I met Barb Kerley through my writing partner, Mary Nethery. The two of them were in a critique group together and when I had the opportunity to attend the Humboldt County Author Festival for the first time years ago, Mary was eager for Barb and I to meet. I cherish our friendship, and admire her… Read more »
She gets all the credit but I do all the hard work, digging through old newspapers and archives. I guess that’s why I’m this writer’s best friend. But it doesn’t seem arf-fully fair.
Emily Whitman is in the house! We both had sand between our toes the first time we met, at a now-defunct writing retreat at Cannon Beach, Oregon. Then, that retreat was moved to Reed College and I sat in on the most miraculous session, facilitated by Marla Frazee. Marla had recruited writers to submit works… Read more »
Dori Hillestad Butler may have been sad to leave her Iowa home and friends but we in the Pacific Northwest have certainly been enriched by her change of address! In the few short years since her arrival, she’s helped to create an even stronger bond between local book creators (and mandolin players!). It is a… Read more »
I predict that The Creativity Project (Little Brown Books for Young Readers) will be a hit with classroom teachers. Colby Sharp, an avid literacy advocate, gathered together more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators and presented them with a creative challenge. I was honored to be one of those authors asked to… Read more »
Serendipitously, Laura Purdie Salas and I were seated next to one another at a Golden Kite luncheon a few years back. Though we’d just met, I cheered loudly for her honor award in the poetry division. As someone who loves to read poetry but is flummoxed by the writing of it, I have delighted in… Read more »
I met Paddy Eger when she attended a writing seminar I used to offer in my home, ten years or so ago. Paddy is definitely a good writer and, almost more importantly, she is a hard worker! Her persistence has paid off, as you can see by this post in celebration of her latest book,… Read more »
Please welcome the prolific (nineteen novels!) Karen Rivers to my blog today to celebrate her newest book, The Girl in the Well is Me (Algonquin Books for Young Readers) which School Library Journal called “compulsively readable) and which has its book birthday on March 15. People often ask me where I get my ideas and… Read more »
It is an honor to host Hannah Barnaby today, in celebration of the publication of her second book, Some of the Parts (Knopf). I am grateful that she shared a bit about this deeply personal book with us because what she shared has me really thinking. Unlikeable On February 16th, I celebrated the release of… Read more »
Write about the emotions you fear the most. Laurie Halse Anderson