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 | Feb 4, 2015 | audrey and alice, book publishing, debutanting, deepthoughts, gratitude, heaven aka bookstores, libraries, mildly maudlin, school visits, teachers are the best, Uncategorized
My mom sent me this photo over the weekend of When Audrey Met Alice still on a B&N shelf, and I realized that it was a year ago that I first saw my book in a store. Today’s the actual anniversary of my pub date, 2/4/2014. It’s been a whole year! And if...
by Rebecca | Nov 24, 2014 | audience, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, eventful, gratitude, IRL, lets take this show on the road, school visits, talking about writing, teachers are the best
Last week, I had a great time visiting St. Francis Academy in Union City, NJ. I talked with the fifth- and sixth-grade students about historical fiction, life in the White House, the writing process, and more. I was blown away by their insightful and interesting...
by Rebecca | Oct 17, 2014 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, AWESOMENESS, interviews, teachers are the best
Over the summer, Laurie Morrison, a writer and teacher, emailed me to see if I’d like to participate in her wonderful student-author interview series. Of course I did! Last month she sent me the questions from her seventh-grade girls at Friends Select School in...
