Yes, it’s true. Tomorrow night I hop on a plane and fly to London, England, to begin a whirlwind 10-day book tour, thanks to my incredible U.K. publisher, Andersen Press. I’m going because they will soon be publishing the first-ever U.K. edition of “Word Nerd” – here is the U.K. cover. It is beautiful in […]
Cat Hide ‘n Seek and Other Distractions from Writing
I am done a new novel. Submitted the final draft a short while ago, and now it goes to copy editing. My writer friends will know what a great sense of accomplishment there is at this stage. For about forty-eight hours. Then the usual thoughts bubble to the surface. “Why are you slacking off?” “You […]
David Walliams and Me
So, this happened last night: I interviewed best-selling author David Walliams in front of five hundred adoring fans. How this came about: A couple of weeks ago, one of the owners of Kidsbooks, our beloved and cherished children’s bookstore here in Vancouver, called to ask if I would interview him for his first North American […]
Schrodinger the Cat, in Multiple Boxes
It will come as no surprise to many that I love cats. I am a little bit cat-obsessed. I post way too many cat photos on Facebook. Look, I’m a new semi empty-nester, okay? So I pour all that excess love into the other creatures left in my house (with the exception of my husband. […]
12 Author Days of Christmas – Linda Bailey and Susan Juby
And the last two authors of the 12 Author Days of Christmas are … Linda Bailey and Susan Juby. I had to do these two together, because even though they write very different books, they have more in common, at least with me, than they might think. First of all, I met both of them […]
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