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…

I am not a dancer, but I do have a history with flamingos. I ALWAYS loved the lawn ones when I lived in Northern NY. My sister and I had an apartment together, and I’d point them out whenever we’d be driving around anywhere. So, on my birthday (probably 20th or 21st or something like…

Hey everyone! So my pictures and files with the info for the books I’m doing is having issues. I didn’t find that out until late last night (blogmergency!) and unfortunately I’m busy cooking chili all day today in a chili cookoff competition! But tonight I’ll get them both up, and tomorrow will go like normal.…

I’m not going to put much of a story here because I have one later, about meeting Marla Frazee, so on to the book! Title: The Farmer and The Clown Published by: Beach Lane Books, 2014 Written by: Marla Frazee Illustrated by: Marla Frazee Word Count: zero (wordless) Pages: 32 In one word: Connection In…

I love flying kites. I remember going with my Mom when I was a kid, flying cheap ones over the baseball field near our house. I’d really love to get a good kite, and take it out flying sometime. I may not start a bridge with my kite, but I’ll have fun! P.S. I know…