Thank you to everyone who attended the virtual online party last week. I really appreciate your support and that a lot of you bought a book from me or on Amazon! WOW! I am honored and flattered. The winners of the party are: Cathy Hall: Journal Dasha V: Copy of Finding My Place: One Girl’s [...]

Debbie Fox wrote the most amazing e-mail and sent me a link to a review copy of her new book, Quiet Kid. Debbie is extremely talented. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, and the theme of this book is so important. Quiet kids are NORMAL–and it is hard to be a quiet kid in a world [...]

If you haven’t heard about Sonia’s Song by Sonia Korn-Grimani (pictured to your right) yet, then here’s another chance! She has written a book mostly about her childhood surviving the Holocaust, and she has a copy to giveaway for my readers (or you can choose her music CD if you already have her book). Please [...]

Welcome to the Finding My Place virtual online party today! I’m so glad you could join in on the fun. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day and week to party with me and find out more about my book, Finding My Place. There’s a lot to do and prizes to [...]

I’m honored to have a guest post written by Sonia Korn-Grimani, author of Sonia’s Song, on my blog today. Sonia is writing about a very important topic for all of us to share with our children and students–no matter what their age–BELIEVING IN YOURSELF! On Thursday, I will have a review of Sonia’s book; you [...]

I am honored to host Nina Amir on my blog today for her tour for How to Blog a Book! I am going to provide a short review, conduct an interview with Nina, and host a giveaway for a print or ebook copy. To enter, leave a question or comment below by Wednesday, October 24 [...]

Today, I thought I would share some writing prompts that teachers, librarians, and homeschoolers can use with my book: Finding My Place. I also thought I would share a couple photos of my first book signing with you–it was a very exciting time! I am happy to travel anywhere to do programs or sign books. [...]

*Young adult, contemporary fantasy *17-year-old boy as the main character *Rating: I love this book–I love Holly Black. (I actually met her a few years ago at Words in the Woods–and she is super nice and smart, too!) I’m sorry that I’m behind the times on reading her books. She put this series out when [...]

I am very excited about the current WOW! blog tour for the memoir, Sonia’s Song by Sonia Korn-Grimani. So excited that I’ll be hosting something to do with her book THREE times this month!(For a complete review and a guest post from Sonia, tune back in the week of October 22nd.) I chose to feature [...]

In my novel, Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg which you can buy here, I have a main character and her brother, who is also in the book A LOT! I hope that this will help the book appeal to both girls and boys. I thought I would start with Anna Green, whom [...]