Friend Friday

Sometimes you just got to go for it! And that’s what I did when I summoned my courage to email a literary hero of mine, Lynne Rae Perkins to invite her to be a guest on Friend Friday. Her novel, Criss Cross, changed my thinking about what novels can be AND contains one of my… Read more »

Friend Friday

Please join me in welcoming Christina Diaz Gonzalez, whose fast paced, Moving Target, kept me turning pages well past bedtime! And good news: there’s a sequel coming! I firmly believe that you should write the story you (or a you as a child) would love to read. That’s why I like to write about strong,… Read more »

Throwback Thursday

Maybe you’re too young to remember the expression, “What in the Sam Hill?” (it pretty much means “what in the heck?” only not heck). I always thought it was inspired by the Sam Hill who made a fortune in the mercantile business, and was a “good roads” advocate (and the son-in-law of railroad magnate, James Hill)… Read more »