My very first author event

Posted & filed under Events.

As I mentioned in my last post, I had the great good fortune this past weekend of participating in the first-ever Longmont Public Library Teen Author Night, which culminated the weeklong Longmont Library Festival. It also happened to be my first-ever official author event, and the organizers were kind enough to include me even though my… Read more »

Interview with Colorado author Melanie Crowder!

Posted & filed under Colorado is for writers, Desert Girl Monsoon Boy, Interview.

Welcome back to the Colorado is for Writers interview series! Every other Tuesday, I talk to different Colorado-based authors about their work and their connections to this beautiful state. Today, I’m happy to welcome debut middle-grade author Melanie Crowder to the blog! Melanie is the author of Parched, a brutal and beautiful survival story published earlier in 2013 by… Read more »

PARCHED launches!

Posted & filed under All Four Stars, Contest, Getting Published.

Hello, friends! This week, over at Emu’s Debuts, we’re celebrating the launch of my friend Melanie Crowder‘s debut novel, PARCHED. I have a new blog post up over there (featuring quite a few pictures from my round-the-world travels!) about water use around the world. And if you leave a comment, you’ll be entered to win… Read more »