This has been a busy month for me, with various events to help launch my new novel, Playing by Heart (Vinspire Publishing). Last Friday, O...

So, where do I weigh in on the value of research when writing fiction? Well, for starters, I disagree with Sherman Alexie, a writer I g...

x Howdy, Campers! ~ I'm having the final word, I'm wagging the tail on TeachingAuthors' topic of the National Day on Writing...

If you're one of our regular followers, you know we're currently featuring a series of posts in honor of the Third Annual National D...

    Notice:  I wrote this last week, knowing I would be out of town over the weekend. How was I to know that Ben Stein would do a commentary...

While we Teaching Authors discuss the NCTE’s National Day on Writing , I’m packing for an annual Weekend on Writing—the SCBWI-Wisconsin fall...

Once again, we six Teaching Authors join writers everywhere in celebrating NCTE ’s October 20th National Day on Writing . Which prompts th...

We Teaching Authors are kicking off a series of posts to celebrate The National Day on Writing on October 20th. The event's official w...

I’m a veritable caboose today, bringing up the rear: the last TeachingAuthor to close out our two weeks’ worth of Why We Write posts. Learn...

xxxxxxxxxxxx In honor of NCTE’s National Day on Writing , we Teaching Authors continue to bring you a series of posts about our own reason...

Today is the second annual National Day on Writing . Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), it's a day to ce...

     Why do I write? Boy, what an easy topic. I can rip this blog off while watching Court TV and eating a tuna sandwich.     Or so I thoug...

In honor of NCTE’s National Day on Writing , we Teaching Authors bring you a series of posts about our own reasons for writing. Why do I ...

Ever since I was a girl, I've dreamed of living in a house with its own library. You know-- the kind of room wealthy people in movies ...

     From the time I taught myself to read, I have been an obsessive reader. My mother used to joke that the first time she saw me without ...

JoAnn is unable to post today as planned, so we will continue our series in celebration of the National Day on Writing next week. Meanwhi...

Write? Right! And, especially today, October 20, our National Day on Writing as declared by the National Conference of Teachers of English ...

Today was the third day of our cold, rainy long weekend here in Maryland. Desperate to entertain our restless preschoolers, my husband and I...