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Chaos vs calm….some thoughts on writing process

July 7, 2014 No Comments

Writer Bruce Black (www.wordswimmer.blogspot.com) invited me to be part of the My Writing Process Blog Tour. I think he might have realized that we’re a bit like salt

I consciously choose to remove anger and fear from my life…

February 19, 2014 No Comments

My friend Bethany Hegedus wrote an amazing picture book about a grandfather, family and the search for peace. Reading Grandfather Ghandi reminded me that

While I’m writing…..

December 27, 2013 No Comments

I listen to music while I’m writing, revising and editing. So this year is ending with work on Things I’ll Never Say, Short Stories About Our Secret Selves (Candlewick,

Can we change the world with our words? I think so.

December 14, 2013 No Comments

It’s time to say happy graduation to five more writers from the Mary University English Graduate Program and to welcome them into a world where their creative work will inspire and challenge

Where have I been lately?

November 30, 2013 No Comments

Somehow, this header seems like it should be a literal question. But I’m here and I’ve been right here for the last few months. I just haven’t been keeping

This new book speaks to Adoption and the heroes in our midst

October 9, 2013 No Comments

Hey all, Look what’s available now…. I wrote a blog for the Children’s Literature Network about how this book came out of an

When you stop to look closely you can see…..

August 18, 2013 No Comments

Look closely and you can see an eagle’s nest….. Here’s the eagle…. August is the most heartbreaking month. It’s the time when cicadas call out warnings

The puzzle of writing a novel

August 3, 2013 1 Comment

Guess what I’ll be teaching this fall. Yep. You guessed it. Novel writing. This isn’t my first experience with novel writing. I’ve got six

On writing biography and nonfiction

July 24, 2013 2 Comments

Although I’ve always loved to write about real people, I didn’t actually set out to be a biographer. There were times I refused that role and worked exclusively

Oct. 18-20, 2013 SCBWI-WI Fall Conference. Madison at Bishop O’Connor Center. Six National Speakers: Adah Nuchi (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Julie Ham (Charlesbridge), Ben Rosenthal (Enslow), Author/Illustrator -Judith Byron Schachner,

It’s SUUMmmmmmmmmmerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

May 15, 2013 No Comments

Graduation is Saturday and I have a daughter getting her masters in education. Congratulations, Amanda! I’ll be taking some time off from this blog (not that

Getting ready to write with survivors

May 5, 2013 No Comments

I’ve been reading like a madwoman and researching poetry, writing to heal and memoir in preparation to work with survivors of domestic violence and sexual exploitation. The workshops won’t begin

Another great year at the WEMTA Authors’ Fair

April 13, 2013 No Comments

Members of the Wisconsin Chapter of SCBWI at the Author Fair at WEMTA. Back row: Janet Halfmann, Dori Chaconas, Stephanie Lowden, Jacqueline Houtman, Patricia Pfitsch,

Here’s to changing community perceptions of sexual exploitation and domestic violence

March 22, 2013 No Comments

People who know me are aware that I’ve been working on research for a book addressed to teens that focuses on trafficking, sexual exploitation and the domestic violence issues that come

Considering the act of writing in a snowstorm

February 26, 2013 3 Comments

The view from my front door is pretty enough to remind me of Camelot. But winter in Wisconsin is cold and gray. I’m not

Really, it’s true. I’m gonna be on stage with the band

January 31, 2013 No Comments

Here are the details: The Annie Rose Band is producing a Janis Joplin Tribute to be held Saturday, February 2 at the Capitol Civic Center. And I’m gonna be on

Thinking about Great Young Adult Nonfiction

October 30, 2012 No Comments

Hey all, I’ve been out and about the last few weeks talking to writers, teachers, librarians and students. Almost all of you have asked what makes good young

The first time a student workshops and a musical surprise!

September 28, 2012 No Comments

It is always, always such a treat to begin a semester with new writers. They come into class a bit timidly, fearful I think, that the stories

Attending a superstar book signing and then there’s a book signing…

September 12, 2012 No Comments

Yesterday I went with my husband to a sports’ superstar’s booksigning. And, because it was a book signing, we both bought a copy of the book along with the 400 or

The quiet girl at the back of the writing workshop….

August 26, 2012 No Comments

Do you remember the moment you discovered the love of writing story? Do you recall who supported you and encouraged you? Perhaps because of that encouragement, and despite a bit of