I’ve been sitting on this until we actually had the award in our hands but on Monday my daughter, Ceara, received her official Gold Key Award and Certificate from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are sponsored by many, including Scholastic books (hence the name). Ceara was one of …
My booksigning last night went very well and I’d like to thank everyone who came and the staff at the Barnes&Noble. We had a lot of fun. Afterwards I had a long chat with a nice lady who is an 8th grade English teacher. I mentioned Scholastic’s marvelous Alliance for Young Artists and Writers which …
Those of you who aren’t getting my newsletter won’t have seen my post from Ireland, complete with a recent photo of Dragonhold-Underhill. But you can go to the Newsletter page and see it there, if you’d like! I’ve been here now since the 13th of July and will be heading back this coming Thursday. The …
Ceara and I were at the Tegan and Sara concert in Copley Hall, San Diego last Wednesday (I missed a class and we were really tired the next day). It was a great concert but the fans were distressing. They were shouting and interrupting when Tegan and/or Sara were bantering with their usual charm. I …