I am back from New Orleans, and I’m going to tell you the worst-kept secret in children’s publishing: librarians know how to have them a good time!

After a couple years of working more or less quietly away and staying behind the curtain, it was…

1. I am soooooooper duper excited to be able to announce that I’ll be joining the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour 2.0 this fall, masterminded by the fabulous trio of Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, and Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I’m confirmed for…

I had hoped not to be writing a post like this. YA author L.K. (Lisa) Madigan, has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. If you didn’t see her blog post last month about this, I hope you can take some time to…

October, merely days away, is not only a time for cooler weather (well, not in Utah, apparently), pumpkins, and candy, and, for some of us, turning 40, it’s also National Domestic Violence Awareness month. Here’s a little something I’m participating in and will be…

Apparently my recent posts are scaring a few of you. Am I leaving writing? Am I going to start a band? Become a competitive snowboarder? An African Dwarf Frog herder? A performance artist, like Joaquin Phoenix? (By the way, I totally wanted to see…