Anti-Invisibility Wear

Harry Potter can keep his Invisibility Cloak. I’d rather be seen – and not stepped on.I’m only 5 feet 2 inches tall, and I don’t make out well in crowds. I can’t see, and people tend to push me around. With my family leaving on Saturday for a vacation at Disney and...

Being Mean

William Faulkner said, “Kill your darlings.”It is usually assumed that Faulkner was talking about killing off favorite characters or even just making their lives miserable. In fact, he was also referring to the necessity of cutting scenes/dialogues/characters that the...

Everybody Hates Leah?

I’ve written about Maggie Fox on this blog, and I’ve written about Kate. But I haven’t said much about the third Fox sister – the one variously described by reviewers as controlling, domineering, mercenary, manipulative, and overbearing: Leah Fox Fish Brown Underhill....

Random Animal Nonsense

This was a week absolutely filled with animal nonsense. Allow me to elaborate.1. Our dog Sorcia met her “cousin” Pumpkin when my sister’s family came for a visit from Kansas. Our dog was a little over-excited – like a giant, 80 pound toddler who gets really wound up...

Crack for Authors

I was pretty excited when We Hear the Dead received favorable reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Those are some really powerful names to have backing my work, and I love every one of them.But today I read a review posted on The Snappy Dragon...