I had a great time at the Kincardine Library in Ontario on August 28th. My thanks to children’s librarian Carolyn McKeeman for hosting my book reading, to Liz Dadson for her excellent write up in the Kincardine Times, and to Judi Brown for sponsoring the radio advertisements. I’ve never heard my name on the […]
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Literary Rambles
One of my favourite children’s book blog is Literary Rambles. I especially love the agent spotlights and the tuesday writing tips. Check out my recent contributions on August 7th (tip#138) and July 23 (tip#136)… hope you like them!
Guest Author at Trail Summer Reading Program
On August 14th at 2:30 I will be a guest author at the Trail Library as part of the “Strange… But True” summer reading program. As part of the theme, “Trick or Truth” I will be reading a chapter from Trouble in the Trees and organizing a game of You Can’t Do That Bingo! If […]
SCBWI-LA
I do not have the words to express how grateful I am to the Hairston family and the Martha Weston Grant Committee for giving me the opportunity to attend this conference. It was absolutely amazing. I’m writing an article about it for the SCBWI Canada West newsletter and will share other tidbits as I continue […]
Getting the Grant
My first blog post for the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors, Getting the Grant, includes some great tips for grant writing.