My Workshop for the VCFA Young Writers Network, Part 1
The first part of my report on presenting at New Voices School in Brooklyn as part of the new VCFA Young Writers Network.
The first part of my report on presenting at New Voices School in Brooklyn as part of the new VCFA Young Writers Network.
My bonus content for the YA Scavenger Hunt, a deleted scene that leads to my comments on the importance of "killing your darlings" in revision.
Last Thursday was my official book launch party for Surviving Santiago at the Lower East Side bookstore Bluestockings, ranked one of the top destinations in the Not For Tourists Illustrated Guide to New York City.
Ten days ago I spoke to groups of sixth through eighth graders at Hommocks Middle School in Mamaroneck, New York. Sponsored by the PTA for Autism Awareness Month, I talked…
Celebrating the publication day of The World in a Second, the picture book I translated from Portuguese.
The controversy surrounding Harper Lee's forthcoming novel helps me decide what to let go of in the process of moving.
An update on my work as a first-round panelist for the 2014 Cybils YA Fiction category and what I have learned for my own writing.