It's summer, and so I've started reading The Hobbit to the kids before bedtime. Even the youngest is entranced, her imagination exploding with hobbits and dwarves. I love to read beautiful writing, well-crafted sentences, dramatic passages, poetic phrases. It's a joy; and as a writer, I try to learn something from the work, even as I say the words ( Read more... )

Working on a long catch-up blog, but I wanted to share two exciting bits of news:

1.) THE SILENCE OF TREES was picked as the Audiobook of the year by Librarian Blogger Susie Sharp (Read more on her blog)

2.) STICKS & BONES received our first review (5 out of 5 stars!) on Indie Comix b Robert McClelland:

his is definitely something to read and add to ( Read more... )

pass time,
open doors,
shift paradigms,
introduce unforgettable characters,
temporarily chase away stress and sadness,
hold the imaginations of three small children during a long car ride to and from school.

For the last two weeks, mornings have been a bit brutal--waking the kids at 6 to leave at 7 and arrive sometime before 8 (when school begins). It's ( Read more... )