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Woo Hoo!!!! GOOD NEWS NELSON is the second picture book by my wonderful friend and critique partner Jodi Moore, author of WHEN A DRAGON MOVES IN. My boys and I were thrilled to receive a copy of GOOD NEWS NELSON for review from Story Pie Press. Here’s a little bit about it to ( Read more... )

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I always like to start of the recap with some of Lin Oliver‘s Conference stats. I’ll be honest, it’s soooo much funnier when she lays them out, but I do still think they are interesting even when she’s not delivering.


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Another successful SCBWI Eastern PA Pocono Mt. Retreat! Every time I attend this conference there is something special going on. This year I was thrilled to spend the weekend with Laurie Halse Anderson and to bring a friend to her first writing conference, but more about that ( Read more... )

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Claire Legrand, author of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (August, 2012), started a game of author tag.  Patty Blount, with her debut novel SEND coming out August 1, 2012, has claimed to have tagged me. I’m skeptical. I ran seven miles on the morning of said “tag” and I’ ( Read more... )

I was in the Bermuda Triangle of blogs posts this morning!!!!  Grrrr.  I had internet service, but for some reason, my blog page refused--absolutely refused to open--no matter what I did.  I was reluctant to shut the whole computer down, even though I suspected I needed to.  It's just that I tend to have at least thirteen partially completed things ( Read more... )

Imagine it's Saturday, the second day of the SCBWI LA Conference.  You are up at 7am and you've freaked out your roommate by Face-Timing your family on the computer while she's in the shower.  (She thought you invited a gaggle of really loud people into the room and figured she might have to dash out and say hi in her underwear.)  All is forgiven ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to you...Cha, Cha, Cha!!!! Yesterday was a wonderful day for one of my best friends and writing buddies, Jodi Moore, author of WHEN A DRAGON MOVES IN.

"If you build a perfect sandcastle, a dragon will move in.

And that's exactly what happens to one very lucky boy at the beach. Mom is busy sunbathing and Dad is busy with his book, ( Read more... )

I'll admit it...it was tough getting up on Sunday morning. I stayed up until about 2:30 am talking with my roommate Jodi Moore.  She's just launched her web site and her very first picture book,  WHEN A DRAGON MOVES IN, will be out May 1st.  We had plenty to talk about.  *squee ( Read more... )