by Rebecca | Oct 14, 2019 | authors, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, ideal readers, In Case of Emergency, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, releases, school visits, Sourcebooks, teachers are the best, The Disaster Days, wrap ups
Last week, I visited four great schools in New Jersey (Bloomfield Middle School, Roosevelt Middle School, Byram Township Intermediate School, and Fredon Township School) to talk to young readers and writers about The Disaster Days and how I research the real (and...
by Rebecca | Nov 29, 2018 | authors, book people, eventful, heaven aka bookstores, In Case of Emergency, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, nErDcampLI, revising, teachers are the best, The Last Grand Adventure, wrap ups, writing
Time flies when you’re having fun . . . or you’re revising. I was doing both this fall. In November I turned in the final manuscript for my next MG novel, which will be out in October 2019. The new title (and cover, and a bunch of other info) I’ll...
by Rebecca | Apr 11, 2018 | adventures, Aladdin, authors, book people, eventful, feel the love, heaven aka bookstores, I talk about food too much, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, party time, releases, school visits, Simon & Schuster, teachers are the best, The Last Grand Adventure, wrap ups
Time flies when you’re having fun, and when you’re launching a new book. I can’t believe The Last Grand Adventure has already been out for three weeks! It’s been a lot of fun traveling around and talking about Bea and Pidge and Amelia’s...
by Rebecca | Mar 22, 2018 | adventures, Adventures in Bloggysitting, Aladdin, blog touring, book people, books, characters, guest posts, interviews, middle grade, readers/reception, Simon & Schuster, teachers are the best, The Last Grand Adventure, this is how we read it
I’ve been busy talking up Bea and Pidge’s grand adventure with fellow book lovers and Amelia enthusiasts online. Here are a few interviews to check out if you’d like to know more about the story and why I wrote it: Episode 34 of the “Chasing...
by Rebecca | Nov 5, 2017 | authors, book people, conferences, eventful, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, nErDcampLI, teachers are the best, wrap ups
This past Saturday was #nErDcampLI, the annual literacy “unconference” for teachers, librarians, educators, and authors. And it was so much fun! I woke up at 5:20 a.m. to make my train. I was not aware that it is still dark out at that hour, but the...
by Rebecca | May 23, 2017 | Aladdin, book clubs, books, contests and giveaways, happy happy joy joy, i heart the beach, news, pairs well with a hammock, paperback, pretty pretty, releases, Simon & Schuster, Summer of Lost and Found, summertime, teachers are the best, The Last Grand Adventure
It might be a little chilly and gloomy this week, but Summer is finally here–at least in paperback. It was a real treat to come home from a great day at #nErDcampNJ last Saturday and find a package with some early copies inside. It’s the same gorgeous art...
