• 4th of July Fun

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    I love tradition. Tradition makes me feel all kinds of warm & fuzzy things. One of my favorite traditions since having kids is participating in the Americana Festival Parade in my small home town in southwestern Ohio. I’m registered for a class offered by our wonderful park district called Stroller Strength where, twice a week,…

  • Lunch & a Signing

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    Saturday, June 26th was a wonderful day full of author fun! I drove roughly 2 hours to northern Columbus to meet two very talented authors for lunch – Kay Cassidy and Julia DeVillers. We ate at Max & Erma’s, talked non-stop about bookish things, and concluded our meal with some yummy treats: A plate full of funnel…

  • Publisher’s Weekly Children’s Bookshelf

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    Just found something fun! A picture from the June 8th signing at Books & Company in Dayton, Ohio made the PW Children’s Bookshelf today. Publisher’s Weekly Children’s Bookshelf It was a lovely night with some lovely ladies! The next signing will be Saturday, June 26th at the Barnes & Noble Polaris – 2pm. Stop by…

  • Summer Time & the Livin’s Easy . . .

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    It’s official. Summer has hit my household. And. I. Am. Loving. It. Summer always begins with some great stuff, but this year has been better than most. Why? Let me tell you . . . (I’ll use a list – I’m a huge fan of lists): 1. My husband is a teacher and during the…

  • Authors, Authors Everywhere

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    Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet some very cool authors. I was giddy with excitement as I drove to the Books & Company at the Greene in Dayton, Ohio – ready to meet my online friends in person for the first time. Still riding the high from my launch party at the…

  • Launch Party Fun!

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    My launch party, which was hosted by the Books & Company at The Greene, was an exciting event! Lots of people showed up to help me celebrate the launch of my debut, The Tension of Opposites. From pre-school to adulthood, friends from all stages of my life were in attendance. I shared my journey to publication (a…

  • Guest Blog

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    Today I am up on the Guide to Literary Agents blog with a guest post about Revision. Wanna know the two dirtiest words in this writer’s vocabulary? They both start with "R" . . . Click on the above link to check out my entire post.

  • Launch Week Fun!

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    My debut novel, The Tension of Opposites, launched exactly one week ago – on May 25th, 2010. It was a crazy whirlwind of a week, and I could hardly catch my breath. But it was good. Oh, so good! What did I do? The normal stuff a mother of two pre-schoolers must do – laundry,…

  • Lindsay Eland – Egmont USA

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    Today is the final day for the Egmont Blog Tour. Last, but never least, is Lindsay Eland! (How totally cute is she, anyway?) Lindsay Eland lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, their four kids, one dog, three rats, and the various other foxes, bears, and elk that venture into their backyard. The…

  • Bree Despain

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    It’s day four of the Egmont Blog Tour. Today I’m featuring Bree Despain! Bree rediscovered her childhood love for creating stories when she took a semester off college to write and direct plays for at-risk, inner-city teens from Philadelphia and New York. She currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband, two young…