An Hour A Day

I'm emerging from an intensive round of revisions on my middle-grade-novel-in-progress. I truly don't think I've ever worked har...

I used to decide whether or not to accept an author invitation by asking myself how much this or that appearance or event would advance my c...

Today is my last day at the Prindle Institute for Ethics, my last day at DePauw University, my last day in sweet Greencastle, Indiana. . . f...

I'm back from four blissful days at the annual Children's Literature Association (ChLA) conference. ChLA is an 800-member organizati...

One thing I love about having so many children's book author and children's literature scholar friends is that communications from t...

I'm in the throes of major revisions on my novel-in-progress for Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, tentatively titled Write This Down . As a...

I fly home tonight to Boulder for two weeks, followed by five blissful days at the Children's Literature Association Conference held thi...