I’m a guest on Janet Lee Carey’s blog, Library Lions this week. Please hop over as I roar for libraries and librarians!

Janet is the author of The Double Life of Zoe Flynn and In the Time of the Dragon Moon, among other great books.

What I want to talk about is over-revising your writing.

Oh. Even at my desk in the Seattle area I can hear shouts from New York agents and editors: “Nooooooo! Polish your woooork!”

Ignore them. Some of us perseverate on manuscripts that we need to release. This is a r...

They are in front of every store this weekend, but good cookies are just a tip of the iceberg.

In January I got to read Maddi’s Fridge to a local Brownie and Daisy troop. They were about to launch a food drive for their school’s food pantry.

I spoke to them about how M...