Jul 25, 20111 min readSCBWI “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...
Nov 1, 20102 min readHow to Form Your Own Critique Group: Step #2Now that you’ve planned out your group, what’s next? Step #2: Finding Members If you are already part of a large writing group, it may...
May 20, 20081 min readMonsoon SummerAs I’ve said before, I’m not a huge YA chick lit fan, but I really enjoyed Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins (another author I met at...
May 12, 20082 min readFrom Diesel to Bloc 11I met a writer at the SCBWI NY conference and almost every week since March we have been meeting up and writing together at Diesel Cafe....
Apr 15, 20081 min readEveryone says that no one reads anymore…is that true?Can it be true? I don’t know. I still read and look forward to reading, and I’m someone who spends way too much time browsing the web....
Apr 10, 20081 min readNESCBWI ConferenceThe conference is tomorrow! I’m very excited. I attended the NY SCBWI conference this February and found it very inspiring and...
Feb 10, 20081 min readWebsiteToday I started working on a website. I want to put some of my material on the web and have looked around at other author’s websites for...
Feb 9, 20081 min readYay! I started a blog.So I went to the SCBWI writer’s conference in NY today and was inspired to start a new blog. What to write in it is a separate issue....