And, lo, it rained librarians and authors and books for forty days and forty nights. Well, actually only three days, but yoiks! It sure seemed
Writing books has allowed me to meet so many fabulous readers. I love getting the chance to speak to them about my books. When I
In a world gone mad, I try to pick my battles. I know I can’t control all the terrible things hurtling at me like so
They staged the musical “Clue” in my little town recently. If you’re not familiar, it’s a play based on the board game. It has snappy
I think Thanksgiving must be the first thing that pops into most American heads when they think about November. It’s the holiday everyone can—and probably
I grew up in Colorado Springs, at the base of Pikes Peak and when I was a kid—and gas was cheap enough to guzzle—my dad
I blog over at Chicks on the Case and we recently had a Guest Chick, Diane Kelly, who mentioned being fascinated with fireflies and explaining
I read an article by Heather Murphy in the New York Times recently about a lost manuscript of John Steinbeck’s. I’m never surprised to find
When I write — whether for kids or adults — I seem to be drawn to characters who are going about their normal, everyday lives,
Books, movies, and television are saturated with bad guys, some of whom we even like. Fagin. Beetlejuice. Shere Khan. Moby Dick. Macbeth. All the characters