Book Review: Plain Kate by Erin Bow
I was afraid to read this book because of the heavy themes introduced even just in the synopses I read on Goodreads and Amazon, but I’m...
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- Oct 28, 2011
- 1 min
Agent News and a Silly Goose
First things first, I have news on the writing front: I have an agent! I’m now being represented by the Sheldon Fogelman Agency. Very...
- Aug 16, 2011
- 2 min
Book Recommendation: Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
The Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness is a YA dystopia series about a planet where men’s thoughts can be heard out loud by everyone...
- Jul 26, 2011
- 4 min
Medical Fiction Question #3: A Question So Easy a Brain Surgeon Could Answer It (Oh Wait…)
Q: (edited to remove specifics about the manuscript) In the book my one lead character – a Brain surgeon – will be performing two major...
- Jul 25, 2011
- 1 min
SCBWI “Letter of Merit”
I won a writing award! Okay–to be more accurate, I received a “Letter of Merit” (sort of like honorable mention) from the Society for...
- Jul 20, 2011
- 2 min
Book Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
In many other respects, this book was better than the first book. For example, in Shiver, I felt a few of the side characters weren’t...
- Jul 15, 2011
- 1 min
Friday Library Trip: Toddler Picks and Mommy Picks
I’m beginning to notice that the toddler likes to pick books that have something familiar about them or are about one of her favorite...
- Jul 8, 2011
- 1 min
Friday Library Trip: From Boat to Beach and Back Again
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts. We’ve read a ton of books in the interim, (and actually we go to the library on...
- Jun 29, 2011
- 2 min
Book review: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
But Shiver isn’t without it’s flaws. Grace’s best friends feel rather thin as characters and I often found I had trouble caring about...
- Jun 1, 2011
- 1 min
Locked In: Flash fiction at Luna Station Quarterly
My short story/flash fiction piece, “Locked In”, has been published in the latest issue of Luna Station Quarterly, an online magazine for...
- May 8, 2011
- 2 min
Book Review: Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Really enjoyed this character driven book about a teenaged girl named Ruby who was abandoned by her mother and was forced by social...
- Apr 12, 2011
- 1 min
Spring update (aka My List of Excuses)
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...
- Mar 21, 2011
- 1 min
Happy 3 Year Blogiversary, Monkey Poop!
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...
- Mar 14, 2011
- 1 min
Book Review: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
But in the end (or rather from the very beginning) I was completely blown away by this book–by its authenticity, by its courage, and yes,...
- Mar 8, 2011
- 1 min
The BosKidLit Author Events Master List of Links
I try to update my Boston Area children’s author events calendar every week. This sounds easy, but actually it’s time consuming and often...
- Feb 18, 2011
- 1 min
Friday Library Trip: Duck, Duck, Fish!
My one-year-old and I went on another trip to the library today! Today I let her do all the choosing. But before we get to the books from...
- Feb 15, 2011
- 2 min
“No offense, but…”: The book review every writer is afraid they will get
All this talk on various blogs about whether or not writers should be posting negative book reviews has got me thinking about my own...
- Feb 11, 2011
- 1 min
Friday Library Trip: Mommy’s picks and Baby’s picks
My 1-year-old and I went to the library today. She ran around, choosing books at random, while I went through and looked at them...
- Feb 7, 2011
- 1 min
Book review: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
I got this book as a Christmas present, and it looked like a quick read, so I read it out loud with my husband while I was supposed to be...
- Feb 1, 2011
- 3 min
Ambiguous Endings: Brilliant or Lazy?
Due to the nature of this blogpost, there will be spoilers for The Giver and for Inception (the movie). So consider yourself forewarned....
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