An awesome new review of The Rock and the River is up at My Road Trip (SpicyReads.org). The reviewer, Ed Spicer, put in some great reflections about how the book affected him and sparked memories of his own experiences in 1968. Excellent commentary! And it’s not just about the book, so even if you already… Read more »
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What A Girl Wants, What A Girl Reads
The “What a Girl Wants” interview series has launched over at Chasing Ray. Today we’re talking about what we read as tweens/teens that most impacted us. Check it out! And then join the discussion in the comments section. This is really fun. I’m thrilled to be a part of this fabulous group of writer women!
CCBC Book Discussion – June 24
For anyone in the Madison, Wisconsin area: The Rock and the River will be discussed as part of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s June Book Discussion at UW-Madison. Follow this link for more details. If you’re in the area, it sounds like it could be interesting! http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/disclist.asp
What A Girl Wants
Colleen Mondor, of Chasing Ray , is hosting a brand new, exciting round table of women authors talking about “What a Girl Wants.” It launches later this week, and I’ll be participating! Here’s a sneak peek at Colleen’s introduction to the conversation: “I’ve been a bit bothered for awhile now about the kind of books… Read more »
Interview on The Chocolate Pages Show
Thursday evening I was interviewed on Blog Talk Radio, for Pam Perry’s The Chocolate Pages Show. You can listen to the podcast here. The show’s a hour long, and I’m not the only guest, so my part doesn’t start until around 28:00, if you care to fast forward. I’m on for about half an hour…. Read more »
As If BEA Wasn’t Enough…
Last night I got to give a copy of The Rock and the River to Ms. Phylicia Rashad. I handed her a signed copy, and she looked at it, then asked me to personalize it. I was over the moon. Enough said.
More on BEA
Ok, you’ve been waiting for the juicy details of my weekend at Book Expo America….. It was AWESOME! I met tons of cool and interesting people: authors, teachers, librarians, publicists — lots of industry folk. I told them all about The Rock and the River, and I collected bunches of books and information in exchange…. Read more »
BEA, Baby!
This weekend I attended Book Expo America (BEA) at the Javits Center in New York. It was my first time at BEA, which is a major annual conference for the publishing industry. Publishers, booksellers and other book-related vendors set up booths that together cover the area of a couple of football fields!! All told, it… Read more »
Summer Blog Blast Tour, Featuring ME!
Exciting, exciting things today! First of all, pop over to Elizabeth Bird’s blog, A Fuse #8 Production, where you will find an interview with me that is part of the Summer Blog Blast Tour 2009. I talk about The Rock and the River, my inspirations for writing it, people’s reactions to it, and lots of… Read more »
Studio 4 (aka Video of ME!)
So…a few weeks ago, I went into my publisher’s headquarters (Simon & Schuster) and did a short video interview for the S&S website. I sat in a little room with a videocamera in my face and a microphone clipped on me while they asked me questions about The Rock and the River and me as… Read more »