The kind-hearted and patient Sarah Aronson is my guest today. “Kind-hearted” is evident if you’ve spent five minutes with her or with her books; “patient” refers to the fact that I promised to host her months ago and completely spaced out on that promise! Luckily, Sarah is not only gracious but flexible and so I… Read more »
Mark Twain wrote in his biography that “Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” But writing funny can be a challenge as today’s Friday friend, Lisa Papademetriou, shares in her essay below. It’s an honor to host Lisa today in celebration of her new book, Apartment 1986, HarperCollins, just out on Tuesday! Make Funny The first time I… Read more »
Please welcome Robert Wilder today and help me celebrate his new book, Nickel (Leaf Storm Press), with its can’t miss cover! When I handed an early draft of NICKEL to my friend Christopher to read, he said the first person voice of my narrator Coy was almost impossible to understand. I had based Coy and… Read more »
I have a passion for chapter books — they were the first of my stories to be published. They’re little soap operas for the primary grade set, relying on action and dialogue to create characters and conflict. And in my humble opinion, Claudia Mills is one amazing writer of chapter books. If writing for younger… Read more »
Please welcome Sarah Darer Littman, author of multiple YA novels, including the Sydney Taylor Book Award winner, Confessions of a Closet Catholic. Today we celebrate her newest book, Charmed, I’m Sure, (S&S Aladdin) which comes out next Tuesday! You’ve all heard the proverb “If at first you don’t succeed try, try again,” right? Well sometimes again… Read more »
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 »
What a treat it is to host Anne Nesbet! Anne and I are cyber friends only at this point but I know we’d be best buds if our paths were to cross. How can you not love someone who writes about people with a passion for maps? Chart our path for today’s conversation, please, Anne!… Read more »
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Pablo Picasso
“Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.” Alfred North Whitehead
“Words should be weighed and not counted.” Yiddish proverb