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My October middle-grade novel about a secret agent nanny and her three charges. (Four, if you count Yeti.)

I can’t tell you the number of times Mary and I have read Dream Boy. This weekend, we’re reading it again — it’s our last weekend to make changes before the book becomes a book. A little bleary-eyed (water in … Continue reading →

Went to Ford’s Theatre this weekend, and to the Peterson House across the street, where President Lincoln died. It got me thinking about a lot of things: race, the presidency, safety, acting and spurs, to name a few. It got … Continue reading →

I returned recently from a workshop at the Highlights Foundation where we focused on minor characters and transitions. The workshop was led by Jan Cheripko, who gives his own minor characters their proper due in Imitate the Tiger and other fine … Continue reading →

Imagine what it would be like to have a police car in front of every church on Easter Sunday. Growing up, on the Jewish High Holy Days, there was always a cop in front of our synagogue. “Why are they … Continue reading →