PROJECT MAYHEM

Dear friends who have ever hoped-against-hope for something wonderful to happen, Yes, it's true: another awards season is upon us! ...

My writing space. Isn't it cozy? A few years ago I recorded  a podcast  with author  Tsh Oxenreider . As we talked about submissi...

    When I was in third grade, I was “fired” from a volunteer job shelving books in my school library.  It turned out the books weren’...

"When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember my favorites things And then I don't...

So there’s a lovely bit of encouragement that gets repeated when people are giving writerly pep talks to those on the road to publica...

I'm forever reading books from other writers about the craft of writing. Writing is solitary in many ways. I'm always looking for  c...

My beloved writing group, down the pub one Monday night. About 4 years ago  my first novel was halfway complete and had been sitting un...

I'm thrilled to share with one lucky Mayhemer a copy of my debut novel, May B. May is part Hatchet, part Little House on the Prairi...

On Wednesday, I posted on my own blog about the mountain of rejection letters I received while trying to find an agent for Nightshade City...

How do you feel about middle-grade novels that deal with life's harsh realities? My debut novel, May B., focuses on a child who has been...

Like most writers, when I was searching for an agent, I devoured every agency's website, I googled until my fingers yelled at me and en...