You just can’t reason with a Reptile

I’ve been writing a little piece about my writing journey. It’s not quite ready but here’s a teaser. It was inspired by this reptile: The Desert Tortoise spends 75 % of its time underground. And when it does come out it has an average cruising speed of .2 mph. I saw one blazing across the [...]

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Contest Winners Announced

A thank you to everyone who entered my Paul Volponi book giveaway and everyone else who stopped by to check it out. The winners were chosen by Randomizer (pictured below): And his side kick, who goes by the clever name, Side-kicker: Dawn Simon won Black and White. Ali Cross won Rooftop. Robyn Campbell won Rucker Park Setup. Please email me [...]

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Some Good News

If you haven’t do so already, head on over to Terry Lynn Johnson’s Blog and give her a high-five. She is now represented by Caryn Wisman of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency!!! My YA Giveaway ends at midnight tonight. Just leave a comment on the Giveaway Post to participate.  I’ll announce the winners in a couple days. [...]

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Author Spotlight and Giveaway: Paul Volponi

I first heard Paul Volponi speak at the 2006 ALAN Conference as one of the New Voices in Young Adult Literature. I remember him being passionate about writing realistic books that would connect with reluctant readers. At the time, I was teaching English in a school for kids who had exhausted all their other public [...]

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Wrestling a Gorilla

We’ve got a long travel day ahead of us so I thought I’d leave you with a couple of photos and catch up on news in a few days. Yeah, that’s my wife, Dana, wrestling a gorilla. She’s always getting into some kind of mischief. Here we are in New York before starting our journey home to Alaska. We hope [...]

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