I've skipped some days blogging, as I've been working on getting ready for ALA. I know what my ALA movie question will be, and it's a great one...hmmm... should you have to wait till the movie's done? Shall I tell…
24Jun
20Jun
I went on Good Morning, Connecticut today and you know, I really didn't want to go the usual Father's Day Hallmark-y sapfest direction. You can find that pretty much anywhere you look. The station got some calls, and happily, they…
15Jun
As you know, I made a little video about my adventures at BEA, Book Expo America. To see it, click the TV link over there on the left. I asked my fave question of many editors, writers, book bloggers and…
14Jun
Today on the show I will speak to an old friend, (okay, she's not that old) author and poet Susan Taylor Brown. Every April is poetry month. This past April, on the 1st, Susan wrote on her blog: My…
11Jun
I know - I'm a tad overdue on getting this video done. But just think: digital nightmare and you'll know the blackholetimesuck I've been in. Enjoy! Oh, and please send me your own "burning" questions for my next ALA…
9Jun
Once, at a school visit, a child asked me why I always included something about teeth in my books. Astonished, I stood there, mentally ticking through the pages of each of my books published up to that moment. He was…
7Jun
What a process! I can finally get back to a normal schedule after working so hard at collecting all my crap book-related materials for the book archives at the Dodd Center for the Book at UCONN. Here is what…
5Jun
Oh well, I may be a week late, but at least I'm on timeish! http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainBurps
2Jun
I LOVE this! This middle school has set up this program to get kids to take pix of themselves reading in different places, and then a pin goes on a map to show the expanse of locations. It's a fabulous…
27May
I was getting ready for BEA. "Ooh," I say to myself, "There is an app by sideways.com available for conference goers" It was a very cool app that tells you who is signing where, when, and at what booth. Of…
