Tonight, I didn’t get to my desk until after 8 pm. Last night, it was even later. After a full day, it’s easy to excuse myself from writing by saying that I just don’t have the energy. That I can’t think well at night. That I’m kidding myself when I believe that if I just [...]
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.