Finalist!
It's hard to sit on good news, and even harder when it's very good news -- like a book from a relatively unknown author with a smaller publisher becomes a…
Launch Day for TORCH and a Second Star!
Today is a long-awaited day -- the launch of my YA historical novel Torch. It's especially long-awaited because the novel went out on submission at the beginning of August 2019,…
Things I Learned Writing The Bond Trilogy: Guest Post by Robin Kirk
Guest post from YA author Robin Kirk on writing and publishing a science fiction series for teens.
Research Rabbit Hole
How research for my verse novel in progress led me to discover a new favorite band.
Stay Tuned!
Announcing that there will be news about one of my writing projects and an excerpt from a new translation.
Experts
A report on my first time teaching adults in a writing workshop, impressed by the expertise of the attendees.
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.
I Visit My Books
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…
Launch Events!
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…
Another Unboxing!
The unboxing of my book She Persisted: Temple Grandin and some thoughts on how I approached this biography for young readers.