book Festival in Maryland. The festival has been around for around ten years, but in 2020 it…
An interview with Amanda McCrina, author of the powerful and timely YA historical novel The Silent Unseen.
A new blurb and other good news for the upcoming biography Film Makers: 15 Groundbreaking Women Directors.
One of the thrills of being an author is seeing one's books in a bookstore. When I first moved to Albany, people talked about a famous children's bookstore in New…
The back-to-back launches of She Persisted: Temple Grandin yesterday and Moonwalking next week caught me by surprise. Yes, I had plenty of time to prepare, but the flurry of activity…
The unboxing of my book She Persisted: Temple Grandin and some thoughts on how I approached this biography for young readers.
After hearing horror stories about supply chain issues delaying book launches, I was thrilled to receive a box full of authors' copies of Moonwalking this past weekend. Last night, my…
I blog a lot about the writer's journey. But I'm not the only person who has a story and advice. From time to time, I ask friends with recent books…