proof, if proof be needed
I’m not one to celebrate a lot of bookish milestones. In fact, I’m not one to celebrate milestones, period. I’m pretty happy to let birthdays slide by without notice. Holiday traditions I can take or leave. That’s a shame, really, if I think about it. Growth comes from reflection. Meaning-making does too.
December 11th is a memorable day in my family’s history. For sad reasons, not good. But it’s a day of undeniable reflection and of much-needed meaning. So this year, on December 11th, when I received both sets of first pass pages (from the US and the UK) for … read the rest
Happy Loving Day!
The picture on the left is from my wedding day, taken back in 1999. Prior to June 12, 1967, if my husband and I had tried to get married, our union would have been considered illegal in over sixteen states. We might have been arrested: just like Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving, a black and Native American woman and a white man, who were arrested and sentenced to jail time in Virginia after their 1958 marriage.
You can read more about the Lovings here and how they took their case all the way to the Supreme Court. And won. It … read the rest
CHARM & STRANGE news...
Yay, I am really happy to announce that CHARM & STRANGE is going to be published in the UK!
Stephanie Kuehn’s CHARM & STRANGE, about a sixteen-year-old boy stuck at a Vermont boarding school who’s convinced his destiny is to transform into a violent wolf, just like his father before him, and who has perfected the art of shutting people out — until the truth of who he really is comes to light as he forms an unexpected friendship with a young woman with her own troubled past, to Ali Dougal at Egmont, by Caspian Dennis
The learning curve of grief
Where do we learn how to grieve? That’s what I’ve been thinking about lately. I know we learn about grief through loss. But the how part, I’m still not sure. Do we learn from our family and friends? From what we see on tv or read about in books?
Once upon a time, my Will and I got married in the middle of the California wine country. The sun was hot. The hills were golden. We were surrounded by loved ones. A few days after the ceremony we flew down to San Jose del Cabo to spend our honeymoon at … read the rest
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