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 […]
I know it’s a bit early for Christmas, but I had to share this little gem… The wonderful Cecelia Solomon, one of our hosts at the F.A.M.E. conference, put together “custom” welcome baskets for the authors. In mine was “The Everest Ornament” made (and signed) by Jeff Clapp. Inside the […]
One of the cool things about being an author is that you get to hang out with authors. Below, Jay Asher, author of “Thirteen Reasons Why,” blows an (early) wish for his 34th birthday here in Florida…a long way from home…at dinner with Peg Kehret, Stephanie Tolan, Leslie Helakowski, Marie […]
I got a call a few weeks ago from librarian, and good friend, Joan Arth. She told me she had just read an excellent book by Donalyn Miller called “The Book Whisperer.” Joan also mentioned that Donalyn had kindly mentioned some of my novels in her book (which of course […]
For our friends attending the F.A.M.E. (Florida Association for Media in Education) conference in Orlando, below are Marie’s and my speaking and signing schedules. You’ll have to check the conference program for exact room locations, but these are the times. Hope to see you there! Marie’s Schedule: Wednesday, September 30th: […]