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Union City High School event tomorrow

When I was in high school in Union City, New Jersey, there was a rundown old place called Roosevelt Stadium. I don’t know when it was used as a stadium, because back then it just looked haunted and closed. Many years later, I was invited to tour Union City High School l in preparation for […]

American Society for Journalists and Authors Panel (PHOTO)

This past Saturday I sat on a panel with some big names in publishing. Besides being honored, I also enjoyed hearing the advice they had for the many writers (published and aspiring) in the crowd. I learned a lot! From left to right that’s me, Daniel Jones (editor of the Modern Love column in The […]

Research and cops

This morning I did something that anyone who knows me knows I would not normally do voluntarily: I spoke to a police office. And not just any police officer, but the chief of police in my town. Does it make me sound like some kind of shady character that cops kinda terrify me? Well, I’m […]

First video review of THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY

There are lots of great “firsts” when you publish a novel. Tonight was another cool one: a reader created the first-ever video review of THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY. I love it. Check it out. It’s sincere and succinct and insightful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vo2Y...

How not to use Twitter

I am by no means a Twitter maven. I’m still figuring out hash tags and @ mentions. However, even I could have warned the NYPD’s social media managers that they should probably not invite people to post pictures of themselves with members of the NYPD. The results are predictable and kind of hilarious. Hilarious in […]

Sweet story from THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR author

I often wonder if people who meant something to me ever remember me. Few things bring me more joy than a phone call from an old friend recalling something I said or did a long time ago that somehow stuck with them. I guess I like to know I’m not forgotten. That’s probably why this […]

Mid April

Hello dears. What have I been up to, you ask? (You don’t? Telling you anyway). Website: I have been remiss in my posting, but it’s all for a good cause. Have you noticed the new pages? I did a TON of work on the website this weekend. I worked hard on the About THE SECRET […]

#RocktheDrop

Today is Teen Literature Day, which means it’s time to #rockthedrop What is #RocktheDrop? It’s the day when you grab a young adult book you think someone might like to read, print a bookplate here, put in in the book and leave it in a public place for someone to take. Cool, right? Here’s THE […]

Voice of Youth Advocates Review

M.T.’s seemingly average existence shatters as she confronts the implications of her undocumented immigrant status. During the day, she displays academic excellence at her Catholic high school in Willow Falls, New York, and enjoys the company of her friend Chelsea. When she heads home at night, however, she faces poverty and the violent anger of […]

Speech at Unitarian Society of Ridgewood

It’s nice when five minutes of talking results in a bunch of money being donated to a worthy cause. It was my pleasure to go speak to the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood on April 6th and let them know of the work of the Community of Friends in Action, a local non-profit that helps day […]