Many thanks to the wonderful teachers and students at New Windsor Middle School for welcoming me to their classroom yesterday! I did three presentations and I have to confess I was BEYOND nervous at first! But the kids were great and–praise the Lord–the Power Point file my youngest son helped me create worked. [...]

Here’s an entry for my BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT galley give-away contest sent in from Lisa who writes:
The year was 1991.
I have REALLY thick hair. I had never had a perm before and decided to try it. Do you think the woman might have warned me that I’d have hair the size of Texas if [...]

After announcing my BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT galley give-away last Friday, I thought I’d start the week by sharing a story written by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. (And between you and me–that was a really good decision!)
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In my early twenties, I didn’t have a regular stylist. I would just go [...]

From now until my May 1, 2007 release, I’m giving away galley copies of BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT!
Seeing how the setting is in Granny Po’s old-fashioned salon called POLLY’S PARLOR, you can enter by doing one of the following:
1.) Tell me all about or send a jpeg photo of your worst hairstyle or [...]

Oops! I made a mistake on Monday’s post. TANTALIZE by Cynthia Leitich Smith is available as of today and not in March! So, if you’re thirsty for a fun, can’t-put-it-down vampire story, then be sure to check it out! For more details and reviews, go to this blog post.

Enjoy!

Any guesses what we did last weekend?

That’s twelve bags of clothes Bob and I finally tossed from our closets, my friends. Goodwill is going to have a lot of hanging to do!
Problem is, moments before I packed the bags in my van, it hit me. That black cardigan sweater with quarter-length sleeves–the one [...]

I love, love, LOVE reading galleys! They make me feel so deliciously sneaky, being able to read a book before it’s publication. This weekend, I had the liberty of reading Cynthia Leitich Smith’s TANTALIZE, that will be coming out in March 2007 by Candlewick Press.

Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her hybrid-werewolf first love [...]

Punxsutawney Phil, I LOVE YOU! The little cutie did NOT see his shadow!
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2843870
Quote of the day, courtesy of Serena Williams’ mother:
He who doubts . . . loses.
Well said!

I’m in a GREAT mood because . . .
1.) I found “The Safety Dance” on iTunes, which I love, love, love ‘cuz we can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, ‘cuz if friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance, well they’re no friends of mine.
2.) I had [...]