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Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.


TOMO anthology of Japan teen stories launch date: March 2012

Holly Thompson just posted the cover of Tomo on her book blog: http://tomoanthology.blogspot.com/2011/10/announcing-tomo-cover.html The illustrated figures were created by illustrator John Shelley. I took the cover and created the promo graphic above…feel free to repost it anywhere you’d like to help promote this anthology; please do link the graphic to http://tomoanthology.blogspot.com. (and thanks!) As I mentioned a . . .



Google+ Hangout with Pixel Shavings

Just had a great Hangout with some of my Pixel Shavings pals (group of children’s book illustrator/writers who glog (groupblog) together): +Hazel Mitchell +Sheralyn Barnes +Russ Cox and +Fred Koehler. We missed you, +John Deininger! We’ve never all been in one place together and some of us have never met in person, so it was great to actually . . .



Writer & Illustrators: Don’t forget the fun!

Above: Me, in the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA. Nearly finished final revisions to illustrations for I’M BORED (and created a new Facebook Page for I’M BORED — if you’re on Facebook, I’d appreciate it if you could Like it at http://www.facebook.com/boredbook). Meanwhile, though, I’m still trying to do a . . .



Congrats to Marilyn Hilton, winner of the 2011 Sue Alexander Award

A while back, I posted about being nominated for the 2011 Sue Alexander “Most Promising Work” Award. The winners of the award were announced yesterday (I just found out): First prize: Marilyn Hilton Runners-up: Pati Hailey and Karen Bonner Congrats to all the winners! Though I didn’t win, I’m still hugely motivated to finish . . .




Time Management and Social Media: Progress Update #1

A little while ago, I posted about needing to rethink my social media habits. I am still rethinking. 🙂 I was off-line for much of August because of the SCBWI conference in Los Angeles as well as a 10 day anniversary trip with my husband. I had originally planned to stay . . .



1888 Squirrel Attack

More proof that squirrels have been gradually taking over the world … from as early as the 1800s. (Thanks to Luisa Perrella for the link)



Daily motivation: #amwriting

Writers on Twitter are probably already familiar with Johanna Harness and #amwriting but if you’re not, you should be! #Amwriting is an ongoing chat. You’re not expected to stay tuned-in constantly. The chat happens in the background of your writing day. It is a virtual watercooler for writers, a place you . . .



Woohoo – my illustrated short story’s been accepted for the TOMO anthology!

I’m delighted to announce that my short story, KODAMA, has been accepted for publication in TOMO, a YA anthology coming out from Stone Bridge Press.  Proceeds from the sales of the Tomo anthology will go to organizations that assist teens in the quake and tsunami hit areas. Tomo, which means friend in Japanese, . . .