Revisions.

My editor just sent me the second wave of revisions. So, in honor of this event I’m putting up some posters from Despair.com. They say it so well. In fact, you can make your own calendar out of their many…

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Denver Trip /Technology strikes again

My school visit in Denver was great because I got to stay with my brother and his family. My nephew made me play Dance Revolution, and yeah, I pretty much stink at that. (Just what the world needed: one more…

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National Author Day

It’s that festive time of year when everyone rushes to take down their Halloween stuff and put up their National Author Day decorations. Yes, pull out your Mark Twain centerpieces, your Jane Austen wreathes, and those life-size twinkly Bronte Sisters…

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The most crowded place on earth.

Without stopping to unpack from my Houston trip, I jumped in the car with the family and headed to California. We and some of our good friends had decided to take a two day vacation at Disneyland. Neither of our…

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Houston Trip–see it’s not just me.

Some of you think that I make up all of those embarrassing moments that I stick in my novels. Some of you think that those sort of mishaps don’t happen in real life. Well, not only do they happen, but…

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Chicago trip

I am way behind on blogging about my travels, which matches, incidentally, my being behind on cleaning, organizing, updating my website, and well, just about everything else. One day I’ll master the art of not sleeping and then I’ll get…

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Suprise School Visit (DC part 3)

While I was in DC I did five school visits to fabulously brilliant children. (The fact that they liked my books is proof positive of their brilliance.) However, I must say that the most memorable was the surprise visit I…

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It’s Here!

I’m interrupting my DC blogs (I have one more-and it’s the best.) to bring you this important news flash:Revenge of the Cheerleaders is in stores now! Run to the nearest bookstore and demand your copy. Yell out my name while…

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DC Blog – Part 2

One of the benefits of going to DC to do school visits was that I was able to spend some time taking in the sights. And there are more things to see in DC then a person could see during…

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School visits in D.C., part 1

I’ve just come back from an amazing week in DC area. So amazing, that I’m afraid I’m not going to be able to fit it into one blog. I might have to put it up here in installments just like…

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Ex-boyfrined stories are up!

Since I’ve been running a “dish dirt on your Ex” contest, it only seems fitting that I tell some stories about the lucky (and unlucky) guys from my past. Really, as I sit here thinking about it, I realize that…

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