Monthly Archives: February 2009

Follow Me on Twitter

I’ve been on Twit­ter for awhile. I didn’t embrace it at first because it seemed a has­sle to log in just to add a sta­tus update. Then I real­ized that it’s a great way to chron­i­cle events, as well as kib­itz. Chron­i­cle AND kib­itz? That’s my cuppa tea! Please feel free to fol­low me on Twit­ter

The First Star of Tejas

Kirkus has given Soul Enchi­lada a starred review (woot!): “Broke-down pizza-delivery hero­ine Eunice “Bug” Smoot’s snake of a grand­dad sold his soul to the devil for a 1958 Cadil­lac Biar­ritz. When he flies the coop, Satan—aka Scratch—and his crony Beals (short for Beelze­bub) chase Bug down for her soul faster than she can say “repo.”

The Actress Who Will Voice Bug

Bril­liance Audio has posted a bio of Michelle Car­men Gomez, who had signed on to read the audio­book of Soul Enchi­lada: “Michelle Car­men Gomez, a for­mer tele­vi­sion news reporter from Texas, crossed over into audio when award-winning nar­ra­tor Scott Brick rec­og­nized her “unique sound” and encour­aged her to pur­sue a career in voiceover/narration. She has

Themes Fighting Words

Just the other day, Lau­rie Halse Ander­son blogged about a recent uptick in home­work requests. On her web site, as she con­firms, there is a strongly worded post about not send­ing her home­work ques­tions. I’m sure this is very effec­tive for stu­dents who actu­ally read, but as a for­mer high school teacher, I know that