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 [...]
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, illustrated by the amazing Beth Krommes, will be published by Beach Lane Books (Simon and Schuster) in 2014.