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Hollaback!

If you’re female, you’ve been catcalled on the street. If you’re male, you may not know it but every single woman you love -your mother, your daughter – has experienced it. It’s part of being a woman everywhere in the world. So what’s the big deal? Isn’t it all just a friendly compliment, the right […]

See you at Lit Crawl!

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be taking part in a Lit Crawl event at the fabulous St. Mark’s Bookshop on Saturday, September 13th at 7:00. I’ll post a link as soon as it’s available, but until then mark your calendars and come out and say hi!

Positivity Challenge – Day 5

Here it is, the last day of the challenge! It’s gone by way too quickly but it’s reignited my love for listing out all the good things in my life. I will definitely be continuing this in my journal. Here goes for today: 1. My babies are coming back from their vacation with dad in […]

You know what’s weird?

What’s weird is having a Twitter alert on my name and having it full of tweets in what I can only assume is Catalan. My family name comes (at least in the past few generations) from southeastern Spain in an area called Murcia. (16 in the map below). But it’s not a Spanish name. It’s […]

Positivity Challenge – Day 4

Here we are on the next-to-last day of the Positivity Challenge. I’ve loved it so much I think I’m going to keep it up. I usually journal about any old thing in my little leather-bound notebook, but I think I’m going to start including daily gratitude lists. I’ve done this from time to time and […]

SCBWI mentioned me!

A friend wrote me to point out that I am right at the top of the “Awards” page in the Bulletin for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. (Gotta love that “A” last name). SCBWI is the main association for writers of teen and children’s literature, so it’s a real honor that they […]

New Critique Group Forming

Starting Wednesday, October 1st I’ll be hosting a new critique group for writers working on young adult novels. We’ll be gatheringin southern Bergen County (NJ) and are aiming to meet every other Wednesday in the evenings. If you’re looking to jump-start your novel or have a novel you’d like to workshop, this could be the […]

The Positivity Challenge – Day 3

The days are zooming by and I’m loving this positivity challenge. I’ve been pretty grateful for the life I’m able to live for some timenow. Spending time focusing on it truly feels delicious. 1. I am grateful for dreaming. Not “I wish a had a Corvette” dreaming, but the actual stuff that happens when I’m […]

The Positivity Challenge – Day 2

Yesterday, still feeling the glow of Day 1 of my positivity challenge, I went into my Google Drive to look up old resources from classes and books I’ve read on the subject of positive thinking. I came across so many wonderful things I’d forgotten! Among my favorites was finding a document I wrote detailing my […]

The Positivity Challenge – Day 1

I am not much of a joiner. Just the other day I got tagged (twice) in the ubiquitous ice bucket challenge and wrote a bit of a rant about why I won’t participate (mostly dislikeof cold water, if I’m honest, although I tried to make it sound more high-minded than that). And I really hate […]