Unexpected and fantastic read

January 5, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

I started Midnight Jesus with a bit of trepidation – I guess I was expecting one of those justice books that suggests that everyone should be just like the author. Wow, is this not that. Author Jamie Blaine is a musician, church psychotherapist, and assistant manager of a roller rink. He describes each of these […]

Reading idea: make it a YA summer

June 13, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

It is pouring BUCKETS outside right now. Sheets of pelting rain. Which makes this a PERFECT day to draft a fun plan for summer reading, because Mama told me there’d be days like this…and that one should use these days to read. A few years ago, Steve and I spent the summer in the Finger Lakes […]

Third Time’s A Charm: NEIBA13

October 9, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

Yesterday was my third annual trip to NEIBA, the New England Independent Booksellers Association annual trade show. It’s a highlight of my year. It provides a glimpse into what it is happening in the world of publishing and gives me books to read and blog about for the next six months. As far as things […]

Oh Happy Day!

September 27, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

The new edition of my first book is available…Isn’t it lovely? The book was originally published in hardcover (the frog) and paperback (prom dress pink) by Hachette. And while many, many wonderful (brilliant, sophisticated, smarter than average) people purchased it, alas, it did not soar to bestseller status, and eventually the publisher let the book […]

The Reward System

July 29, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

I had a TON of dental work done when I was little – something like 13 teeth pulled, braces, surgery. There were metal bands and hooks and elastics and headgear. So much miraculous intervention between the ages of 6-12 to give me a working set of teeth and a viable smile. It’s one of the […]