Category: Writing Life

Happy Monday, everyone! Here’s the report from week six of just listening to podcasts for my commute time: Driving this week was: Not that bad, really. A few days that were pretty short, but then one day that was supposed to take 1 hour but took 2.5 instead! Gotta love the unpredictability of traffic sometimes! Feeling: good…

  It’s Kidlit Tea Party time again! Click this guy open! Speaking of winners, who won the prize? Well, I had two lovely people play along with this kidlit tea party idea. And I’m sending you both a prize. I really appreciate you taking the time to post and share your goals 🙂 My goal…

I just heard about this one at Hicklebee’s and was SO HAPPY to see that they had it at the library! Huzzah for a great library system, I say! Title: Sebastian and the Balloon Published by: Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book, 2014 Written by: Philip C. Stead Illustrated by: Philip C. Stead Word…

This summer I was at a gathering at my sister’s house. Someone suggested we do the states quiz. A few minutes later, my sister comes running out of her house with pencils and blank maps of the US. Then, for five minutes, 15 or so of us started to fill them in. I only missed…

My Dad taught us to wrestle a little bit when we were kids. He wrestled all through high school, and has an area on both legs, from his ankle to his mid calf, that has no hair, from ripping off the tape after wrestling. He went to college for one semester so he could wrestle…

Ok no story today because I’ve got the Meet Aaron Becker part coming at the end. Though, I have to say I was so excited for Quest after hearing him speak about Journey at #LA14SCBWI that I could barely wait to see him at Hicklebee’s 🙂 Title: Quest Published by: Candlewick Press, 2014 Written by:…

I met Aaron Becker at LA14SCBWI, and let me tell you, his presentation was GREAT! The first half was spent getting us all used to our parts to sing “Don’t Stop Believin” and the rest was equally epic. I was also lucky enough to get to see him in a breakout session where he talked…

Happy Monday, everyone! Here’s the report from week five of just listening to podcasts for my commute time: Driving this week was: A mix of things. I had some half days close to home so time was shorter, but was in San Jose THREE TIMES at Hicklebee’s for book events. And one day I had to…

One of my favorite movies when I was a kid was The Three Ninjas. I did karate as a kid, and had three siblings, and imagined that someday we would get attacked and we’d know JUST what to do to save the day. NO ONE is getting attacked in this book though; don’t worry 🙂…

No story today because I’ve got a long one about meeting Molly Idle! But first, the book! Title: Flora and the Penguin Published by: Chronicle Books, 2014 Written by: Molly Idle Illustrated by: Molly Idle Word count: zero (wordless) Pages: 40 In one word: Getting-along In one sentence: Flora is skating with a penguin when…