I’ve had the good fortune to have many of my novels on state young reader’s choice lists. For me these lists and awards carry more weight than honors chosen by a committee of adults, because the winners are actually picked by the people I’m writing for. Not only this, but […]
Left Nacogdoches early this morning for Central Junior High in Pollok, Texas and the lovely librarian Carol Maples. In the afternoon I was at Hudson Middle School in Lufkin with the kind librarian Kim England. Thank you Carol and Kim for working so hard to get my way early! After […]
I’m at Woden Jr. High today (That’s pronounced Whoa-dun) with librarian Susan Harrison. A small country school with a bit over 100 students. It’s great fun, and a luxury, to speak to small groups like this. The students were enthusiastic, polite, and had great questions. They had an old fashion […]
Beautiful four hour drive yesterday afternoon from Copperas Cove to Nacogdoches. I’ve spent a lot of time in Texas, but not in this area. I don’t associate trees with the Lone Star State, but there are plenty along Hwy 7 when you get to Davy Crockett National Forest. It reminded […]
Today I’m at S. C. Lee Junior High School in Copperas Cove, Texas, which is about two hours north of Austin. But it took me three hours because I got lost! Hotel Clerk: How may I help you? Me: Hi, I’m a guest and I’m lost. Clerk: Where are you? […]
Touch & Go they called it years ago when I was getting my pilot’s ticket. You’d come in for a landing, and as soon as the gears touched down, you applied full throttle and took off again. That’s what today feels like… Home late Friday, errands, laundry, repacking Saturday, then […]
But not before we listen to an outstanding Irish fiddler, proving once again that this city has a wee bit of everything, including a Starbucks in the hotel lobby that opens at 6AM, for which I was very grateful. And speaking of Starbucks… I read an article a couple of […]
Below is a photo of Marie and our dear friend Joan McClelland. I visited Joan’s school here in Florida a few years ago. While I was there I told her that Marie and I were working on an ocean alphabet book. Joan said that her husband, Scott, was an oceanographer. […]
I told this great group of libraians and teachers (pictured below) that I could post something in my journal as I was talking to them. To prove my point, and skill at multi-tasking (ha!), and the fact that I have an iPhone, and that I know how to use the […]