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Welcome, Apocalypse!

Happy 2012, everyone! Luckily, for all of us, author Lucas Klauss was wrong in his...
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From Soup to Cookies

Decoupage isn’t the only thing I like doing during the holidays. Though it’s pretty much...
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Time to Decoupage

The holidays are coming, and I’ve hardly been crafty all YEAR. So now it’s time...
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November was Just Contemporary!

My love affair with contemporary fiction started with a book I randomly found at the...
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Things I am Thankful For

(In no particular order) Electricity. Books. People who read books. Talking about books with people...
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New Cover for BEING FRIENDS WITH BOYS

Back in March, my editor showed me what had been drawn up for the cover...
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More About Soup

Did I mention that one of the really terrific things about making a pot of...
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The Three Amgios and How I Became One of Them

By seventh grade, I knew my time as a trick-or-treater was coming to an end....
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Virtually In Love with VIRTUOSITY (and Jessica Martinez)

Contemporary, real-life fiction with a larger-than life setting or circumstance is one of my favorites....
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An Ode to Soup

The weather is cooling. The dark is descending earlier and earlier. People are decorating their...
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Walking Like an Egyptian with Vicky Alvear Shecter

In sixth grade, I was on the brink of becoming a little too old to...
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Happy Half Birthday, “Songs In My Head Upon Waking!”

My “Songs In My Head Upon Waking” turned six months old this week. That is...