I haven't been writing much lately. Not just here, but in general.

I did, however, write a haiku as part of a group project with my sisters from other misters: Andi Sibley, Laura Purdie Salas, Tanita Davis, Sara Lewis Holmes, Liz Garton Scanlon and Tricia Stohr-Hunt. All seven of us wrote a haiku, inspired in part by whosever haiku came before us ( Read more... )

Before leaving the Convention Center to head to Georgetown on Saturday afternoon, I stopped by the Scholastic Book Fairs booth, where Linda Sue Park was signing. Let me just say this about Linda Sue Park: she has a fantastic sense of style. This photo doesn't do justice to the dress she had on, which had an asymmetrical zipper set down the front. ( Read more... )

I arrived in D.C. on Friday afternoon, where (as I posted in brief the other day), I met Tricia Stohr-Hunt (from The Miss Rumphius Effect) and Laura Purdie Salas. We caught up and spiffed up and then headed off to meet Sara Lewis Holmes and Liz Garton Scanlon for dinner at Jaleo, a tapas-style restaurant owned by - five out of seven of the Poetry ( Read more... )