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Casa Schmidt is being invaded! Thankfully it's the cutest infestation that's ever occurred. Baby things are slowly taking over: ther...

I'm home from Camp Barry and slowly emerging from post-travel hibernation. I miss the buffets full of chocolate bread. I miss the pools....

I leave for the airport in 9 hours for the Goldblatt Agency retreat. I still haven’t packed – this surprises no one – and I still haven’t bl...

So, I tell you we're having some babies, I accept all of your congratulations, and then I disappear again. Bad Tiffany! I was actua...

It's been a heckofa long time since I blogged. Normally I don't make excuses for blog lapses; you just can assume I've been: A) ...

This blog is now located at http://tiffanyschmidt.blogspot.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you ma...

For my last days of Paying it Forward, I'll be interviewing authors who have books coming out this spring. While I feel like this...

For my last two days of Paying it Forward, I'll be interviewing authors who have books coming out this spring. While I feel like this w...

At noon today, we'll be half way through Pay it Forward interview week -- it's going so fast! Hopefully you've taken some time t...

Hello on day 2 of Pay it Forward interview week! Hopefully you've taken some time to visit some of the other writers' blogs (links b...

Welcome to Pay it Forward interview week! Here and all over the writer blogs (links below), you'll be drenched in inspiration and encour...

We've all had those Little Engine That Could moments, where we're telling ourselves, "I think I can. I think I can," even ...

Confession: I love revising. Love it. Don't get me wrong, I love drafting too – the suspense of becoming acquainted with new char...

The SCBWI winter conference was last week in New York. I was there, as were fellow Team Sparklers: Susan Adrian, Emily Hainsworth and Vic...

My Super Bowl pick from yesterday: Anyone but Peyton Manning could win. I'm sure he's a very nice man, but I don't like hi...

Like many of the important things in my life, Jane Austen is something I learned from my sister. Unlike Lip Smackers, New Kids on the Block...

I'm not going to do a New Year Resolutions post. I'm certainly not going to put in writing that I intend to blog more in 2010 – thou...

Apparently I read books by Courtney Summers before parent-teacher conferences. This was never something I planned, but I read Cracked Up To ...