Hello, and welcome to Poetry Friday! Round up is at The Writer's Armchair . My contribution is this poem from Ellen Dore Watson's co...

I've been hearing lots of buzz about this book: Can't wait to read, especially after my recent trip to Vicksburg, where I had a love...

(l-r: Mary Ann Taylor, Irene Latham, Pat Weaver, Stacey Barney and Jana Hutcheson) Vulcan: it's #14 in the book 101 THINGS YOU MUST DO ...

So. Got a lovely email yesterday from a friend who very gently asked, "Where the heck have you been?!" Sadly, not much on the inte...

Announcing the Classof2K10 230-Book Giveaway!

I can't believe it's October. I mean, I love October. I just can't believe it's here already. But wow, is it ever. We...

My Russian readers know what I'm talking about, don't you? And come March 2011, all the rest of my readers will know as well... beca...

Okay. Who hasn't wanted to wake up, just once, in someone else's body? Well, Ginger Rue has written a book about that very thing...

A question came up during an intense discussion among pre-published and published authors at Midsouth SCBWI conference ( see blog for all ...

First of all, it's Poetry Friday!! Dust off your verses, and share something at Roundup: The Blog With the Shockingly Clever Title . Ne...

A few weeks ago my son announced that The Best Book He EVER Had to Read for School was THE GIVER by Lois Lowry . I nodded sagely, having enj...

We all know how a person can be shaped by his or her name, and how our preconceived notions about a name can be shaped by a person. Some of...

You know how sometimes life comes at you so fast you can hardly keep up? Yeah. That's how things have been for me lately. Here are th...

What to say about Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference ? It's tough because I still feel overwhelmed by everthing I learned. And the ...

Still no "official" photo from the Governor's people, but, before you've completely lost interest, I wanted to go ahead an...

Have I mentioned before that my youngest son pretty much HATES to read? Yep. It's enough to break a book-loving mama's heart. But....

Okay. How many of you out there have ever put down your pencil, closed your computer and said, "That's it. I'm done." ??...

So I've been revising my work in progress. To help me along, I picked up a few new books. For the next few weeks, I'd like to shar...

We had so much fun with Kathy and daughter Fiona while they were in Birmingham! We took them to Yogurt Mountain and Vulcan , Birmingham Ci...

Isn't it awesome to be around creative folks? I mean, it really gets the brain cells moving. Which is why I am absolutely itching t...

When my dear friend Susan said, "read Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," I thought, really ? Yes, it's a phenomenon at this point...

Happy Poetry Friday!! I lovelovelove to host this roundup -- please see below for what incredibles ye ole internet has to offer us today. ...

Sarah Frances over at PLOT THIS just wrote a fabulous post about how art is art, no matter what the medium. Sarah Frances is pretty darn fab...

Happy Poetry Friday! Roundup is at Language, Literacy and Love . And come back next Friday, when Roundup is HERE! I'll be giving away...

What I found after almost-thirteen-year-old-niece-who-is-beautiful-and-precious-and-amazing left the house: Adorable, huh?

1. This week I visited the art museum in Myrtle Beach , where the quilts of Gee's Bend are currently on exhibit. What a lovely museum ...

You might have guessed by the fact that I wrote a book about a girl who wears a sack dress and no shoes that fashion is not quite my thing. ...

Welcome to another edition of Poetry Friday! Roundup is at Carol's Corner . Check it out... I promise it will be a white-hot spot in y...

So I've been working on my 2010 quilt project. Youngest son Eric and new kitten Maggie have been helping A LOT. We decided to go with ...