I travel quite a bit for business. I usually book Holiday Inn Express by IHG IHG Hotels & Resorts because the quality of the hotels is pretty consistent compared to other chains. I am 5'8. And when I sit on some of today's hotel beds, my feet barely touch the floor. What's up with these taller beds?!

Awww! I love it! And BookBreak School Author Talks is awesome!

Bobbie Pyron .Author Lisa Fipps

Thrilled to find out that AND THEN, BOOM! is a 2026 Nominee for the The Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award in division two, for 6th- through 8th-graders! Thank you so much, MYRA!!!

It was a pleasure to talk to the students about AND THEN, BOOM! My thanks to everyone who made it happen! You have great students!

The fear. The 1,000-yard stare. The trying to remember. The slowly fading. #Alzheimers

In case you missed it — the FDA cleared the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s earlier this week. Here’s what this means for our community: For too long, Americans have struggled to get a simple and accurate diagnosis. This action by the FDA is a major step toward

Using AI to create some art for home was a disaster. So I asked AI, "Have you tried unplugging yourself and plugging yourself back in?" I think I won the internet today.

True story. Can I get an amen? #authorscommunity

I am so excited and honored for STARFISH to receive the Nutmeg Children's Book Award! I love that Connecticut students choose the winner. Thanks to the students of Connecticut, Connecticut Association of School Librarians, and Connecticut Library Association!

He totally escaped just for the helicopter ride.

Ecstatic!

Who thinks it'd be fun if Ring allowed you to blare snippets of music appropriate for various situations. So when the camera captures a neighbor, you could play, "Every step you take, I'll be watchin' you." There a knock on the door? "Who are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?"

I'll take it as a win!

Thank you children’s book specialists for selecting STARFISH for the Menderist Summer Reading list of 19 books with mental health themes that are suitable for parents and children to read and discuss together!

Companies have created ads using the Coldplay kiss cam CEO/HR scandal. And there are so many memes. It needs to stop. The spouses who were cheated on, and their children, don't deserve to have their lives turned into jokes.

An author recently told me: “I’ve had this idea for years…but someone else probably already wrote it.” And I said, “But they didn’t write it like you will.” Don’t kill your story before it has a heartbeat.

Thanks to Summit Lakes Middle School library, I've leveled up to have Ellie, from my book STARFISH, be a part of the Taylor Swift craze. And I'm here for it.