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Dragon’s Keep Party! Let it be known that we had a blast at the Dragon’s Keep book launch party. The revels lasted into the night. Fine music played as the villagers roamed about the “great hall” drinking green dragon punch and sampling treats. All were terrified when the dragon swooped in and fought valiant Kye… Read more
True Confessions I moved the office from bedroom to upstairs about (let me see) four months ago? I’m still in boxes and have to pick my way across the room to the computer. I was going to put everything away once I had all those deadlines under my belt and BEFORE I started writing another… Read more
STARTING OVERI’ve sent off the latest revision of Book Two of the Noor Chronicles and turned in copyedit queries for DRAGON’S KEEP (Harcourt) and TALON (Faber & Faber UK). Now I’ve come up for air. No looming deadlines this week. Ah. The Seed:It’s time to begin a new tale. Back to the seed stage. Looking… Read more
FUN FESTIVAL! I just got back from the 26th Annual Children’s Lit Fest at Drury University CampusIn Springfield Missouri where I gave presentations to hundreds of kids and signed hundreds (yes hundreds) of books. Met fellow children’s authors and illustrators: C. S. AdlerSandy AsherMarsha Diane Arnold J.B. CheaneyVicki Grove David HarrisonAlexandria LaFayeAnna MyersBarbara RobinsonBrad SneedJune… Read more
Held in the clutch of a Dragon! I just sent my second revision of DRAGON’S KEEP back to my editor at Harcourt. This was an amazing process as I only had 10 days to work on it. I was in the Dragon’s clutches from 5 to 9 hours per day. I’m reeling. I’m also elated… Read more
It’s Time to Party!! Busy days just now revising THE ANCIENTS Book Two of the Noor Chronicles for Atheneum Books and DRAGON’S KEEP for Harcourt, but it’s also getting close to the book launch party for my first fantasy novel THE BEAST OF NOOR! I’m planning a great party July 8th, 7pm at Parkplace Books… Read more
Writing Challenge = Sweet Dreams. More running around yesterday and I had to leave right in the middle of a good writing session. Oi! Hard to keep my mind in the world of NOOR when I’m negotiating traffic, dropping sons off at appointments, filling granola bags at the PCC, pumping gas yadda, yadda, yadda. At… Read more
Dreamtime on the run!Danger! Don’t take your journal out in public! Well, it’s hard not to the way I run around, but I left my journal in the waiting room at the Group Health pharmacy yesterday. Oi!! A few days ago, Tess said in her comment:Writers have to live in dreamtime in order to create…. Read more
The Mark Twain Award:Since fellow author Kirby Larson said in her comment, “I didn’t see your Mark Twain fiasco story — do tell!” I guess I’d better fess up. By the way you can see more about Kirby and her books on her website www.kirbylarson.com.Okay time to confess: I flew to Missouri this month to… Read more
