THE COPYCAT

The Copy Cat

Coming March 2020

Middle Grade Fiction

The #MGdebuts Reading Channel is live!

  I love being read to. Which gave me an idea for another way potential readers/teachers/librarians could “sample” some of […]

Introducing The Quartz Creek Ranch Series!

  It’s the book birthday of Kiersi Burkhart and Amber J. Keyser’s four book Quartz Creek Ranch Series!   I’ve […]

Shine on: some year-end thoughts

  This post is my last blogpost for 2016.   So it seemed apropos to share a few things I’m […]

When Your Characters Veer Off Course

  I was fully prepared to draft my current Work in Progress. Character Sheets were done. Scenes were sketched out. […]

Science Girls Rule in Middle Grade!

  There’s nothing I love so much as a middle grade novel in which the main characters – especially young […]

We Need Diverse Books!

  “We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would […]

Some Great Autumn Books!

  Happy Autumnal Equinox!   via GIPHY   I love Autumn!  It’s the season of heavier sweaters, scarves and gloves, […]

Children’s Authors as Role Models

  Do we want our favorite children’s authors to be role models for our children? Should they be?   I […]

Author of Children's Literature