Happy Poetry Friday! Hi there!  This is the last of six blog posts about how we got the idea for one of our books.  (And speaking of our ...

I never planned to write Rosa, Sola . And I never would have if I hadn't gone to graduate school. You see, Rosa, Sola is based on eve...

     How do I begin a story?  Usually, with an idea that jumps on my shoulder and shouts "Pick me, pick me." Sometimes the idea se...

When I was a kid, I sang a lot. My whole family did. Our mother sang love songs while she did housework and taught my sisters and me how to ...

I tell my school audiences, Kindergarten through high school: our writer’s job is to notice the world. We use our five senses to: see, hea...

My four-year-old daughter woke up yesterday morning and announced, with terrific enthusiasm, that she wanted to "write a book for Dr. (...

I almost deleted the email. It came from my website and the subject header was, “Question for You”…as in Blessed One, How much money can...

Congratulations to our New Year Resolution Contest Winner:   Irene Latham Irene's 6-word resolution was: Celebrate. Create. Inspire....

I'm the last TeachingAuthor to announce my resolution for this New Year. (I hope you're not sick of the topic by now.) My fellow bl...