Writing

Baltimore Book Fest and Just Write Conference Recap!

I’m still pooped from this past weekend! It was long but oh-so-wonderful, between the Baltimore Book Festival and Just Write Conference at the Bel Air branch of the Harford County Library. On Friday, the Baltimore Book Festival didn’t begin until 11:00, but I arrived at 9:00 to help Kathy MacMillan set up. (She wrote the upcoming Sword and …

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2015 Baltimore Book Festival … got books, hon?

Happy Friday! I’ve just posted a monstrous post over at As The Eraser Burns about How SCBWI MD/DE/WV will be rocking the 2015 Baltimore Book Festival with bios for all participating members. Check it out if you plan on going! I love the Baltimore Book Festival. Love, love, love it, so I’m really excited about spending Friday and …

Book Birthday: HOODOO by Ronald L. Smith

Happy book birthday to fellow Marylander, Ronald L. Smith for yesterday’s release of his debut mid-grade novel, HOODOO with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt! Twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher was born into a family with a rich tradition of practicing folk magic: hoodoo, as most people call it. But even though his name is Hoodoo, he can’t seem to cast …