There is a lot going on over at chez Monkey Poop right now. My babysitter is on vacation, I have a close family member graduating from...

It’s been about 3 years since I first started blogging. Last year I did a whole week of monkey-related posts, so I thought, “Why not do a...

All this talk on various blogs about whether or not writers should be posting negative book reviews has got me thinking about my own...

My writing and my parenting seem to be taking over my ability to churn out blog posts. Huh. Didn’t see that one coming. So I thought I’d...

So I thought I’d get the ball rolling again by doing an easy post about my book numbers for 2010 (here’s last year’s). I got my Kindle 2...

I’m taking another vacation from my blog. So here’s a cute picture from flickr (photo by SimonWhitaker) to tide you over. #monkeys...

Here are my favorite new-to-me children’s books this year, in order by author. Last year, I used Indiebound for this list, but for some...

I’m off celebrating my birthday someplace warm. I’ll be back next week with another exciting blog post. Till then, here’s a picture of a...

I recently went to the Central Park Zoo (which isn’t nearly as impressive as the Bronx Zoo, but still pretty nice) and was thrilled to...

After almost two and a half years of writing full time, I’ve finally realized that I need to write. It’s not about being published for...

When I was little, I knew I wanted to be was a scientist or a mathematician. After going to college and finding out more about the fields...

I blog a lot about books and a lot about TV. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good TV show as much (or maybe more) than the next girl, but...

I miss the good old days before the baby (writing-wise, at least). I’d roll out of bed, eat breakfast, and then write until I was...

I’m on vacation! Back next week with more thrilling blog posts.

#comicstrips #jumpstart

I’ve gotten a bunch of emails about my “How to Write a Hospital Scene” guest post from writers curious about how to fix their...

Head over to  the GLA blog to check out my guest post called “How to Write a Hospital Scene in Your Novel“! Let me know what you think....

Along that vein (pun not intended), I recently came across the website for the Help Autism Now Society. Because autistic kids often have...

It’s the last day of Monkey Week! I thought I’d wrap things up with some cute baby monkey pictures and some haikus. Cute Baby Monkey...

It’s Monkey Week Day #4! Today I’ve got another list of books, but this time we’re discussing MG/YA books featuring monkey characters. In...