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Popping in on a Friday with a special note about an auction you might want to get involved in. The following is from April Henry’s blog: Can you help? Three things happened to Bridget in February:1. She got an agent for her young adult novel.2. She got married.3. She found out she had Stage Four… Read more »

My thoughts tonight are with the friends and family of librarians Kathy Krasniewicz and Kate McClelland, who were killed in a hit-and-run accident on their way to the airport after leaving ALA on Wednesday.  I never had the good fortune to meet Kate, but was lucky enough to have dinner with Kathy and a group… Read more »

Folks, I’m really sorry, but I’ve got nothing today. I’m all tapped out; I’m beyond overwhelmed. Instead of trying to come up with something clever and interesting to say, I’m going to shut my blinds and turn off my phone and turn off my computer and stick in some earplugs and take a little nap… Read more »

I have a complaint about Earth: it rotates too fast. Normally, I’m all for Earth. I get all weepy when I see pictures of Earth from above and I adore lunar eclipses and I hate people who kill sea turtles and all that. Earth is my home. However, the fact is that at bedtime I… Read more »

So, needless to say, the team of my iMac and me are not about to break out as the next great thing in photography, and I probably could have combed my hair, but I thought I’d post this anyway to give you a sense of what my books look like as I’m writing them. This… Read more »

So, first, the important news. I have learned from a recently played game of MASH that it is my destiny to marry Jason Bourne. We will have 32 kids and live in a house in Alpha Centauri, and we’ll drive a sparkly, polka-dotted duck boat. I will spend my days as a fire eater, and… Read more »

A curious Owlet has asked me to say a bit more about my book plan for Book 3, so I thought I’d do that here. Don’t worry, no spoilers — I’m not going to tell you what’s in the plan, I’m just going to talk about how the plan works. (By the way, if you’re… Read more »

This post is brought to you by wise things other people have said. Here’s what Natalie Goldberg says in Writing Down the Bones: “Right before you are planning to write, a good preparation is to become an animal. Move slowly, stalking your prey, which is whatever you plan to write about, no matter what else… Read more »

My sister Cordelia (all names have been changed to protect the innocent) and I have differing religious philosophies, but we’ve always agreed on one thing: neither of us has ever wanted to be visited by the Virgin Mary. When I was little (and actually believed in the Virgin Mary) I was terrified of a visitation,… Read more »

My ideal home is on a hill in a forest that has tall deciduous trees, deer, small black bears rarely seen, and giraffes. There’s a cliff nearby that overlooks the ocean, and in the ocean are dolphins and whales, and occasionally nice people in boats and helicopters who are scooting around making sure the dolphins… Read more »