Hi, y’all! The pandemic is keeping kids out of the classrooms, but thanks to the Writers’ League of Texas and Project WISE, young writers everywhere can be educated/horrified/traumatized/enlightened AT HOME by yours truly! I hope you enjoy these 27 minutes … Continue reading →

Hi friends! I hope you are all staying well. I’ve been reading voraciously (is there such a thing as too much reading? I may find out soon), and revising and writing. The best thing to come out of the pandemic … Continue reading →

Howdy, y’all! I am just back from Whidbey Island, where I spent a week writing in one of the most beautiful places on earth! I came thisclose to finishing a draft of a new novel, and that made me very … Continue reading →

Happy Almost Spring! I’ve been writing up a storm, taking a few breaks now and then for super fun things like school visits, workshops, and festivals. And now, if you live in the Dallas area, I might get to take … Continue reading →

Happy 2019, writer and reader friends! I hope your year is full of books… and maybe even a few short films. 🙂 Once again, I have the great pleasure of co-hosting the annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival in San Antonio, … Continue reading →

  Are you a young writer (or know a young writer) in search of the perfect creepy tale to tell? Join the amazing Kat Shepherd and me for a writing and craft-filled workshop sure to scare the stories out of … Continue reading →

I don’t know what it is about the area outside Santa Fe, but there’s something there – in the air, the land, the light – that inspires me. It’s inspired lots of other artists, too. In fact, Georgia O’Keeffe herself … Continue reading →

This month has been so full… and starting in a week or so, it will be full of fun, writing things! And if you live in or near Corpus Christi or Yoakum, Texas, I’ll be in your neck of the … Continue reading →

Oh, friends, this year has been… memorable, to say the very least. For me it’s been full of tragic lows (my father died) and incredible highs (I wrote another “book of my heart” and signed with my lovely new agent, … Continue reading →

I’ve been doing a ton of author visits in the last few weeks. From doing a motivational talk for a Genius Hour project at Hobby Middle School (plus a silly, fun writing workshop)…   … to a Halloween Day presentation … Continue reading →