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Children’s books

The Tug of War Between Literary and Commercial…

05.08.2010

There’s been some talk lately around the kid lit blogs about literary fiction versus commercial. Although nearly impossible to define—and let’s not forget how subjective that definition would be as well—literary fiction is perceived to be more quiet, lyrical, and character driven, where commercial fiction is plot driven. Fine. But is one better than the [...]

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And Now Out in Paperback…

26.03.2010

Just a quick announcement—my picture book, Christmas Eve Blizzard is now out in paperback. Yay! It’s never too early to do some Christmas shopping, now is it?

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Happy (Reading) New Year!

01.01.2010

I’m not good at updating my reading list (as you can probably tell). The holiday time is when I treat myself to new books. Yes, I buy books other times, too, but at Christmas I get the books I really have been wanting and had put off. I hound brick & mortar stores, online stores, [...]

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A Thank You…

17.12.2009

Just a shout out and a thank you to Jennifer Clark Estes at A Mom’s World for including my picture book Christmas Eve Blizzard in her post about books for Christmas… Thanks Jennifer!

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