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Portland Breakwater Light ("Bug Light"), Portland, Maine. Photo by my husband, John

Today at noon, I'm doing a video interview for the Educational/Library division at Scholastic. They publish a curriculum for students that includes book excerpts and author interviews.  From the questions, I would guess I'm in the "Setting" chapter with Touch Blue.

Which is appropriate, because in both Touch Blue and the novel I've been working on next, setting came first.  Before character, before plot, before anything else was place. 
 
Thank you to everyone who voted in the Children's Choice Book Awards!  The winners were announced last night, and though Hot Rod Hamster didn't win, I feel very pleased this morning, just to have had a book that was a finalist. 

Congratulations to all the winners, but especially to Johanna Kerby who won in the K-2 category for her adorable, heart-affirming picture book,  Little Pink Pup . My daughter would have *adored* that book as a child.

I'm happy to have had HRH in such great company!