I’m thrilled to share with you that The Thief of Time received an editor’s pick for its first trade review. We are over the moon! “Epic, heart-filled library fantasy-adventure that will inspire and delight. With their delightfully epic middle grade adventure,...
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Virtual Classroom Help
Teachers and parents! These are tough times right now for all of us. As a former teacher in the traditional and homeschool classroom as well as now writing virtual school curriculum, I understand what you are going through and I want to help! Below, I've complied...
Happy Holidays!
Wishing you all an amazing Christmas and New Year! This year, I'm excited to start working on a new middle grade writing project. I'm also launching a new blog series called TEACH WRITE that features teachers and authors working together to create a stronger learning...
My Princess Book And I Are On Tour!
Both my book, THE PRINCESS AND THE PAGE, and I will be traveling around the world! If you live in one of the cities below, it would be amazing to meet you in person and talk. If you can’t come, you can visit the blogs below and enter to win a $25 gift card! The...
THE PRINCESS AND THE PAGE Available for Pre-order!
THE PRINCESS AND THE PAGE is now available for pre-order! Check out the links below! Bookmark It (for autographed copies) Amazon Barnes and Noble BAM IndieBound Book Depository (for overseas and free shipping for most countries) And well, pretty much any book vendor!...
Teachers!
Thank you to all of the teachers and media specialists that invited me to your school this past year. It was an amazing experience! As the school year comes to a close, I wanted to share some quick things for you as you plan your next school year. 1. If...
Author Visits + Teacher Resources!
As many of you know, one of my favorite things to do as an author is to go to schools, libraries and festivals and teacher students and adults the elements of...
The YA Chicks Kickin’ It Tour
Finally I get to share the news about the Central Florida tour that I will be going on with four other smart and savvy YA authors called YA Chicks Kickin' It. I will be touring with Amy Christine Parker (Random House), Jessica Khoury (Razorbill/Penguin), Anna Banks...
Q & A with Emily Gravett
This past weekend, our SCBWI chapter here in Korea had an author dinner with award winning, British author and illustrator, Emily Gravett. What an amazing experience!The author dinner was located at O SeGyeHyang restaurant in Insadong (yes, I promise to post pics...
Anne Sibley O’Brien and Korean Graphic Picture Book Contest
I'm long overdue in blogging about my Korean SCBWI's chapter dinner event with Anne Sibley O'Brien last month. We ate at a Korean kalbi restaurant complete with grilled beef, rice, various types of lettuce, garlic cloves, kimchi and pineapple. Yum! A little about...