by Rebecca | May 16, 2015 | audrey and alice, book clubs, rare Saturday post alert, Sourcebooks, this is how we read it
My mom and I have been discussing books since I was a kid–not surprising, considering I have always been a reader and she is a former English/Language Arts teacher. Over the years, reading together has helped us understand our own relationship better, see each...
by Rebecca | May 1, 2015 | audrey and alice, books, debutanting, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, heaven aka bookstores, olykoeks, paperback, Sourcebooks
I came home to a fun surprise on Tuesday: paperback author copies. The first thing I did with them? Build a White House. As of today, When Audrey Met Alice paperbacks are now in stores! I stopped by Barnes & Noble to sign a few. It’s fun to see both editions...
by Rebecca | Apr 26, 2015 | audrey and alice, authors, battle of the books, contests and giveaways, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, news, paperback, swag, teachers are the best, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, Uncategorized
How is it almost May? Somehow this winter seemed both endless (thanks, snowstorms) and super short. Anyway, I’m enjoying the tulips popping up on NYC sidewalks and planning trips to WI this summer. What else is new? Bookplates! The lovely Kristin Rae (whose YA...
by Rebecca | Apr 1, 2015 | audrey and alice, books, contests and giveaways, gratitude, libraries, paperback, Sourcebooks, swag, teachers are the best, Uncategorized
I wouldn’t be the reader–or the writer–I am today without the influence of many wonderful educators. As Alice Roosevelt would put it, I was “let loose in libraries” from an early age. My childhood teachers and librarians in Madison,...
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...
