School Library Journal Review

Thanks to the reviewers at School Library Journal for saying nice things about Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone in their October issue.

KUER Fall Fund Raiser

So, I spent Friday afternoon answering phone calls and taking pledges for my old university's public radio station, KUER at the University of Utah. I had fun and we raised about $2500 in two hours when no one was supposed to call. Not bad. Some of the other Utah authors and I took various shifts to help out. We're so civic minded.

Podcast Interview of Me

My daughter makes delightful podcasts at

jellycast: avocadoknits

She interviewed me for one podcast at

http://www.jellycast.com/directory/index.php?page=jellycast&id=220

It was a lot of fun. Go check it out.

Writing for Charity Event was a Success

I had a great time last Saturday with 26 other Utah writers of children's and YA books as we gathered to participate in a charity event for the Tree House Children's museum in Ogden. We raised about $9,000 and were able to workshop first pages with over 140 aspiring writers. Everyone seemed to have fun and so did I.