What was the name of that YA series??

May 23, 2017

For years and years, I could not remember the name of the book series I enjoyed so much as a …

Mankato’s writing talent

March 14, 2017

Mankato is home to three 2017 Minnesota Book Award finalists, who all appeared March 9 at the local Barnes and …

March 9, 2017

Watch this video: The Ugly Truth of Children’s Books In this video, a mother and daughter remove books from a shelf. …

March 8, 2017

…of this place: And these books: On Tuesday, I went inside the Waseca-Le Sueur Public Library for the first time …

March 3, 2017

I’ll be teaching various memoir and nonfiction workshops around Minnesota in the next few months. If you write memoir/nonfiction please …

February 1, 2017

The Jan. 20 edition of Shuffle Function was devoted to Johnny Marr. I was the special guest, as co-hosts Tim …

January 16, 2017

I was honored to be invited to be part of Mankato’s #WritersResist event on January 15. The event was billed as …

January 9, 2017

Originally posted on We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down:
This picture was taken at preschool screening. I remember the day well because I was so…

January 3, 2017

I’m so excited to offer again a memoir workshop weekend in Grand Marais this year! I had a fabulous time …

November 29, 2016

You know you’re busy when it’s hard to find the time to bang out 300-400 words for a blog post! …