A Room To Write

I'm currently enrolled in the Institute for Children's Literature's novel course and am working on my first YA novel. My inst...

It's finished! Almost a year ago, I had an idea. After months of revision, reworking, and rewriting, along with critiques by two peo...

One Lovely Blog Award Woohoo! My blog was nominated for my second award!  (And it's a pretty one, too!) It is the One Lovely Blog ...

Time for the annual CHEERIOS ® NEW AUTHOR CONTEST The Cheerios ® New Author Contest encourages aspiring authors to write and submit an ori...

We all have our writing rituals and favorite creative atmospheres. Some of us get right to work at the keyboard and type away while others...

Wow!  I can't believe it's been 16 days since my last blog post!  I apologize for being so scarce lately. Sometimes when I start ...

Donna Jo Napoli has become one of my favorite juvenile fiction authors.  (Thank you, Courtney Rene http://ctnyrene.blogspot.com/ ) When I ...