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“…Couldn’t Connect to Your Main Character”
In the past year or so, I’ve become a regular attendee of the SCBWI’s #Dialogs group, which began as the Marginalized Writers’ Meet-Up organized by Adria Quiñones, and has since broadened to an online...
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Life Imitates Art and a Broken Leg Foreshadowed
Five years ago, when my elaborate Lego buildings and mediocre Lego photography were Instagram fixtures, I joined a group of collaborative storytellers from around the world who took part in a giant...
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“Nothing About Us Without Us”
In ordinary years, October and November are busy conference seasons for educators. By then, we are settled into the school year but before the distractions of the holidays. Many of these conferences...
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Author’s Note
When it comes to putting a book together, I am seriously out of practice. MOONWALKING — which apparently will keep its original title despite speculation to the contrary — is about to go to the...
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Triple Threat!
My little blog has become a bit dusty over the past two weeks, mainly because I’ve been in the revision cave with the first round edits for TORCH, due on August 6. I was planning to talk a little bit...
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One of the PerSisterhood!
Six weeks ago I wrote about my five book projects in the works and my race to finish all of them before their deadlines — which I did! At that time, I referred to each of them by number, roughly when...
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Stellar News for a Picture Book Debut
I’ve had to wait to add this post with great news — as I’ve written in the past, much of publishing consists of having to wait to announce news — but today is the day! My debut picture book, Ways to...
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A Sneak Peek at Other People’s Books
The fact that I don’t travel like I used to and am working much more — between writing my own books, translating, teaching, and authenticity reading or consulting — means I have less time to update...
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Geeking Out at nErDcampPA
Now that it’s summer, school’s out and camp is in session. It’s not just for children either! For teachers and school librarians, many states offer nErDcamp, and because most of these are now hybrid or...
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“Not Like the Other Girls”
As this month is Women’s History Month, it’s a great opportunity to take on one of the most common tropes in fiction for tweens and teens. The “Not Like the Other Girls” trope involves a girl...
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