by Rebecca | Jun 12, 2014 | agents, AWESOMENESS, books, Egmont, feel the love, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, historical fiction, i heart the beach, middle grade, New Leaf, news, PW, Summer of Lost and Found, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, WIP, writing
So you might have seen this in Publishers Weekly this afternoon (click to make big!): That’s right! I* sold my second book! The Summer of Lost and Found will be in bookstores in 2016. It’s full of everything I loved to read about as a middle-grader:...
by Rebecca | May 13, 2014 | gushing, heaven aka bookstores, historical fiction, i heart the beach, I talk about food too much, IRL, olykoeks, sensory overload, setting, Uncategorized
Last week I hopped on a train and in a car to make my way to coastal North Carolina for a research trip. Here’s some of what I saw and did: I didn’t think I could get more excited about working on this story, but I did. There’s nothing quite like...
by Rebecca | Mar 7, 2014 | audrey and alice, authors, Class of 2K14, debutanting, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, historical fiction, IRL, middle grade, school visits
I had the best time in Wisconsin last week, talking to friends and family, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and readers about WHEN AUDREY MET ALICE. Some highlights of my whirlwind trip: –Meeting the great readers at EAGLE School in Fitchburg. My very first...
by Rebecca | Jul 15, 2013 | books, covers, historical fiction, middle grade, MMGM, this is how we read it
One of my favorite reads of 2011 was Sheila O’Connor’s Sparrow Road. A midwest setting, a creepy mansion/artist’s colony, and mysteries–what more could you want? (Not to mention beautiful prose and compelling characters.) So I was very excited...
by Rebecca | Jun 10, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, books, debutanting, historical fiction, middle grade, MMGM, onefour kidlit, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
One of the many fun things about being part of OneFour KidLit is getting to interview debut 2013 authors about their great new books. Tomorrow, my interview with Laura Golden, author of Every Day After, will be up on the OneFour blog. But I couldn’t wait until...
by Rebecca | May 6, 2013 | books, historical fiction, middle grade, MMGM, nerdiness, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
As a reader, I have a strong pull toward girl heroines–if I were to break down the kid lit I read, probably 92% has a female MC or narrator. Also as a writer, I generally find inspiration in girl POVs. So I’ve been meaning to pick up more books that have...
