A Moving Target: Historical Research and Gentrification
A walking tour through the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where my main character lived 50 years ago.
Returning to Portugal and Seeing the Changes
Thoughts on returning to Portugal, seeing the changes, and researching a historical novel that takes place there in 1966.
Wrapping Up the YASH Spring 2016 Contest (and an Unscientific Survey)
Thank you to all the people who took part in the Spring 2016 Young Adult Scavenger Hunt! The turnout was huge, including dozens of people who commented to enter my…
Good News for Surviving Santiago!
Announcing honors for Surviving Santiago from two independent-publishing organizations and the Bank Street College of Education.
Not My Cup of Tea, But…
A promise to attend a friend's bookstore panel introduces me to three Jane Austen-inspired novels and the importance of having an open mind.
The “I Am Here” Reading and Exhibition and the Brooklyn Blossoms Book Club
A report on a panel of the Brooklyn Blossoms Book Club, featuring four award-winning black women authors and a photo exhibit celebrating black girls and women.
Historical Fact and Fiction at the Children’s Literature New England Conference
A report on the CLNE conference, "Writing the Past: Yesterday Was Once Today," held November 14-16, 2014 at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Patricio Has Writer’s Block, But I Don’t: My Writing Process Blog Tour
My contribution to the My Writing Process Blog Tour, where I talk about the fun of revision and why I write about social and political struggles.
The Writer on the Road: Schenectady County Community College
On my dear departed MobileMe blog, I had an occasional series titled "The Writer on the Road," which featured reports of my various speaking engagements in high schools, colleges, public…
- Go to the previous page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8