I love to read, but occasionally I get on a genre tear and I am like a reading tornado, chewing up everything in my path as fast as I can.…
I LOVED this book. Yes, it’s for people 8 years old and up, what about it? From the book description: Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8…
Read More Book Review – The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Without fail, all of the “How To Be a Better Writer” books agree on one thing – if you want to write well, read a lot of good books. I…
My resolution is always the same – write more. Last year, In order to create a more “writer-friendly” environment, I moved my office out of the dank, dark basement and…
My friend, Alison Hertz, has published her first picture book! I say “first” because she has 172 ideas floating around her brain at any given time, and writes prolifically. In…
Man, you sit down to watch one episode of the new Dallas, and the next thing you know, months have passed and you haven’t blogged once! I blame J.R. In…
Thanks so much to everyone who played Grammar Nazi with Lisa today. Come on over anytime, there’s plenty more where that came from! The book, however, goes to the FIRST…
As in keeping with this blog, I’ve written a Haiku Review of a new YA book. Anne Summerton goes to fetch handsome Jonas Blake! A Fun YA Tale. Was that…
Well, it’s official, my book is OUT ON SUBMISSION. As in submitted, to a real editor at a real publishing house! My agent, the wonderful and talented Susan Hawk, sent…
The hotly anticipated YA novel Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi, hit the shelves on Tuesday and because I’m sick of being the last one to read anything, I bought it.…
