by Rebecca | Mar 31, 2016 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, blog touring, contests and giveaways, guest posts, middle grade, MMGM, news, social media for the shy, Summer of Lost and Found, talking about writing, this is how we read it, treat this post as evidence of procrastination
March is Reading Month, and I am really excited to share in The Hiding Spot’s Growing a Reader series to celebrate it. I wrote about three of my formative reading experiences–which made me the reader and writer that I am today. You check out my post here,...
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...
by Rebecca | Mar 18, 2015 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, contests and giveaways, grits that are true, historical fiction, paperback, women's history Wednesday
It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for more Women’s History! [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 Alice allowed me to spend a...
by Rebecca | Mar 11, 2015 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, books, contests and giveaways, grits that are true, historical fiction, paperback, twitterpated, Uncategorized, WIPspiration, women's history Wednesday
It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for more Women’s History! [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 Alice allowed me to spend a...