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Note: I’m moving this back up to the top of the blog because I can’t stand for it to disappear into the archives already! I know you've all read it, but indulge me! I met Molly, a character from my book! Click to read about one of the many extremely cool things that...

So yesterday I was telling my friend Eileen that maybe I wasn't writing much this year because I was losing interest. I said it all casual-like, but in a way, it sort of scared me. Because you know, losing interest right now is not exactly a good thing since I have...

Photo: Bruce Mason While our local newspaper does cover "the issues", it only comes out once a week, so the articles are usually more along the lines of what's going on, what's coming up, and human interest, and "breaking news" is left to the internet and television...

No one ever says, "Oh, don't be a quitter." when you lay down the smokes, do they? Or what about if you're bankrupt in Monopoly? Or drinking five beers a day isn't working for you anymore. No. People really only tell you not to be a quitter when they think you're...

This morning I walked to the dentist. On the way, I figured out how to fix my manuscript (I'm revising). In the chair, I solved another issue that had been bugging me (all while getting my pearly whites shined up nicely). The part I need to fix is in the last quarter....

So...I might live in the middle of nowhere, but extraordinary things happen to me all the time that you would expect to only happen if you lived in a bigger place. Like in the post below this one, for example. Or the fact that a friend that we've known for almost a...

Earlier in the summer I abandoned my office. It's really cute (see it on the bio page) and I love it, but it's sort of cave-like in the natural light department, and it was too depressing to sit in there on gorgeous, sunny days. I wrote on the porch or in the living...

This is a pretty interesting article about S&S's new involvement with Gotham Group, a Los Angeles management firm, and their plans for bridging the whole teen book publishing & movie production biz. I read several times in the article about how "the publisher"...

Five reasons I feel good about reading fewer books this year than I usually do: 5. I've always wanted to learn to do something sort of artistic, like sew. Sewing didn't really work out, but I've learned to knit this year and I really love it. 4. I've discovered the...

When my new article was first published, it was called Red Hair Is Not As Uncommon As You Think. The version that just came out in The Writer Magazine is slightly revised and renamed Of Wicked Stepmoms and Dorky Heroines, but for the most part, the same piece. I'm...

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