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Fashion and the forgetful author

I’m up in Utah right now doing school visits and getting ready to present at the LDStorymakers writing conference. I love conferences because I get to see all of my cool writing friends. Also, the bow-tied editor himself is coming…

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The Marketing Department Strikes Again

Not long ago the bow-tied one sent me some sample covers for When You Wish Upon a TV Star to see which one I liked best. Here they are: I emailed him back that I really loved the one of…

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Happy Grammar Day!

Okay, technically I’m late–National Grammar Day was actually March 4th. So my apologies for not getting all of those “Wishing you a blessed Grammar Day” cards out in the mail in time. I’m way behind on everything. This is what…

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Here is a cute picture of my daughter and her boyfriend. He was just up visiting her and she was quite impressed with his culinary prowess. He made her a dinner of Salmon and Caesar salad. He even made the…

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100,000 words and counting

It’s been another interesting writing day. As it turns out I should have paid better attention in history class, or chemistry class, or both. I’m to the point in my novel where I need to write about explosives that would…

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Why I shouldn’t stay up so late.

I’m a night person, I really am. (You may have already noticed that many of my blogs are posted during hours when all normal human beings are asleep.) If I’m behind on a manuscript . . . which lately has…

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Wishing it was over

I just got the third set of revision notes on what used to be called “Last Wish” and is now being called “When You Wish Upon a TV Star” You’d think after doing hefty revisions twice already that at this…

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Why Authors Shouldn’t Use Pop References

You can’t help but feel bad for Britney Spears. We’ve been watching her self destruct for over a year now. Is there anything she hasn’t done? Any low the paparazzi haven’t captured? Even her trip to the hospital–how many days…

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Look, I’m a real writer

On some days I don’t feel like a real writer. I know, it’s weird, but I’ve heard other writers say the same thing. I doubt plumbers ever feel this way. Or Doctors. I mean you never walk into an examining…

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What I did on the MLK holiday

My 11 year old daughter loves to draw and this is her portrait of our family on Monday. Yeah, that pretty well sums it up. Somehow I’m always behind on whatever novel I’m working on, and so I end up…

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I am temporarily cool

Okay, so the Newbery committee passed on me again. (What were they thinking?) All is not lost though because for the very first Whitney Awards ever, one of my books: How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-boyfriend is a…

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Embarrassing Moments Contest

At long last I have updated my website! (Translation: my daughter is home from college and did it for me.) My friend, Sarah Goodman (super photographer) took the new picture for me. Everyone hated the last picture. Seriously. Everyone. They…

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