by Rebecca | Mar 26, 2020 | adventures, book clubs, eReading, eventful, In Case of Emergency, middle grade, news, readers/reception, Sourcebooks, survival stories, talking about writing, teachers are the best, The Disaster Days, this is how we read it, verisimilitude, What I'm Reading Right Now
The scariest thing about writing The Disaster Days was realizing how the heightened scenario I put my characters in–which really felt like capital-F Fiction when I started working on the book, despite all that research–was, actually, pretty realistic....
by Rebecca | Feb 13, 2020 | adventures, Alone in the Woods, contests and giveaways, covers, middle grade, news, pairs well with a hammock, preorders, releases, sharks versus bears, Sourcebooks, summertime, survival stories, titles, writing
There’s a reason I’ve been in my writing cave lately: I’ve been finishing final edits on a new book coming out this year! Alone in the Woods releases on October 6, 2020. And the awesome website YAYOMG! helped me share its super-cool cover and an...
by Rebecca | Oct 2, 2019 | books, conferences, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, In Case of Emergency, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, nErDcampLI, news, releases, schedules, Sourcebooks, survival stories, The Disaster Days
I’m excited to hit the road and visit a bunch of schools and bookstores–with some fabulous author friends–to share The Disaster Days. Here’s what’s scheduled for public events so far: For more information and updates, check out my Events...
by Rebecca | Oct 1, 2019 | books, In Case of Emergency, middle grade, news, releases, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, Sourcebooks, survival stories, talking about writing, The Disaster Days, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
One day in July 2015, I pulled out my Tupperware and started eating a wilted salad at my day-job desk while browsing for a lunchtime read. An article in The New Yorker was getting all kinds of online buzz—it was about earthquakes; in Seattle? Interesting. I clicked to...
by Rebecca | Sep 2, 2019 | everyone's a critic, In Case of Emergency, middle grade, news, reviews, Sourcebooks, The Disaster Days
I’m excited to share two more trade reviews for The Disaster Days: “Fans of survival thrillers in the vein of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet will enjoy this tense, honest tale of bravery. . . . [A]n excellent (and refreshingly not didactic) teaching tool on...
by Rebecca | Aug 7, 2019 | adventures, awards and honors, AWESOMENESS, feel the love, happy happy joy joy, news, setting, Simon & Schuster, The Last Grand Adventure
I’m thrilled to share that The Last Grand Adventure is a 2019 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Children’s Fiction and Nonfiction. While writing Bea and Pidge’s story, I hoped their journey would celebrate the beauty and rich culture of the parts of the West they...
