I know. I've been really bad this summer with my blogging sked. I've been having a lovely lazy summer.
Wait. Let me rephrase that. I've been working a lot, doing signings and visiting my kids at camp, and trying to get…
27Jul
5Jul
Just now, as I was making my world famous cold sesame noodles (for a rained out 4th of July concert on the green that ain't gonna happen), I was listening to NPR when a story came on about a brilliant…
5Jul
This morning at the crack of the crack I drove to New Haven to be on the Connecticut ABC affiliate, NewsChannel 8. I had a blast! Watch it and tell me what you think! (Sorry about the ad - not…
2Jul
Except for that "pat" line at the bottom, how great is this from School Library Journal?!!!
DAVIS, Katie. The Curse of Addy McMahon. illus. by author. 271p. CIP. HarperCollins/Greenwillow. 2008. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-128711-4; PLB $17.89. ISBN 978-0-06-128712-1. LC 2007041154.
Gr 4–6—Sixth-grader…
26Jun
You can never tell who you're talking to. If you're an author, you need to remember that. Just the other day I was on the phone, making reservations for the ferry to Martha's Vineyard for a summer vacation. I told…
26Jun
I'm so happy! I just found out about this fabulous review from Booklist!
The novel opens with a comics-style “Autobiogra-strip.” Recurring at intervals throughout the book, this visual dairy dramatizes sixth-grader Addy’s view of her life. Addy subscribes to the notion…
18Jun
I found this blog and boy was I thrilled I did! I couldn't ask for a better review! And can you believe the activity suggestion at the end? I'm about to launch autobiograstrip.com so kids and teachers, and I guess…
16Jun
Once again I've been shown that burning bridges is a really bad idea. No matter how much I want to scream and rant at someone, it's just been proven to me (again) that it's trite, yet true, you get more…
14Jun
The theater charged us a whopping $3.00 extra per ticket - $9 bucks extra - because we had to choose our seats in advance for that showing. They forced us - if we wanted to see that show, we…
9Jun
How it works is you go to www.enchantingreviews.com click on the link that takes you to the YA chat room. The chat room should load, you put in your name and hit enter and you'll be in chat with us…
