Boxes
When I got the book deal for the Two Dogs in a Trench Coat series from Scholastic, I knew I…
New Video: Hunting for Wild Ideas
One of the most frequent questions authors get is “where do you find ideas?” It’s an understandable question. People want…
Revisions: my current interminable process
You know how sometimes you hear an author say, “Oh, I worked on this book for ten years.” And you…
You Won’t Believe What Happens When This Mild-Mannered Author Turns Violent!
Do you like my clickbaity blog post title? Sure! Why not! If it works for all those weird links at…
Procrastination, and scaring the words away
Oh boy, have I ever been procrastinating. See this sparkly new website design? That was a massive procrastination task. There’s…
New year, new newsletter
I have moved my newsletter to Mailchimp! It was easy. I moved because my old mailing list support company conglomerate…
How to Succeed as a Children’s Book Writer
I’ve wanted to be a writer my whole life. I wrote a book of short stories when I was 8…
Pitching Your Manuscript: How and Why
The day after I recorded my class video with Julie Kingsley for The Manuscript Academy, I realized (with horror!) (or…
Manuscript Academy
I’ve never been to a writer’s conference. I want to go. I think they sound amazing. You get to network…
Interviews up on One Bad Mother and Dickinson College magazine
Hi everyone! Two new things up today! First, I’m interviewed on one of my very favorite podcasts in the world,…