Blood and Beaches and Kissing

Blood and Beaches and Kissing

Today I’ve invited my critique partner, Krystalyn Drown, to write a post about the inspiration for her novel, LEGASEA, newly released by Curiosity Quills.  I’ve had Krystalyn here before, talking about her other novel, SPIRIT WORLD. In one of those little twists...
Interview with Sarah Fine

Interview with Sarah Fine

I’ve met a lot of writers through blogging, but one who continues to amaze me is Sarah Fine, author of SANCTUM (Amazon Children’s Publishing 2012), SCAN (Putnam & Sons/Penguin 2013), and FACTORY GHOST (McElderry/Simon & Schuster).Sarah, you have to...
PAYA 2012

PAYA 2012

This past Saturday, I attended the third annual book festival organized by Pennsylvanian teenager Skyanne Fisher – Bring YA to PA, otherwise known as PAYA 2012. (This year with less hurricanes!)I was delighted to be able to display the cover of THE CAGED GRAVES. (If...
The Danger of Re-Writing History

The Danger of Re-Writing History

Today I have a guest post from my brother-in-law, Larry O’Donnell about re-writing history.  Larry tells me he started this post during last year’s controversial revisions to Huck Finn and finished it in response to the NCAA sanctions against Penn...

I Remember …

In honor of Memorial Day, I would like to re-visit a guest post written by my brother-in-law Larry O’Donnell last year.  He sent it to me on the afternoon of Memorial Day. It went up late, and I don’t think many people saw it.This post is in memory...