Four years, three months, and 530 posts. Also a move from California to Utah and two new books published. But life gets crunched up som...

This week I'm experimenting with the cinquain, a poetry form I've only tried once or twice before. I'm also rejoicing in spri...

I've been talking up Hilary McKay's Casson Family books for a while now, so when I got a chance to interview this author about he...

Top ten? Such a cliché. Here are lists of some of my favorite books in various genres. I’m not going to list big-name classics, though of c...