• A Good Reader Is Like A Dementor: Writing Wisdom From Rebecca Stead

    I’ve been meaning to do this little post for a month now, following my glorious January residency. What can I say? It’s a good thing I’m no longer in journalism! Anyway — here it goes. Rebecca Stead, middle-grade author of Newbery-winning “When You Reach Me” and most recently, “Liar & Spy” came to Vermont last month…


  • What I’ve Learned In Vermont (So Far)

    So, how is it? What have you learned? What are you learning? As soon as I came back from my first residency at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Writing For Children and Young Adults MFA program, the questions started pouring in. Once, I was once one of the eager questioners,  hungry for any nuggets of wisdom…