Wow! My kids are tough judges. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest last week! So, last week’s blog contest winner was picked just this morning, and Nina Weaver is the winner of a hardback copy of Guys Read: Terrifying … Continue reading →

Guess what? My author copies for the anthology, Guys Read: Terrifying Tales, arrived today! Aren’t they creeptastic? I had SO MUCH fun writing my story for this collection, and I’m eternally grateful to Jon Scieszka for inviting me to join … Continue reading →

I’m back from the desert, with a laptop full of new words, a head full of wonderful memories, and a whole lot of photos to share. AROHO stands for “A room of her own,” a concept first introduced in an … Continue reading →

Happy August, friends! I am slowly melting down here in Texas as temperatures rise. The need for snow cones and ice cream increases exponentially with each degree, and Blue Bell is currently out of business… so it’s a more miserable … Continue reading →

Happy June! It’s the season of sun, kids asking to be driven to the pool, sleeping in… and drafting brand new novels, for me. I’ll be checking back in from time to time with writing news and personal summer updates, … Continue reading →

Oh, May, how can you be so full? As a mom with two kids juggling end-of-school year stuff and a writer fighting to create, I don’t know why May always sneaks up on me and shocks me with its stressfulness. … Continue reading →

Howdy, friends! The past few weeks have been amazing. Nightingale’s Nest won the Texas Institute of Letters award (I already bookmarked the award money for new bookshelves, yippee!), I went to the huge AWP conference in Minneapolis to serve on … Continue reading →

I am back from a whirlwind week at the huge AWP conference in Minneapolis (It rained! It snowed! I made an idiot of myself over several famous authors!), and I’ll post a bit more about that later… but yesterday was … Continue reading →

Hi, writer friends! I am delighted to announce that the lovely Lynne Kelly and I will be guest teaching authors at a week-long writing residency program this fall at The Writing Barn in Austin, Texas. And Nova Ren Suma, who … Continue reading →

Wow! I’m just getting caught up on my blog posts about last week’s Oklahoma wonderment! I have to admit, I have more fun in Oklahoma than anywhere else these days. Possibly because the librarians are so passionate and engaged with … Continue reading →