Posts Tagged "interview"

So, I’m back home from my camping trip and still feel refreshed and recharged. The rain did make things a little bit damper than normal, but we survived just fine. Rain got us Friday after we had set everything up and the tarp we set up under the tent wasn’t quite enough to keep the sleeping bags and pillow dry. So, sleeping conditions were a big soggy on Friday night, but we dried out just fine. We had plenty of great outdoor weather, and being disconnected from the rest of the world were not aware of the dire weather predictions for Sunday night. We were actually taking a little tour at the astronomical observatory at the park when we learned that a monster storm was headed our way with all sorts of rain and hail predicted. When the other woman at...

I used to work for a newspaper publisher that among other things published the newsletters put out by some of the private communities in the area for distribution to their residents. More than one of those communities had names that referenced Native Americans though this being Northeastern Pennsylvania other than lending some of their words to place names, there was no longer any trace of the earliest residents. Of course, generating a small amount of confusion around the office was the fact that two of the communities had chosen to name their newsletter Smoke Signals (note: it’s unlikely that any of the American Indians that had lived in that part of the country ever used smoke signals to communicate, but modern Americans are not troubled by such...

Around these parts, we’ve had record breaking temperatures over the past week, and so I haven’t been spending much time playing outdoors. Then again, my schedule hasn’t really allowed for it. Last Tuesday I was lucky enough to visit the Cape May County Library as a guest workshop leader for their annual teen writing workshop program. It gave me the chance to meet some talented teen writers who are working on some exciting projects, everything from high fantasy to memoir. I had a great time! On Saturday I attended the second annual Monroe County Book Expo. Last year, I attended as a writer anticipating the release of her first novel. It was nice to go back this year, with actual published books. It was also nice to meet so many talented creative...

At the start of this week I was down in Long Branch, NJ for the New Jersey Library Association’s annual conference. I was mostly wearing my day job library sales rep hat as opposed to my author hat, but it’s always nice to see some familiar library faces and meet some new ones. Among the non-library faces I got to see was that of fellow Elevensie and KidLit Authors Club member Keri Mikulski, who up until a few days ago had only been a friend in the virtual sense. Speaking of the virtual world, today I’m visiting (at least virtually) with the students over at Y.A. Love Blog. Click here to read their fun interview. Finally, tomorrow will be an exciting day. I’m headed up to Hudson, NY to participate in the annual Hudson Children’s Book...

A little while back Kelsey who runs the fabulous blog The Book Scout interviewed me for an ongoing series of blog posts, and I’m excited to report that my interview is now up. So, if you’d like to learn a little bit more about me and find a great new blog head on over to The Book Scout.