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Here’s one of the fairy tales from  The Rat Queen . This was one of the first things I wrote, even before I knew what the book was about. It...

Writers often mention “Impostor Syndrome,” that unpleasant and sometimes crippling fear that you have no genuine talent and might be unmaske...

This is a true story.  I was living with my parents and six younger siblings in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis. My bedroom was a cu...

Publishing is a sluggish craft, but the big wheel keeps on turning. THE RAT QUEEN has a new cover design, and I gotta say, I LOVE IT. Advanc...

…since my last book. Coming up on three years. Not that I haven’t been writing. Just writing more slowly. And also delayed…by…supply…line…is...

After last year’s pared back celebrations, I was really looking forward to T-Day 2021. It wasn’t the usual full-bore extended family circus ...

A little more than ten years ago I wrote about how to poach an egg.    I was wrong about some things.    Since posting that blog I have poac...

I'm not doing a lot of book stuff this spring, which is good, because there will be mushrooms in the woods that need picking, and yard ...

In honor of International Women's Day, I am reposting this item from six years ago. It is the first of five posts I wrote about strong y...

For about twenty years now I’ve been watching and (mostly) staying out of the debates concerning the viability of self-published books, and...

Otherwood  is a finalist for the Edgar Alan Poe Award in the “juvenile” category. The other finalists are  Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott...