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 | Dec 31, 2019 | books, gratitude, I talk about food too much, In Case of Emergency, middle grade, nostalgia, releases, The Disaster Days, The Last Grand Adventure, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, why so many tags for such a short and insubstantial post?, WIP, wrap ups, writing
According to my Instagram, these nine photos sum up my 2019: I see a lot of books (launching The Disaster Days and receiving an honor for The Last Grand Adventure), writing (I took my 2020 release from blank page to revised, final manuscript in 11 months!), and one...
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...
by Rebecca | Mar 19, 2019 | Aladdin, historical fiction, middle grade, news, paperback, releases, Simon & Schuster, The Last Grand Adventure, this is how we read it
Bea and Pidge are hitting the road again–this time, in a fancy new trade paperback. Maybe it’s because I often read on the go, as a traveler and a commuter (so lighter books = more I can tuck in my tote), but paperback is my favorite format as a reader....
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 | Oct 8, 2018 | adventures, audrey and alice, book people, eventful, festivals, I talk about food too much, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, olykoeks, Summer of Lost and Found, The Last Grand Adventure
Last Saturday, I spent the day in charming Warwick, NY, at the Warwick Children’s Book Festival. I got to meet with eager readers, signed lots of books and shared 1960’s candy (just like Bea and Pidge would’ve eaten on their cross-country trip), and...
