It’s true that advise – free or otherwise – is not always advise worth receiving. So it was somewhat of a surprise when I picked up two timely pieces of advise inside a couple of fortune cookies the other night. Each offered something to the teacher and writer in me. The first:“Practice an attitude of [...]
Over the past few days, I’ve been thinking about time – where it goes and how I want to invest it. My most recent bout of “Am I using my time the way I *really* want to?” started because of an on-line class I’ve been taking. Our assignment this week was to break away from [...]
I've lived and traveled around the world, but now make my home in California.
By day, I teach; evenings and many weekends, I write.
My teaching, reading, and writing eventually led to a Master's degree in Language and Literacy and, later, an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
My first picture book, BLUE ON BLUE, is forthcoming from Beach Lane Books (Simon and Schuster).