My Most Brutal Agent Critique & What It Taught Me About Diverse Stories
It happened. I finally got the brutal agent response I will talk about twenty years from now at book signings. I'm a real writer now. [...]
5 Amazing Brazilian Children’s Authors
When I first began shopping for children's books in Brazil, I had a hard time finding books by Brazilians. It was crazy. I was in [...]
Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, & Yellow Fever
This is public enemy #1!Aedes aegypti. Know it and squish it! There are over 3,000 species of mosquitoes. A fact I think proves [...]
Getting Our Yellow Fever Vaccines
This is public enemy #1! Aedes aegypti. It carries dengue, zika, & chikungunya. Mosquito born viruses did not cross my mind when considering [...]
20 Fabulous Picture Books with Diverse Female Protagonists
To celebrate International Women's Day this week, I watched a lot of videos with infuriating facts. As a writer, book lover, and mother of a [...]
5 Tips for Authors Writing During a Breakdown of Law & Order
This is the exact opposite of what I looked like reviewing pages to send off. A month ago, my completed YA novel was [...]
A Different Part of the Pig: Volunteering in Croatia
Today is a Throwback Thursday post. I was cleaning out old files and discovered this essay I wrote about a memorable lunch with my homestay [...]
My 10 Favorite Books in 2016
One of the best parts of being a writer is getting to read constantly and when someone raises an eyebrow at the four new novels [...]
When the Police Went on Strike in Vitoria
Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil I'd been wondering how to break a five months long silence on my blog. I couldn't think of a [...]