by Rebecca | Sep 1, 2018 | adventures, Aladdin, eventful, gratitude, gushing, heaven aka bookstores, historical fiction, IRL, lets take this show on the road, party time, please excuse the jet lag, research, sensory overload, setting, Simon & Schuster, summertime, The Last Grand Adventure, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, wrap ups
On July 21, I was thrilled to be a part of the Amelia Earhart Festival–the annual celebration of her birthday in her birthplace of Atchison, Kansas. Readers of The Last Grand Adventure will know what a significant place Atchison was in Amelia’s (and her...
by Rebecca | Jun 6, 2016 | Aladdin, eventful, interviews, news, party time, please excuse the jet lag, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, The Last Grand Adventure
A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to chat with Jeanne Kolker of the Wisconsin State Journal about Summer of Lost and Found and my career as an author. I grew up reading the State Journal–starting with the funny pages and eventually cover-to-cover–so...
by Rebecca | Jun 28, 2015 | hello, IRL, please excuse the jet lag, revising, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, Summer of Lost and Found, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, writing
It’s summer! And if the saying is true, this week the corn will be knee high–it’s almost the Fourth of July. It feels like yesterday I was lamenting Arctic cold and unmelting snowpiles. Now I’m itching mosquito bites as I write. Last week I...
by Rebecca | Aug 20, 2014 | audrey and alice, authors, AWESOMENESS, book people, Class of 2K14, eventful, gratitude, heaven aka bookstores, I talk about food too much, IRL, libraries, middle grade, PIE, please excuse the jet lag, wrap ups
Last weekend, fellow debut author Tara Dairman (whose book ALL FOUR STARS is delightful and delicious, and one of my favorites of the year) and I traveled around Texas to visit a library, a B&N store, and an indie bookstore. It was incredibly fun, and here are...
by Rebecca | Jul 8, 2014 | ALA, ARCs, audrey and alice, authors, AWESOMENESS, book publishing, Class of 2K14, conferences, debutanting, gratitude, gushing, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, please excuse the jet lag, Sourcebooks, Uncategorized, wrap ups
ALA Annual was amazing! It was fun, surreal, and humbling to be around so many wonderful readers, librarians, authors, and publishing professionals. Here are some of the highlights (at least the ones for which I have photo documentation): So I learned what “but...
by Rebecca | Jun 27, 2014 | audrey and alice, book publishing, Class of 2K14, conferences, eventful, IRL, libraries, news, please excuse the jet lag, Sourcebooks
I’m off for a week of travel: First to Las Vegas for the ALA Annual Conference, then to Wisconsin to relax and spend time with family–and also visit a favorite indie bookstore, Mystery to Me. If you’re at ALA, please come say hi when I’m...
