I’m often asked about my DOYLE & FOSSEY: SCIENCE DETECTIVES series. Kids love them. Parents love them. Teachers love them. But, until now, only book one was available in paperback (which, sadly, very sadly, went out of print). I’m tickled to announce that — woo-hoo! — the entire series of DOYLE & FOSSEY: SCIENCE DETECTIVES [...]
May 20th, 2009
Ten Ways to Make Your Editor Love You
1. Be personable, yet professional – It’s a fine line. If you met face-to-face with your editor today, you’d probably have lunch, coffee and dessert, laugh, talk shop, and then leave feeling like you’ve discovered the secrets of levitation and everlasting bliss. But remember you are also in a professional relationship: you have deadlines to [...]
May 15th, 2009
Booksigning Sat, May 16
Hope you can join me at one of my booksignings on Saturday, May 16 (yes, that’s tomorrow). 1:30-2:15 PM: Mockingbird Books, 7220 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle, WA, (206) 518-5886. 4:00-5:00 PM: Orca Books, 509 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA, (360) 352-0123 It looks like it will be another gorgeous day here in the Pacific Northwest, [...]
May 6th, 2009
Back On Track
I’ve finished my round of antibiotics. The wheezing in my lungs is almost gone. I can take a deep breath now without feeling like I have a fist-sized rock in my right lung. Yay!!! Now it’s a matter of getting myself back on track exercise-wise and head-wise. Should be simple. But I admit, I’ve enjoyed [...]
