by Rebecca | Jan 28, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, debutanting, onefour kidlit, social media for the shy
Happy Monday! I spent my weekend holed up indoors–despite being a Wisconsin native, I’ve gotten used to the milder weather in the Northeast and the sub-20s temperatures this past week are killing me. Okay, not killing me–but I do have a cold. It was...
by Rebecca | Jan 4, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, books, deja vu, this is how we read it, wrap ups
State of Wonder ~ Revolution ~ The Fault in Our Stars ~ The Disenchantments ~ The Handmaid’s Tale ~ True Grit ~ Love? Maybe ~ The Future of Us ~ Rebecca ~ The Snow Child ~ All These Lives ~ The Thirteenth Tale ~ Hemlock ~ Enchanted Ivy ~ A Young Wife ~ The...
by Rebecca | Dec 5, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, nerdiness, off topic, oooh snap, random, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, verisimilitude
I switched the settings for comments a while back, mainly so people could link to their URLs in their names. It was a good tweak to make, but it has resulted in an impressive influx of comment spam. Whatever, Blogger generally does a good job of weeding out spam...
by Rebecca | Nov 12, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, confessions, nerdiness, opinioninny, reader in chief, setting, talking about writing, White House, WIP
Kennedy Family at Camp David (source: Wikimedia Commons)It’s not surprising that I wound up writing a story about a pair of first daughters; I am a First Kid superfan. My interest in children in the White House has been lifelong–I remember seeing old...
by Rebecca | Nov 6, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, authors, books, busting up rocks, guest posts, middle grade, Sourcebooks, weird science
Today I’m excited to host Jordan Jacobs, author of the MG mystery Samantha Sutton and the Labyrinth of Lies, for a guest post. Samantha Sutton features a whipsmart and adventurous heroine, a realistic sibling relationship, lots of action and adventure, and loads...
by Rebecca | Oct 22, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, gushing, happy happy joy joy, IRL, middle grade, reader in chief, setting, Tweetups, twitterpated, verisimilitude, White House, WIP, WIPspiration
Last Friday I attended the White House Fall Social Garden Tour. In short, it was awesome. You can read more about how I lucked into the Social here, and you can see a wrap-up from the White House here: A Fall Social in the #WHGarden. (Excuse me while I freak out that...
