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I’ll be on the very fun Insight program with Beth Ruyak. I can’t wait! She’s a great interviewer. If you’re not in the listening area (greater Sacramento), I believe you can listen to the podcast later on their website. I’ll post a link here to it afterward. The deets: Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, radio spot with Beth Ruyak on Insight, Cap Public Radio, between 9 and 10 a.m., on the dial at 90.9 FM...

Our local library has a fantastic kids’ room with many thoughtful activities left out to engage patrons. For instance, a huge loom recently appeared on one of the reading tables, and everyone was invited to weave a row or two or ten. It was neat to see it growing each time we visited. Another neat idea they’re using is a vessel with a few clues inside, and you’re asked to figure out what book it represents. Can you...

I’ll be presenting at the California Writers Club monthly meeting Aug. 7 at the IHOP in Rancho Cordova (near Sacramento). The public is invited; you don’t have to be a member of the club (which was started by Jack London and other early California writers). I like to get the chocolate chip pancakes, but I request that they only put in half the amount they normally do; otherwise, just too chocolatey. I think you can tell...

I’m grateful to bloggers and reviewers who help get the word out about Haunted. There are so many books out there in the marketplace that word of mouth helps enormously to get readers to know about a particular book. Thanks to all who have mentioned my book to others or posted a review! I wanted to share a few recent fun ones. The first is, fittingly, a first for me–a review written by someone in character! Another...

I read voraciously, and I love that adverb. It sounds like how a velociraptor would undertake anything.   Pretty much every sunset of my life has fallen with several pages at least (or hours) under my belt. I no longer have the physical capacity to read until 3 a.m. anymore; my eyelids close despite my fierce admonitions to stay open.   The funny thing is, despite devouring novels like a T-Rex rigged with an arm-lengthener...

Do you like young adult fiction? Do you like to win free stuff in giveaways (not just books, but other stuff)? Would you like to hang around other readers and authors? Come to Hicklebee’s books in San Jose this Friday for a TAB (terrific author bash) hosted by the TAB (teen advisory board). It’s a free event and the more the merrier–this means teens and adults who love Y.A. fiction. I’m coming bearing gifts and...