What’s in a Name?
Saturday, October 15th, 2011I recently read a book that featured two characters who had distractingly similar names. Harold and Howard, I think they were. They might as well have been Michael and Mitchell, or Jane and Jen. The point is, it’s confusing. And not just for the obvious reasons. This is something I cover when I talk to [...]
News and a Guest Post
Sunday, June 12th, 2011My guest post on Janice Hardy’s blog will be up Tuesday. I’m very excited about it! She asked me to write something on writing for the reluctant reader market. (Update: You can read the post here.) Lots going on in my writing life right now. This Friday, I’m heading out to a local school to [...]
The Wrong Book
Monday, April 25th, 2011After I shared this story in class last week, Lena Coakley suggested that I blog about it. Our assignment was to identify the one children’s book that influenced us most, either as a reader or as a writer. Not an easy question at the best of times, and I admit, I was caught a bit [...]