May 25, 2009 Posted by thunderchikin

Been Awhile

I was shocked! shocked! when I realize three weeks have passed since the last post. What’ve I been doing? It would be great to say that it was a terrific new project that I kept under wraps. Sadly, I’ve only been working through a revision (it’s done and is marinating before it goes out) and starting up my annual summer school courses.. While I wasn’t looking, though, people have been posting about... read more

May 7, 2009 Posted by thunderchikin

November 18-21, 2010: NCTE/ALAN

November 18-21, 2010: NCTE/ALAN Workshop (Orlando) Times: TBA Activity: Signing BLACK HOLE SUN in the HarperCollins booth and speaking on a panel at ALAN Workshop with Jo Knowles, Kerry Madden, and Chris Crowe. Share read more

May 4, 2009 Posted by thunderchikin

Boys & Girls Club Brilliance

Ever had the odd experience of *knowing* you’ve made a post, but when you look back, it’s not there? That’s the case with my post last week chronicling the second day of the WonderTwins Mini-Tour. Although I wrote the post, somehow my blogging client software didn’t follow my command to post it. What good is software if it doesn’t follow your commands? The original post is... read more

May 1, 2009 Posted by thunderchikin

Five for Friday

Reviews and interviews, plus a hunt for luggage: 1. Alethea Kontis interviews me for Ingram Book Company 2. Jia on the Dear Author blog says nice things about Soul Enchilada. 3. The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books says this: “Bug finds that she is a key tool in Beals’ plan to overthrow Lucifer as head of the underworld, and that gives her just the amount of leverage she needs to... read more