Publishing

Grrrrrrrrrrrr...I love making school visits and I've been fortunate to have several recently. At St. John Neumans Regional Catholic School, I met with students K-8 (not at all at once, thank goodness!).Obviously, I told different stories to different age groups: for the K-2, I focused on the story of how Alexander tamed the wild horse, and of how he "took" the Sogdian Rock in … [Read more...] about On Growling at Kids and Unintentionally Hilarious Letters

Just to be clear, I have a GREAT agent. And part of what makes her great is that she knows when to turn into a "No" machine.I started thinking about this after I read about how all Hades broke loose when some YA authors responded with passion to what they saw as unfair reviews. (Link to the bru-ha-ha here.)My agent, thankfully, saved me from myself multiple times when I felt … [Read more...] about When Your Agent Yells, “No!”