What is there to say when you are writing the way I have been writing? There is no way to make it interesting--it is solitary, introspective, internal; it moves underneath ordinary life. All I can say about my work this month is that sentences are becoming paragraphs. Paragraphs are becoming pages. I am grateful (more…)
Selected WorksAdults and Young Adults
A 2010 Green Earth Book Awards Honor Book
Younger Readers
A new twist to a very old story. Beautifully illustrated by Heather Solomon.
A tall tale from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Winner of the 2002 Charlotte Zolotow Award for best writing in a picture book. Available in hardcover and paperback.
Works in Progress
A middle grade novel, fall 2012.
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Transformations in WritingDigging InJanuary 11, 2012
Currently I am awaiting the galleys for FOUR SECRETS, also awaiting a response to my novel THE BEETLE BOY and working steadily on the short stories that will comprise the novel HOW SHE LEFT. January is proving to be a month during which I can write every day, even it it is only for (more…)
ResolutionsDecember 30, 2011
I had hoped to finish a first draft of a novel-in-stories, but the month of December was filled with tasks and programs and holiday concerns that took me away from a solid writing schedule. That's okay. I am about two-thirds finished with this new project, tentatively titled HOW SHE LEFT. Now it will take (more…)
Christmas GiftsDecember 6, 2011 
Joyeux Noel!
Thanksgiving With MeNovember 22, 2011 
Four SecretsNovember 13, 2011 
Am I fifteen in this photo? Or thirty-five?
A Lush October, Many ProjectsOctober 25, 2011 
The PACT revision is a more analytic process--taking something I wrote 2 years ago and solving problems in logic and (more…) DreamsJuly 30, 2011
Epigram for the new novel: "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." Henry David Thoreau
I am nervous about my newly finished novel relying so heavily on the character's ongoing nightmares. It seems a tricky conceit, and one that is easy for writers to abuse. However, it is crucial to the plot that my (more…) A Continuation of Moths and MetamorphosesJuly 16, 2011
Moths and Metamorphoses is the blog I started with the publication of A SUMMER OF SILK MOTHS in 2009. I am now starting a new record of my observations, projects and concerns as a writer in the process of tranforming (more…)
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