My current novel progress is going slowly but surely. I actually like revision. I hate the draft part. Facing a blank page is hard for me because I’m the queen of procrastination and a member of the ADHD club. I have all of these ideas and scenes in my head but when it comes down [...]

Barbara O’Connor, author of the fabulous How to Steal a Dog, has a great blog post which refers to a great short movie.
Brent Barson’s short film F is for Fail is the story of one person’s creative roller coaster, told through type in an evocative A to Z.
Barbara’s favorite letter was P. Mine? My favorite [...]

I was looking at the 2009 Time 100 and saw that one of the most influential people in the world is a children’s book writer. Jeff Kinney is the author/illustrator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. These books are hilarious. But what I love about this writer/illustrator is that he still has a [...]

I’ve been trying to stay calm about the H1N1 aka Swine Flu, but now with new cases in Georgia—is it getting better or worse? Is it really just another type of flu? Or is it like the Captain Trips flu in Stephen King’s The Stand and if so—which side will I choose—Randall Flagg or [...]

I just found out what I already knew would happen…
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins won the Battle of the Kids’ Books sponsored by School Library Journal.
Several authors served as judges for the rounds, and Lois Lowry made the final decision.
I LOVED the Hunger Games. It was my favorite book of 2008. If you’ve been [...]