Night Writer

Krista Van Dolzer 's debut novel (from Penguin Young Readers), THE SOUND OF LIFE AND EVERYTHING, releases on May 5th! I love, love, LOV...

I'm just popping in to share some picture book resources that I've found helpful. Most of them are things I've discovered recen...

I saw a tweet from Shannon Hale not that long ago that compared writing a first draft to shoveling sand in a sandbox so that she could buil...

Picture book writer Tara Lazar runs Picture Book Idea Month every November. This year, I've read fantastic posts from picture book wr...

So, I have a poem in the November issue of Highlights High Five , and they actually pronounced my name correctly on the audio version. :o) ...

First, I love that everyone who entered told me how they found my blog. Thank you! Second, while everyone entered the drawing for ISLA ...

I wrote my first blog post on October 10, 2009. That little post had two commenters: Stephanie Perkins and the mysterious Q. I thought it...