by Rebecca | Oct 7, 2020 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, Alone in the Woods, blog touring, deepthoughts, fiction lessons, grits that are true, guest posts, IRL, research, SLJ, Sourcebooks, survival stories, The Disaster Days
To say 2020 has been a challenging year for us all is definitely an understatement. So I was thrilled to have the opportunity to write an article for Karen Jensen’s SLJ blog, Teen Librarian Toolbox, about resilience–one of the themes of my latest MG novel,...
by Rebecca | Apr 13, 2020 | grits that are true, movies, news, podcasts, rebel girls, women's history Wednesday
Need something new to listen to? I researched and wrote the script for this Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls podcast about Hedy Lamarr. Maybe you know of her as a famously talented and beautiful actress–but did you know she was an inventor whose...
by Rebecca | Mar 17, 2017 | grits that are true, historical fiction, i heart the beach, middle grade, news, research, Scholastic, short stories, Summer of Lost and Found, teachers are the best, writing
I’m excited to share that I have two stories appearing in Scholastic’s classroom magazines this month! The March/April issue of Storyworks has “Lost and Found,” realistic fiction that was inspired by my time in the Outer Banks doing research...
by Rebecca | Mar 25, 2015 | audrey and alice, contests and giveaways, grits that are true, historical fiction, nostalgia, paperback, Scholastic, Uncategorized, WIPspiration, women's history Wednesday
It’s the last Wednesday of March, so it’s time for one more Women’s History post! [One of my favorite things about writing historical fiction is getting to explore the lives of real, and sometimes famous, women—like Alice Roosevelt. When Audrey Met...
by Rebecca | Mar 18, 2015 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, contests and giveaways, grits that are true, historical fiction, paperback, women's history Wednesday
It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for more Women’s History! [One of my favorite things about writing historical fiction is getting to explore the lives of real, and sometimes famous, women—like Alice Roosevelt. When Audrey Met Alice allowed me to spend a...
by Rebecca | Mar 11, 2015 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, books, contests and giveaways, grits that are true, historical fiction, paperback, twitterpated, Uncategorized, WIPspiration, women's history Wednesday
It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for more Women’s History! [One of my favorite things about writing historical fiction is getting to explore the lives of real, and sometimes famous, women—like Alice Roosevelt. When Audrey Met Alice allowed me to spend a...
