Category: Blog
Okay, I read the book (Spoiler Alert, kinda)
Even though I said I wasn’t going to read the latest Harry Potter book until I’d finished my short story (I’m about half way through writing it,) I did in fact read and finish the Deathly Hallows. I had to.…My baby started kindergarten today.
I’ve been looking forward to my new found free time, but still I cried after I dropped her off at her class. Which was especially bad because I had to stop by the grocery store and pick up milk. Oh…Reason number 7 to write: meet cool people
Okay, it’s probably optimistic on my part to even post a blog when I know the whole world is busy reading the next installment of Harry Potter. (What? You’ve already finished? You overachiever. I haven’t even started the book yet.…Potter Predictions
Since everyone is eagerly awaiting the next Potter installment, I thought I’d test out my psychic powers and make some predictions. First of all, like everybody else, I think that Snape will prove himself to be a good guy after…My New BFFs
The BYU Symposium for Young Readers was incredible! Every single speaker was amazing: Ann Cannon, Stephen T. Johnson, Suzanne Fisher Staples, and Gary Paulsen (And of course me. I frequently amaze myself.) The conference planners had been trying for 20…Technology, My Old Nemesis
As usual, Janette is having technical difficulties. For some reason I don’t even try to figure out, my last blog posted twice. I thought I could delete the post, but no, I couldn’t find that button on New Blogger. I…Fashion No-Man Land
I’m speaking at BYU’s Symposium For Young Readers on July 12 & 13. It’s going to be a great conference with impressive people like Gary Paulsen (who has so many Newbery medals that he probably uses them to decorate the…Hey Mikey, he likes it!
I just heard from my editor and he actually likes my new story! In fact, he liked it so much he wants me to write nothing but sad stories from now on. I have to keep telling him I can’t…Another Vegetarian is Born
I have a scene in my latest manuscript that I’ve worried about. In it, a five-year-old boy realizes that the turkey they’ve eaten at Thanksgiving comes from an actual turkey. This may sound strange to you, but I still remember…Job Satisfaction
I didn’t use to watch TV at all. Now I watch TV while I do the exercises my physical therapist suggested for my back. (One ruptured disk, one herniated disk, one big hassle.) For any of you out there that…Kitchen update/Mystery caller
Since writing the last blog I’ve spent a lot of days scrubbing down my kitchen and the surrounding walls in an effort to remove the smoke smell. This wouldn’t be so bad (at any given point in the year my…Smoking in the kitchen/the undomestic goddess strikes again
No, I haven’t taken up cigarettes. I put a pot of ten-bean soup on the stove to boil, promptly forgot about it, and left the house for three hours. When I pulled back into the garage, my middle daughter said,…Stay In The Loop
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