Best-selling and Award-winning Author of Young Adult Thrillers
Winston, the toad (All apologies to the creature in question but he is a toad, although he prefers to be referred to as Winston, Bufo Horribilis Magnificus which I will endeavor to remember in the future but it’s a mouthful […]
Got the best news this week! My mother sent me a newspaper clipping from England. I’ve included it below. Age-Banding, in case you don’t know, is a motion proposed by a group of big publishers to include banners in the […]
A short blog for a change. My six-year old is always asking me about magical things, and imaginary creatures. “Mama, does magic exist? Are there giants? Mermaids? Fairies?”and my answer has always been, “What do you think? If you believe […]
SHUT-IN SHOCKER! Writer discovered after two years in six foot by six foot box with only a typewriter for company. “Shut me back inside,” the writer grumbled when the cover was removed, “Nail it down tight. I’ve almost solved this […]
Because it’s the beginning of August (the leisure month), and Because I’ve just, finally, after more sleepless nights than I care to think about, finished the manuscript for my new book, Feltus Ovalton and The Lost Warrior, and Because I […]
HERE ARE SOME OF THE GREAT KIDS- ALL WONDERFULLY ENTHUSIASTIC, ARTISTIC AND TALENTED WRITERS- WHO ATTENDED MY MEGA-SUMMER WRITING WORKSHOP AT THE WOODSTOCK LIBRARY. WE WROTE, WE TALKED, I PONTIFICATED AND I DIGRESSED, AND WE DRESSED UP FOR THE FINAL […]
I used to be a punk rocker. The photo above is from 1983. I am very superstitious. Knocking on wood, throwing salt over my left shoulder…Yeah I do all those things. When I was a child I wished I was […]
While cleaning up recently I came across a sheaf of rejection letters for the first Feltus. They were wadded up in an angry ball and stuffed between the wall and the large plastic tub where my shelved novels reside. And […]
When I worked in the music business I used to dream about working in publishing when I grew up. Unfortunately I never did. Grow up, I mean. Hence the straight path to writing children’s literature. It’s amazing how clear everything […]
Ladies and Germs, We have a winner for the PoodleRat naming contest. Thanks to all who entered. The names were all fabulous but after much deliberation and with the help of Winston the toad I have decided that the name […]