by Rebecca | Nov 22, 2021 | Alone in the Woods, audrey and alice, eventful, festivals, hello, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, Summer of Lost and Found, The Disaster Days, The Last Grand Adventure, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, Uncategorized, wrap ups
The Warwick Children’s Book Festival was a great day! This was my first(!) in-person event since the start of the pandemic–and the only in-person event I’ve done since Alone in the Woods was released last fall. It was so great to be back with a...
by Rebecca | Oct 6, 2020 | adventures, Adventures in Bloggysitting, Alone in the Woods, eventful, gratitude, hello, IRL, middle grade, news, pairs well with a hammock, releases, reviews, Sourcebooks, summertime, survival stories, writing
For each book I’ve released, I’ve spent time in my home state of Wisconsin, visiting schools and talking with young readers. And during every single Q&A, the same question has come up: Have you written any stories set in Wisconsin? It took me years, and four other...
by Rebecca | Jun 17, 2019 | everyone's a critic, hello, In Case of Emergency, news, opinioninny, preorders, reviews, The Disaster Days
The first trade review for The Disaster Days is in, and Kirkus loved it! You can read the full review here, and if your curiosity is piqued, you can preorder a copy now from the following retailers: Target Amazon Barnes & Noble Indiebound Indigo...
by Rebecca | Feb 12, 2017 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, books, hello, IRL, revising, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, The Last Grand Adventure, this is how we read it
Even though the winter seems long, time is flying by. Have I really not posted since nErDcampLI? Here’s what I’ve been up to lately. I made a quick trip to Wisconsin for the holidays, where I managed to bake gingerbread cookies: And check out the new...
by Rebecca | Jun 28, 2015 | hello, IRL, please excuse the jet lag, revising, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, Summer of Lost and Found, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, writing
It’s summer! And if the saying is true, this week the corn will be knee high–it’s almost the Fourth of July. It feels like yesterday I was lamenting Arctic cold and unmelting snowpiles. Now I’m itching mosquito bites as I write. Last week I...
by Rebecca | Jan 9, 2015 | audrey and alice, hello, i heart the beach, IRL, news, pairs well with a hammock, Scholastic, short stories, Uncategorized
I’m taking a break right now from revising–although one could argue that a break would be better spent not writing in another form, right? After this post, I’ll find something good to watch on my Netflix queue. But first, a two bits of news:...
