As my feet slipped into the pinkish sand, I thought, “I’ve been here before.” And I had. In 1977 my family, including my Mom and Dad and four brothers, flew to Eleuthera, Bahamas to visit my older sister Karen. She was living there with her then-husband, who was serving in the Navy. I was sixteen […]
When asked what I do, I used to rip off a litany of roles I’ve served. Wife, mom, founder of Claire’s Day, former council woman. Now I simply respond; I write. I write. The next question is the obvious. What do you write? And I say, children’s books. Usually people are pretty stoked about that […]
My biography of Virginia Hamilton is a finalist for an Ohioana Award. I am so honored! http://www.ohioana.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/May-2018-Ohioana-Newsletter.pdf
My daughter Kyle gave me an incredible gift this Christmas. It is a letter book, Treasured Passages, for mother and daughter. The concept is I fill out a card with a writing prompt, and send to her. She then fills out the card with her answers, and sends back to me to include within the […]
Post Script noun an additional statement or action that provides further information on or a sequel to something. Seven years ago, I served as the adult leader in a church youth group mission. The teenagers assigned to work with me were from across the country. They were amazing as we were thrust into a situation […]
As I begin to write this, my cell phone flashes 3:33. I wake up constantly to this same time, almost to the point that I think my circadian rhythms are aligning to this number. What it symbolizes to me is that I have 3 kids, always 3 kids. I have one who is no longer […]
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As I began to reflect on an amazing series of coincidences which lead up to a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all of us involved, a classic Seals and Crofts song came to mind; Life, so they say, is but a game And they let it slip away Love, like the autumn sun Should be dyin’, but […]
I just finished reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic. The subtitle to this work by the author of Eat, Pray, Love is Creative Living Beyond Fear. I really wanted to enjoy the book for several reasons. One, it was recommended by my friend and editor, Michelle Houts, and two, anything that suggests Big Things will happen […]
I had the chance this past weekend to hang with my friends and fellow children’s book authors, Michelle Houts and Nancy Roe Pimm. We bunked together to share on expenses the night prior to the Cincinnati Book Festival. The evening was a writer’s pajama party dream. After an evening filled with stories about our latest […]
