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I bought a cake pan this afternoon to replace the one that, sadly, perished with the chocolate chip cake. You know how the labels are usually a piece of card stock adhered to the pan with a piece of rubber cement or whatever that tacky stuff is called? Okay–scenario: I took the piece of paper … Read more

Ever since I was an undergrad, I’ve been working intermittently on a book based on a Scottish fairy tale that I love. Other things are higher priority, and I’ve never really thought I’d get it published except as a “wouldn’t it be cool if someday” thing. Given that my day job involves working on other … Read more

Last night, I was all set to post about how powerful a girl with a drill can be, but then five minutes after taking my DVD player apart and cleaning the lens and getting it running again, it freezes up and refuses to work. I think it’s more to do with the motor than the … Read more

The inestimable Sindri Suncatcher, kender wizard extraordinaire, is the main character of The Wayward Wizard, book 1 in the Suncatcher Trilogy of Dragonlance: The New Adventures. It’s out this month, and you should read it! It does refer a bit to past history in the series, but readers new to the series can also pick … Read more

So sad. I made a chocolate chip cake the other day and took it to work today to share–because I wanted a piece (or two or three), not the whole cake. I put what was left of it, about 3/4 of the cake, in the back of the car (back seat, but the seat is … Read more

Linked from my friend Erin Annie, an article about the writing life that really describes me to a T–and probably most literary-inclined people I know. That article is so me. To the point. I even majored in animal science, pre-vet, my first year of college, intending to become an equine veterinarian, when I always got … Read more

Publisher’s Weekly has a great article today on the occupational hazards of working in children’s books. Check it out–very funny, and very telling. For example, Beverly Horowitz, of Bantam Delacorte Dell Books for Young Readers: My mother was close with her brother. He’d been seriously ill and finally died. Everyone from our family, of course, … Read more

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Passing this on from . If you’re in grades 4-12, consider writing a letter to your favorite author, living or dead, about how their book changed your way of thinking about the world or themselves. According to The Center for the Book site, the book can be fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic. There are … Read more

I’ve been meaning to show off my irresistable kittens (well, at 9 months and a year old, they’re really just barely full-grown cats, I suppose), but I didn’t know how to embed a picture. But now I know–yay! So, if you’re kitty-inclined, I introduce to you Mogget and Tildrum Mogget’s the laid-back yet ever-demanding type–he … Read more