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"Over the holidays my mother handed me a stack of papers to bring back to PA with me—“It’s your permanent record ; thought you might wa...

Last night when I couldn’t sleep, I tried counting sheep, St.Matt’s snores, and the minutes until the local bookstores opened and I could g...

It's been a busy week. Actually, it's been a *full* week -- there's a difference. This week saw the sharing/revealing/postin...

Here! Have some cake! It's my birthday-- Hooray ! But, really... I have one of these every year. Want to know what's MU...

Below is a blog post I’d written last August while working on edits on Send Me A Sign and dreaming of a time fourteen months from then when...

Thank you to everyone who entered my ARC giveaway! The two winners (picked by Random.org) are:     Maria C. and Meagan R. Congr...

So... that happened. That's pretty much my real-time reaction to getting my author copies. (After I danced around the box and put The...

Since Friday the 13ths are UNlucky, can we establish a new rule that Monday the 13ths are EXTRAlucky? At least they are for Sarah & Ma...

I spent Saturday in fabulous company – with 34 other authors, a squad of helpful “Volunteens”*, bucketfuls of wonderful readers, an...

...because if I look away for even a moment, this happens: Yes, that IS my manuscript. Notice that The Pip Squeak is totally feignin...

This afternoon The Schmidtlets scampered around the backyard while St.Matt worked on their sandbox, the puggles napped in the shade...

Filed under: THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL OFFICIAL I have TWO author-type events on this coming Tuesday. My FIRST two author-type events. I...

If the contest had been a spelling list, I'd now be required to use all your words in sentences or a story. That would be a horrendo...

The best things in my life come in TWOs. Obviously there's my favorite duo - The Schmidtlets. Look, Momma, we can edit too... Th...

Hello! Thanks for making it to the Send Me a Sign pit-stop on the YAmazing Race with MGnificent prizes! Since I'm not the first sto...

Every time I start a new writing project I’m convinced that I’ve completely forgotten how. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve fac...

When I'm mad at my dear, dear friend Scott Tracey , I call him Scottopher. It has more heft as a lecture name, don't you thi...