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The Problem With Wikipedia

September 2, 2009

Once while I was talking about researching stuff for my novels, I told one of my author friends, Jon Lewis, that my editor made me find a native Italian speaker to look over the Italian phrases I put in How…

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Where Children’s Book Authors Work

August 26, 2009

Not long ago I saw a blog that featured where fantasy writers write. Not to be outdone, I decided I should do a blog about where children’s book authors write. As you can see, I frequently work with children draped…

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Author/Agent panel.

August 23, 2009

Okay, I know for a lot of you, the word: Agent caught your attention much more than the word: Author. Don’t worry, I’m used to it. Anyway, on Monday, August 24th my agent, the very nice Erin Murphy, will appear…

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Just One Wish give-away

August 10, 2009

I just realized that I never did a give-away for Just One Wish that came out in March. Or if I did do one, I’ve forgotten, and I’m too lazy to look back in my blog and check. In the…

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Shakira was right, the hips don’t lie.

August 4, 2009

And unfortunately lately they’ve been telling me that they don’t fit into my jeans anymore. Probably because I’ve had an indulgent summer with conferences and retreats where chocolate always floated around within arm’s reach. So last week I decided to…

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Book Update–the marketing department strikes again

July 29, 2009

Does it seem like my latest book is taking forever to come out, or is that just the effect of me wading through 1,200 revision comments? And by the way, that number is not an exaggeration. I showed fellow writer,…

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I suspected as much

July 21, 2009

The good folks over at the institute of We Have Too Much Time On Our Hands have done a study on word usage. Specifically which words we use the most in the English language. The number one word is no…

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How are you at blond jokes?

July 13, 2009

The bow-tied one and I are having a disagreement. This is usual for the revision process. We have many disagreements, generally because he does not see nor appreciate my artistic genius. (At least that is what I keep telling him.)…

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One more reason to wish you were Barbie

July 7, 2009

Forget the fact that even at 50 Barbie looks great. Forget the dream house, convertible, and an endless supply of evening gowns (and apparently somewhere to wear them all). Even forget Ken, her always smiling, six-pack abs boyfriend. This is…

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Teen Writing Classes

June 26, 2009

For any of you teens out there who are interested in taking some writing classes—you’re in luck. Or at least you’re in luck if you live near Tempe Arizona, because that’s where I’ll be teaching. The classes will be held…

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the BYU writers conference–it rocked!

June 23, 2009

The writing conference at BYU was great this year. There’s just no other way to put this: Writers are cool people. They’re fun to hang around with, they’re fun to teach. And I’m not just saying that because several of…