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July 16, 2012

If you’re like me, you’re having trouble right about now. Trouble figuring out how to stop writer’s block. The warm sand, the smell of Coppertone, summer sunsets … they’re all…

January 20, 2012

I interviewed Emma Walton Hamilton yesterday for the podcast and after researching her and seeing the 147 things she’s involved in, asked when was she going to lend me her…

May 21, 2009

Yes, she wrote one of my all time fave picture books, The Dirty Cowboy, but her blog is called My Desk is a Mess, and decided to start featuring other…

December 24, 2008

Like many writers, I’m on various children’s literature listservs. One of my groups began a discussion about how great it is to earn money from amazon via one’s blog. Some…

October 1, 2008

My fall newsletter focuses on school visits so a recent email that ricocheted around various writer and illustrator listservs was of particular interest. That, and it was stunning in its…

September 10, 2008

I’m not the most organized of folks. I try, I really do. And one thing that keeps/kept me from blogging on a schedule is that I really have this feeling…

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