Hello, Nerds,  First of all, I am sorry that I have been so quiet online. In order to get my latest book, Shouting at the Rain, finished it was necessary...

. Hello, Teacher and Librarian WORLD CHANGERS! A TOAST!  To you. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS! ❤ ❤ ❤ Welcome to my fourth annual Middle Grade Authors Love Teachers and Librarians Giveaway! It’s no...

Hello, everyone!  . I’m sorry for the delay. My computer froze and I had to find another one to use. 😦  . HUGE thanks to all of you who entered my...

. Well, I have had quite a week. A week that dreams are made of. Not only was the paperback of FISH IN A TREE released, but I also went on...

THANKS TO Jack and Allie’s Bookstore for partnering with me to offer signed books for the holidays. . If you would like to order ONE FOR THE MURPHYS (hardcover or paperback)...

. I’m on deadline and should be writing my novel right now but I am just SO DARN GRATEFUL, it’s just spilling out of me. I woke up today to find...

. Three years ago, I visited a class whose teacher told me that I “needed to speak with them.” She’d said she had a lot of “Carleys” from my first book,...