Coinciding with the release of Quiet as a Mouse, I thought it would be fun to interview Annie Brazis, the wonderful illustrator of this picture book! It was a real blessing to cross paths with Annie. Her aunt began coming to the writers' group I attend and mentioned that her niece was interested in getting into illustrating children's books. After looking at Annie's website, I quickly set up a time to meet. And here we are, with one book completed together . . . and hopefully

I just heard this African proverb at my grand-daughter's graduation and have been thinking about it ever since. If you want to go fast,...

I will have a table at the annual Stark Author Fair on Saturday, April 12 from 2 PM-4 PM. It will be held at the main library downtown,...

I wrote this piece for a course I took with the Institute of Children’s Literature. The assignment was to create a 500-to-750-word story...