I am thrilled to announce I am FINALLY doing a signing at Books of Wonder in NYC. August 6, 6pm - 7:30, and with these talented writers:
LISA McMANN Wake (S&S)
LINDA GERBER Death by Bikini (Penguin - Puffin)
MELISSA WALKER Violet in…
27Jul
27Jul
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…
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…
