Heading Home

I should be packing/folding laundry/sleeping, but instead I’ve been sucked into a new documentary on The Who on Vh1. The Who. My favorite band of all time. I can’t stop watching. Tommy and Quadrophenia are two LPs I nearly wore the grooves out on. And...

Happy Halloween!

I’m back from Charlotte and the Novello Festival, which was a really, really good time. I got to hang out with some fabulous authors/illustrator–Nikki Grimes, Jeff Smith, Colleen Panatore, Eric Kimmel, Tony Abbott, Pat Mora, James Ransome, and Wendelin Van...

Charlotte, NC!

I had a great time in Iowa last week, and now I’m off to Charlotte, NC, in the morning for the Novello Festival. I’ll be doing some school visits and then on Saturday, October 20th, I’ll be on a panel and doing a book signing at the Charlotte Public...

Oops!

I made a mistake about the time for the Iowa City Public Library today. I’m there at 4:00 pm, not 3:15. 3:15 is the time I’m leaving the hotel. Yeah, it helps if you read ALL the way through the information. This, by the way, is why I can never put...

On the road again

I made a huge mistake last night. I went to bed before the end of the Cowboys-Bills game, thinking that my ‘Boys were stinking it up (Tony Romo? Five interceptions? What up?) So I wake up this morning and read Sports Illustrated online, and holy moly, I missed...

Daytime TV is Satan

Thanks a million for all your great responses to my questions about school visits. You gave me a lot to think about/work with in terms of what to cover–and what to leave at home. (Throwing yourself against a wall while yelling, “I’m a...