by Rebecca | Dec 3, 2020 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, Alone in the Woods, authors, book people, interviews, middle grade, research, survival stories, talking about writing, WIPspiration, writing
Earlier this year, my friend Caroline Starr Rose (who is the fantastic author of May B, Blue Birds, Jasper and the Riddle of Riley’s Mine, and several fascinating picture books) was kind enough to invite me onto her blog for an interview: Alone in the Woods: An...
by Rebecca | Jul 24, 2016 | i heart the beach, IRL, pairs well with a hammock, sensory overload, Summer of Lost and Found, summertime, this is how we read it, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, WIPspiration
The earliest drafts of Summer of Lost and Found had the book start with Nell anticipating summer fun on a New York barrier island–but those Fire Island sections were cut because “killing your darlings” is a task us authors really have to do. Can you...
by Rebecca | Mar 25, 2015 | audrey and alice, contests and giveaways, grits that are true, historical fiction, nostalgia, paperback, Scholastic, Uncategorized, WIPspiration, women's history Wednesday
It’s the last Wednesday of March, so it’s time for one more Women’s History post! [One of my favorite things about writing historical fiction is getting to explore the lives of real, and sometimes famous, women—like Alice Roosevelt. When Audrey Met...
by Rebecca | Mar 11, 2015 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, books, contests and giveaways, grits that are true, historical fiction, paperback, twitterpated, Uncategorized, WIPspiration, women's history Wednesday
It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for more Women’s History! [One of my favorite things about writing historical fiction is getting to explore the lives of real, and sometimes famous, women—like Alice Roosevelt. When Audrey Met Alice allowed me to spend a...
by Rebecca | Mar 4, 2015 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, contests and giveaways, grits that are true, historical fiction, nerdiness, paperback, research, twitterpated, Uncategorized, WIPspiration, women's history Wednesday
I love March for a few reasons: daylight savings time begins, theoretically it stops being so cold, the Chicago River gets dyed green, and the official start of SPRING! But I especially love that March is Women’s History Month and we get to spend 31 days...
by Rebecca | Apr 30, 2014 | books, interviews, onefour kidlit, setting, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, Uncategorized, what's up wednesday, WIP, WIPspiration
What I’m Reading I just finished up Louise Galveston’s By the Grace of Todd, a hilariously gross and inventive MG. Thanks to it, I will be deep-cleaning my apartment this weekend. Now I’m reading Jennifer Mathieu’s The Truth About Alice, which is an...
