My Recent Chat with the Canvas Rebel
In September 2024, I connected with an online magazine called CANVAS REBEL, and I have shared our conversation below. The mission of the CR is to create a space for artists, creatives and entrepreneurs to be able to learn from
I was featured in the IBPA Member Spotlight
Hi all! I've been a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) for several years, and the online magazine recently featured me in their Member Spotlight. I'll post the Aug. 6, 2024 interview, by journalist Adeline Lui, here! Thank
FINDING IMOGENE by Teri Case: New Novel Launch!
Since releasing my own children's picture books in 2016 and 2019, I've had the privilege of helping several writer friends get their books out into the world as well. Today, I'm excited to announce the launch for Teri Case's newest
That’s Right, I’m Sixty.
Feeling mixty about sixty! Holy Moly, I've just celebrated sixty trips around the sun! And
All About Branding with iWrite Youth
This week - Thursday, Feb. 24, 7:30 pm CST - I'll be talking via virtual Zoom about branding with a wonderful group of students in the iWRITE Youth Club. iWRITE is a nonprofit organization with the mission of building student
I’m baa-ack!
After some 20 months, I am finally back to doing school author visits—well, at recent two schools anyway! It feels so good to be doing what I love again following this loooooong Covid-19 shutdown that resulted in the cancellation of
Joint interview with my agent
Kidlit Creatives is a private Facebook group that offers wonderful support for children's book writers and illustrators. The Kidlit Creatives Team is currently made up of Manju Howard and Gabrielle Copeland Schoeffield, and I'm excited to be featured today, along
Guess what? I got an agent!
I'm super-duper-triple-axel-back-flip-cartwheel happy to announce that I officially signed with a literary agent today! My agent—(oooh, I love sound of that!)—is Keely Boeving, and she has been with WordServe Literary since 2016. Keely is always looking for new voices and ideas,
Butterflies Mixed with Cartwheels
When you get an email from a writer who's with the Los Angeles office of the SCBWI, you sit up and pay attention. If you don't already know, SCBWI stands for Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. It's the
Writing a Novel During a Pandemic
On Leap Year weekend this past February, I had no way to predict that it would be my last time to hang out face-to-face with my family for a long while. We were all in Baton Rouge, celebrating my nephew's
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