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Kelly's Curiosities 14 Aug 2013 | 10:56 pm
I can't talk TOO much about it yet, but in the next few months, I'll add something new to my writer's resume -- video episodes. Thanks to the good folks at MSN, I'll write and play in ten 3-minute ex...
Children's Authors Blog Hop! 12 Aug 2013 | 11:53 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A few days ago, my friend Bruce Hale (on the far right) invited me to join him on the Children’s Authors Blog Hop, cr...
Why we write what we write. 11 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
People ask me, OFTEN, why I write the kinds of books I do. And the answer is pretty easy. I write about weird stuff for two reasons. First, I love weird stuff. I always have. From the time I was ...
RISE OF THE CHAMPION, William Joyce 4 Jan 2013 | 05:41 am
Because I was enchanted by the artistry of the theater advertisements, and because my 22-year-old Vanessa wanted to see it, I took a chance yesterday and saw RISE OF THE GUARDIANS. I never saw a comp...
Sandy Hook Elementary 15 Dec 2012 | 02:30 am
Photo courtesy of the News Times. I woke today to the early reports of violence on the Sandy Hook Elementary School campus in Newtown, Connecticut. A gunman stormed the principal's office, then his ...
Edmonds, Seattle & Bellevue 9 Dec 2012 | 03:06 am
After NCTE, I was sick as a dog -- so I basically slept through Kerry's birthday and Thanksgiving (sorry baby girl). Then I headed to the Washington Coast for a week of school visits at Edmonds, Seat...
NCTE 2012 in Las Vegas 9 Dec 2012 | 02:33 am
Three weeks ago, I was lucky enough to attend my first NCTE in Las Vegas. My publisher, Chronicle Books, sent me to promote GIRL MEETS BOY. I was also part of a panel on reaching reluctant readers w...
Strep Throat 8 Jun 2012 | 04:02 am
I flew home from New Hampshire on Friday, May 25. I was tired, of course. I got up at 3:00 am EST to catch my 5:00 am plane, which was midnight Pacific Time. All of my connections went well, which i...
SCBWI Regional Conference, Portland, OR 8 Jun 2012 | 03:37 am
Thanks Robyn and Judi for including me as a speaker at your SCBWI regional conference in May. I had a sensational time for so many reasons. First, I had no duties on Friday, so I got to attend sessi...
Thank you, New Hampshire! 8 Jun 2012 | 03:13 am
Completed my last school visits for the 2011/2012 school year on May 22, 23 and 24 in the lovely state of New Hampshire. The first two days were at the Deerfield Community School in Deerfield, NH. T...
