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Regularity
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Book Signing Chocolate and Sunday Crepes
Dear Journal,
Spent yesterday in the company of YA authors Barrie Summy (of the I SO DON'T DO MYSTERIES fame), Laura McNeal (she writes with her husband, Tom McNeal, and has a new book she wrote solo called DARK WATER), and Laura Peyton Roberts (her newest novel, GREEN, is about a girl who gets abducted by Lepracauns!). We had a signing at the ( Read more... ) -
Keys and Doors
I had this dream the other night about keys. I was locked in a corrugated tin warehouse and in my mind’s eye I could see people on the other side--my sisters, my old elementary school principal, Mr. Laponis (in his strikingly memorable light blue suit, no less), my whiskery husband, and my children--jangling keys outside the warehouse as if they ( Read more... ) -
Back to School
The kids are back at school today. Days like this remind me how fast they're growing. Whoosh. I'm achey inside.
Flip side: time to write!
A little Cinquain book summary of a recent read:
Derby Girl
by Shauna Cross
YA Fiction
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Writing with Crickets
The crickets outside are busy catching up on recent happenings: the death of the fig tree, the infestation of gophers in the yard, the for sale sign across the street, and the lady inside the house who woke up at 1:00 with the need to write. I love when this happens! When my character pulls me out of sleep with the secret she's been all too ( Read more... ) -
Out! Out! Out! & SCBWI
Dear Live Journal,
First...my second novel, Girl to the Core, is out! Yip! Yay! Joy!
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