by Rebecca | Nov 24, 2014 | audience, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, eventful, gratitude, IRL, lets take this show on the road, school visits, talking about writing, teachers are the best
Last week, I had a great time visiting St. Francis Academy in Union City, NJ. I talked with the fifth- and sixth-grade students about historical fiction, life in the White House, the writing process, and more. I was blown away by their insightful and interesting...
by Rebecca | Oct 28, 2014 | audrey and alice, characters, debutanting, eventful, historical fiction, IRL, libraries, reader in chief, sensory overload, setting, White House
Last Friday, I did a young writers’ workshop at the New York Society Library, a beautiful and historic library that also happens to be my revising home-away-from-home. (Here’s a presidential-history tidbit about the NYSL: Our Founding Father George...
by Rebecca | Oct 17, 2014 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, interviews, teachers are the best
Over the summer, Laurie Morrison, a writer and teacher, emailed me to see if I’d like to participate in her wonderful student-author interview series. Of course I did! Last month she sent me the questions from her seventh-grade girls at Friends Select School in...
by Rebecca | Oct 1, 2014 | audrey and alice, busting up rocks, eventful, i heart the beach, IRL, this is how we read it, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, Uncategorized, White House, WIP
It’s October! How did that happen? And, more importantly, what am I going to be for Halloween?! September was a busy month, but I still managed to sneak in a late-season beach day (and I have the Fire Island mosquito bites to prove it). I also read seven(!) books and...
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 | Aug 10, 2014 | audrey and alice, authors, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, I talk about food too much, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade
I’m heading to Texas this weekend for some great book events! (And some great BBQ, of course.) On Saturday, August 16th, I’ll be at the Fort Worth library for the Worth Reading Author Roundup from 1:00-5:00 p.m. On Sunday, August 17th, I’ll be at the Fort Worth...
