The other day I linked to a collection of posts by Shrinking Violet Promotions on the Twitter phenomenon and the viability of using Twitter as a way to connect with friends and readers. Today, I ran across a retweet Greg Pincus of Gotta Book posted about Twitter for Busy People. It’s a handy way to [...]
photo credit: ronin691 Mary and Robin of Shrinking Violet Promotions have been talking lately about the Twitter phenomenon. Check out their thoughts here and here, here and here, and finally here. If you hadn’t already come to the conclusion that Twitter *might* not be your cup of tea, this list of posts could seal the [...]
Some amazing Abecederian poems are posted over at this week’s Poetry Stretch. Be sure to check them out! Speaking of which, Tricia’s Friday poetry post about sunflowers reminded me of a summer, several years ago, when my family and I spent a week in a Tuscan farmhouse. Sunflowers were in bloom everywhere. It was lovely. My contribution [...]
Bugs of the Computer Variety Today is one of those days when I… 1) *wish* I hadn’t updated to the latest version of WordPress and 2) wish I knew enough about HTML to be able to help myself. The best I can figure out, after scouting around the internet, is that the WP 2.8 version [...]
I never was one to care much about playing with dolls when I was growing up but I found this interview by friend, Barbara Bietz, of Jacqueline Dembar Greene, the author of the newest addition to the American Girl historical doll collection, quite interesting. The doll, named Rebecca Rubin, is a 9-year old Jewish girl [...]
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.