Has it been a year already? Congrats to all the long listers ❤️

New York friends! If you’re in the Rochester area, please join Yuko Jones for the launch of our picture book - PERFECT!

Seven people have died in that chair: two heart attacks, two strokes, two choking incidents, and one case of spontaneous bleeding from nose, mouth, and ears. DON'T SIT IN IT.

A stormy day on the OBX.

So excited for this chance to work with Jean Reidy (I ❤ Truman btw!). Thx to Lauri Hornik for this pairing and to best agents Erin Murphy & Caryn Wiseman for championing us always. 2027 can't come soon enough!

Did I absolutely believe everything that happened to Dexter Foreman in Gordon korman HarperKids OLD SCHOOL (1/14/24)? No. But did it make me wish that #MGLit would go back to funny, not-quite-believable plot lines and characters? ABSOLUTELY!

As do I.

Lisa Schmid 👻 HART & SOULS—Out Now! The market is slow but we’re making a big push for middle grade over at Random House, for what that’s worth. We agree that it’s so essential to growing lifelong readers 💜

This is collection of photographs of the people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

I wrote for about fifteen minutes today. Can't wait for things to settle down around here so I can grab my usual chunks of time. This novel is going to be slow going at this rate.

I am ALL about having grandparents accompany tweens on adventures and mystery solving. James Ponti Simon Kids was a fantastic romp in Florida that had a lot of twists and turns! msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-sh…

When your mom checks your Amazon sales rank and sends you this screen shot. Love seeing my Jubilee next to Coyote again!!

Our class was drawn in to Loren Long The Yellow Bus- brilliant use of pencil/ color illus, poignant story that keeps you guessing bus’ next steps. So many predictions! Attention to detail! This book’s a winner.

whenever a man says “childless women contribute nothing to society,” the ghost of the famously unmarried Jane Austen rises and says, “you are such a disagreeable man that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by you.”

Once again, thanks to the mysteries of Amazon, my book 365 DAYS TO ALASKA is on sale for 8.00--LESS than the paperback! If you want a heartfelt story about resilience, change, nature, family, friendship, and crows, flap on over for your copy! #mglit #teacher #Librarian

✨ Thank you Simon & Schuster , @allisondhpics , and Stimola Literary Studio for making the magic happen. ✨Thank you universe for sending me this dream team. ✨ I can’t wait to share THE SIREN AND THE STAR with you! ✨

Anyone who thinks you could just pick up an adult goose and carry it around like this while avoiding serious injury doesn't know a whole lot about geese.

All hail the Queen—Queen Nutmeg! #caturday

Perfect is the enemy of good. I heard that first from Allan Gurganus, and I think of it every time I'm pushing through a messy first draft. #writing #mglit #Creative