I try to talk about books, but all you want are cupcakes.

Posted & filed under Fun, Recipes.

A few people have asked me for the recipe for those strawberry cupcakes they saw in my book giveaway post (and that currently grace this site’s header), so I thought I should share! This is the recipe I use. I usually halve it, but I use a smaller-sized muffin tin and still end up with… Read more »

Choose Your Own Adventure Giveaway!

Posted & filed under Agents, Book Deal, Contest, Fun, Gladys Gatsby.

Yep, I’m still finding ways to celebrate the fact that my debut middle-grade novel, The Delicious Double life of Gladys Gatsby, is getting published. (When you have a two-year wait for publication, you need to stretch the fun out as long as you can!) This past weekend, my husband and I threw a little “Tara has… Read more »

Gettin’ my nerd on.

Posted & filed under Agents, Getting Published, Gladys Gatsby, Interview, Submission, Writing.

Whoa, two posts in one week? Does this signal the beginning of a new, more rigorous blogging schedule? Nah. I’ve been too busy drafting a new WIP (that’s “Work In Progress” for the un-writerly-acronym-initiated), so posting here will probably remain somewhat sporadic for a while–though I am hoping to do a nice celebratory book giveaway… Read more »

Do the Happy Waddle

Posted & filed under Book Deal, Getting Published, Gladys Gatsby, Submission.

Greetings from Indiana, where I am having a wonderful time getting to know my tiny new niece and nary a green vegetable has passed my lips in three days! I posted about this on yesterday Facebook and Twitter (and if you have a subscription to Publishers’ Marketplace, it’s possible that you saw it there), but… Read more »