by Rebecca | Apr 11, 2018 | adventures, Aladdin, authors, book people, eventful, feel the love, heaven aka bookstores, I talk about food too much, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, party time, releases, school visits, Simon & Schuster, teachers are the best, The Last Grand Adventure, wrap ups
Time flies when you’re having fun, and when you’re launching a new book. I can’t believe The Last Grand Adventure has already been out for three weeks! It’s been a lot of fun traveling around and talking about Bea and Pidge and Amelia’s...
by Rebecca | Nov 5, 2017 | authors, book people, conferences, eventful, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, nErDcampLI, teachers are the best, wrap ups
This past Saturday was #nErDcampLI, the annual literacy “unconference” for teachers, librarians, educators, and authors. And it was so much fun! I woke up at 5:20 a.m. to make my train. I was not aware that it is still dark out at that hour, but the...
by Rebecca | Nov 1, 2017 | audrey and alice, authors, book people, conferences, eventful, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, nErDcampLI, Summer of Lost and Found
Three sleeps till nErDcampLI! This “unconference” is always so much fun, and it’s filled with literacy ideas and discussion–and #booklove. The workshops and keynotes start at 8:00, and the author meet and greet runs from 2:00-3:30. Check out...
by Rebecca | Sep 28, 2017 | Aladdin, authors, book people, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, middle grade, onefour kidlit, releases, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, The Last Grand Adventure
Time flies when you’re having fun–I can’t believe summer is over, and September almost is, too. It was a busy month: The new Books of Wonder opened! I love both stores, but it’s so exciting to have a children’s bookstore (and its awesome...
by Rebecca | Apr 18, 2017 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, authors, book people, i heart the beach, IRL, middle grade, pairs well with a hammock, revising, The Last Grand Adventure, this is how we read it, wrap ups
Happy spring! I spent most of my winter inside, staring out at the snow (or, more accurately where I live, slush-covered streets) while revising, and revising, and then revising The Last Grand Adventure. (Writing is editing, right?) I did take a break in between...
by Rebecca | Oct 8, 2016 | authors, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, rare Saturday post alert, schedules, school visits, setting, Summer of Lost and Found
Last Sunday, I had a great conversation with author-friends Melanie Conklin and Sarah Darer Littman at Bank Street Bookstore. We spoke about writing three very different books all set (or, in my book’s case–partly set) in the big city. It was a great...