Category Archives: Travel

Desert Island Necessities (What does an author really need?)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by

Imagine, if you will, that your cruise ship hit an iceberg, encountered a hurricane or wandered into the Bermuda Triangle. You’ve managed to escape unscathed and have landed on a desert island all by your lonesome. Abundant food is everywhere, … Continue reading →

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Discover-a-whatilbee?

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Six authors walk into a hotel room (two of them virtually)…and find themselves in a Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest/Triberr/Goodreads/Shelfari/Hootsuite madhouse. All in the pursuit of discoverability. Back in October, I attended the annual Novelists, Inc conference in White Plains, NY. We all learned … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Sandler Goes to Washington

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

After a short weekend visit to NYC to attend the winter conference of the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators, I took the train down to DC to visit family. Since I’m under deadline on REVOLUTION, the third book of … Continue reading →

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Road Trip Memories

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks the question, What’s the most dramatic road trip you’ve ever been on? What immediately pops into my mind might not have been a dramatic road trip, but it left wonderful, indelible memories. … Continue reading →

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Micro Booksigning in DC

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

I just got back from downtown DC where I  toured the Capital and had lunch with my son. No trip to a big, unfamiliar city would be complete without at least one episode of me getting completely lost. There was … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Virgin Update #Sandy

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

I think I might still be a hurricane virgin. If there’s an opposite end of “got the worst of it,” that would be us here in NW DC. The wind shook the house a bit, the rain was getting close … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Virgin #SANDY

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

As someone who grew up in Southern California, I grew up being freaked out by earthquakes and wildfires. I live in NorCal now, in a seismically stable area that’s nevertheless just as much at risk of wildland fires. When I … Continue reading →

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#LA12SCBWI – Day 3

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

A day that started great, including a killer chocolate mousse for lunch dessert, then got a little weird on the way home (an accident that trapped me and hundreds of other motorists for an hour on Highway 99). The conference … Continue reading →

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#LA12SCBWI – The Prelude

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

About an hour ago, my son and I arrived at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza for the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) big annual summer conference. The room is quite nice and very spacious. I hadn’t been … Continue reading →

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RTW – Best Book in June

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

YA Highway‘s blog prompt for the last Road Trip Wednesday of the month is always about the best book you’ve read for the month, in this case, What was the best book you read in June? When I took a … Continue reading →

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