Here’s the blurb for Marie’s new picture book (and mine) , illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen. It’s a beautiful book that took a tremendous amount research and a long time to write. The book will be out on April 1st, but you can pre-order it here at a good price. […]
Up at 6 after a relatively late night (for me) reading. And I think all of those chile rellenos I’ve consumed the past few months finally caught up with me, causing some fascinating reactions. It’s a bit overcast here today, but still nice. We’ve been reading about the wintery weather […]
Up after 6:00AM and I went to sleep early… If this keeps up, in a few weeks I won’t wake up at all. Things are well at La Casa. The remodel is pretty much a wrap. We actually spent a few relaxing hours in the living room last night reading. […]
Up at 5:30 working. I think it must have rained last night, the car’s wet, but I missed it. I haven’t actually seen it rain down here. When Marie got up she said there was thunder, lightening, and wind along with the rain. You’d think I would have woken up […]
Up at 4:30 AM… And yes, the stove worked so there was coffee early this morning. And if you’re thinking: “Wow, he’s so dedicated and disciplined he wakes up at four o’clock in the morning!” Stop it. I was sound asleep at 8PM the night before so I got as […]
Our rental house days are behind us and we are back in the Casa, which is about 90% complete. All we need is a kitchen sink…literally…and a few other things… As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I sent in two new novels last week, and now I’m working […]
Congratulations to the Winners of the Scholastic Book Fair Fall 2009 National Elementary School Contest! The winner won a school visit with me sometime this spring. I’m looking forward to meeting the students and teachers at Harmony Elementary School!!!! First-place winner Harmony Elementary School Chairperson: Kim Moistner-Bartlett Janesville, WI Second-place […]
Sent the novel “Beneath” off to my friend Kate Harrison at Dial today. Can’t quite describe how that felt. And of course I realize that a novel is never final until it’s in the stores, but I think it’s a pretty good yarn and I trust Kate to make it […]
This morning I Skyped with about twenty wonderful 7th graders from Cypress Lake Middle School in Ft. Myers, Florida to answer questions about “Peak.” Their librarian, Dana Thomas is an old friend and a recipient of the 2009 I Love My Librarian Award sponsored by the ALA, New York Times, […]
This is going to be a bit of a hodge podge of things from south of the boarder, with a lot of photos at the end, which will probably not make sense to many of your…but for those who have been down here, you’ll be able to figure out most […]
