by Rebecca | May 24, 2016 | Aladdin, books, eventful, feel the love, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, IRL, middle grade, news, releases, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, summertime, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
Summer of Lost and Found is on shelves today! Hip hip hooray! I hope readers will have as much fun discovering the past and present Roanoke Island as I did while writing it. Thanks to everyone who helped get this book into the world, especially: my agent, Suzie...
by Rebecca | May 11, 2016 | Aladdin, books, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, historical fiction, middle grade, news, PW, Simon & Schuster, The Last Grand Adventure, titles, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, writing
So you might have seen some news in Publishers Weekly this afternoon: That’s right–I wrote another MG book! The Last Grand Adventure will be in bookstores sometime between January-April 2018. Like When Audrey Met Alice, I created a character...
by Rebecca | Mar 19, 2016 | Aladdin, books, everyone's a critic, news, rare Saturday post alert, readers/reception, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found
It often feels like forever until a book comes out (thanks to all those hours spent writing, revising, and revising, and revising). And then suddenly the book’s first trade review arrives and, whoa! You realize publication is only two months away. I’m...
by Rebecca | Feb 23, 2016 | ALA, ARCs, books, conferences, feel the love, middle grade, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, this is how we read it, Uncategorized
I spent January and February speeding through the stack of MG/YA ARCs I picked up at ALA Midwinter. And if these ten books are any indication, 2016 is going to be an amazing year for kid lit. Here’s what I read, and in one(ish) sentence, I’ll tell you why...
by Rebecca | Dec 31, 2015 | balancing act, books, don't you mean voracious, goals, Goodreads, this is how we read it, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, wrap ups
Thanks to Goodreads, it’s easy to step back and look at your year in reading. Here’s mine: So many great books, and I kept up with my personal reading goal of a book a week. Per the handwritten book log I keep in my planner, it looks...
by Rebecca | Dec 4, 2015 | books, eReading, news, social media for the shy, Sourcebooks, this is how we read it, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, White House
One of the ways I discover new books is the “Weekly Bestsellers under $4.99” section on my iPad. The vast majority of books I read are print, but I still love to browse that section and find titles I might not take a chance on otherwise. Recent sale books...
