Dreamwalks August 2014
I AM NOT A BRAND
Okay, this is going to be a writer’s rant. So let’s get ranting.The publishing world is undergoing enormous changes. Writers need to find themselves, their particular place, within the fluctuating industry. You’ll hear advice from everywhere. One popular piece of advice is, “create your brand”. I disagree. I’m a human being. I am not a… Read more
Write in Private or Write in Public?
Dreamwalkers, are you a Write in Private type of author or a Write in Public type? I think of myself as a Write in Private sort of person. Maybe it’s because I laugh out loud when a character says something unexpected, tear up in poignant moments, or need to jump up and physically act out… Read more
ONCE UPON A STORY Spring Conference
I won Free Tuition to our Western Washington SCBWI Spring Conference! By some magical confluence of energy, the ever-amazing Deb Lund (poster by art-magician DanaSullivan) Drew my raffle ticket from the sack at last night’s SCBWI meeting. My golden ticket to Once Upon a Story It was as if I’d zoomed past the Phantom Tollbooth And… Read more
VIKINGCON PLUNDER
No lawless berserkers rampaged through VikingCon at Western Washington Universtiy campus on Saturday, but there were plenty of Otherworld folk from the fantasy, sci-fi, comic, and movie world. Photographer, Heidi Pettit, took some snaps with her trusty cell-phone. Rachel Ashby, aka Fionna of Adventure Time. Knight, Austin Voecks, behind. Sipping a tankard of water (alas not Viking Ale) I joined… Read more
ROCK THE DROP 2013
Rock the Drop 2013 Readergirlz are happy to announce Operation Teen Book Drop 2013! On April 18th, readergirlz will be teaming with Figment, I HeartDaily, SohoTeen, and 826NYC to celebrate YA lit in honor of Support Teen Lit Dayon Thursday, April 18th. We can’t wait! This year, in addition to rocking out and dropping our favorite YA… Read more
WHY I WROTE THE BOOK
I have never seen visions in the fire, though the writing craft is sometimes like that. I have never been accused of witchcraft, though I might have been if I’d been unlucky enough to be born in medieval times when anyone deemed “different” was suspect. I’ve never been forced to dress as a leper… Read more
Hooray for PNBA
Dear Dreamwalkers My wonderful publisher Dial Books for Young Readers, set up a Dragonswood book signing for me at the PNBA Fall Tradeshow. My friend, Heidi Pettit, caught a few fun shots of the day. The tradeshow was held in the elegant Hotel Murano. Check out the beautiful sea green glass in the entry. We headed upstairs for the tradeshow and… Read more
Summer ALA and Fall Library Conference
SUMMER Means ALA I flew down to LA with writing buddy Katherine Grace Bond and we dove into the American Library Association Conference in Anaheim. The trip combined 2 favorite things. Books and swimming pools. The best parts of ALA for me this year were: ~ Spending time with my editor, Kathy Dawson. ~ Standing in line while… Read more
DRAGONSWOOD Giveaways Dark Mind Book Tours
If you’d like to win a signed copy of Dragonswood for a summer read Dark Mind Book Tours is hosting Dragonswood reviews, interviews, excerpts and giveaways for the next two weeks. I had a lot of fun with the author interviews and the character interview with Tess. (I had to climb over the boundary wall and follow… Read more
BEST BOOK BIRTHDAY EVER Yesterday was the Best Book Birthday ever with many well wishers on twitter and Facebook (thank you!) I woke up wanting to go to lunch to celebrate. I’m not a last minute sort of person so I had little hope of swinging a sudden lunch, but I called friend and fellow… Read more
