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Friday, February 28, 2014

How a Fearless Possibly Insane Dog Taught Me to Face and Conquer My Own Demons

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Every day two battles are fought and won in my house. Battle # 1 is fierce and loud and stressful and contains lots of slobber and flying ...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Books that Sucked Me in and Blew My Mind

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Lately, I have been a good book reading roll, which is a nice roll to be on when you are NOT on a good writing roll. During the day I (mostl...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Writer's Block Knocks Me Down. But I Get Up Again.

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I didn't used to believe in Writer's Block. I was doing a book talk somewhere or a school visit and during the Q and A a person aske...
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Friday, February 7, 2014

On Being Both a YA & MG Author--Guest Post by Holly Schindler

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I am so excited to be a stop on Holly Schindler's Book Tour, celebrating the release of her middle grade novel The Junction of Sunshine ...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Third Annual Jody-intz Awards (My Take on the Best Young Adult Books)

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This year I almost didn't make a list of my favorite books. This year I'VE got a book out and I thought it might be weird to judge t...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Random Thoughts on the Teacher/Writer Road (Part One)

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First, I need to put it out there how much of a wimp I am when it comes to long solo driving trips. I've tried to analyze this sad fact ...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

A Former Teacher Turned Author Takes the Show on the Road

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I was such an idealistic goofball when I stepped into my first classroom. I'd just turned 23 (only a few years older than the high schoo...
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