Hey! So I've been invited to participate in the Provo Children's Book Festival this year at the Academy Library. Come visit. I'...

The next book in the Sugar Plum Ballerinas series is out tomorrow (May 5). There was a mention on The View this morning - sorry, you missed ...

No, I haven't joined a Mario Lopez fan club. But I am quite personally invested in his latest project. I just found out that there's...

Last year as I was hunting for Day of the Dead decorations for my big party, I ran across an amazing Frida Kahlo charm necklace, and had to ...

Thanks to the ever fabulous Amy Gordon for the Hulu clip clipping tip.

A fun little promotional video on the Scholastic site. Sugarplum Ballerinas starts about 2:14.

Children's Literature Forum 2009 Go to that link and you will see that I am one of the presenters or speakers or whatever we are called....

Finally! Something not from years ago. This is a project that's still in progress, but here are some samples of the character art. It...

About a month ago I wrote about my anti-Facebook stance. Well, a couple weeks ago, after being reassured it wasn't scary, I decided to ...

I was doing a search for some elf reference and my little elf illustration came up a few times, and I noticed that the links are all broken....

I've been scouring old archived dvd's and hard drives trying to find an old photo I need to an upcoming book catalog. As a result, ...

Found out today that Plum Fantastic has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens...

Happy New Year! So one of my resolutions for the new year is to go nuts selling stuff on eBay. I'm hoping to move before the end of the ...

Once again, I didn't quite get it together to send out Christmas Cards, much less paint something new for a card.... so I grabbed some p...

So every once in a while, it's fun to Google your own name to see what comes up. It's interesting, and maybe a touch creepy. Taking ...

Hey - finally something not Sugar Plum related! And some of it even seasonally relevant! Above is an illustration I did for the December iss...

I suppose I should post something other than Sugar Plum Ballerinas news, but I don't really have any other news at the moment. Halloween...

Just got the word, Plum Fantastic has debuted at #3 on next week's NYT bestseller list, in the children's paperback category. How co...

They have a clip of Whoopi's interview, and the first chapter of the book posted at Good Morning America's website. She didn't ...

So I thought I'd have my own little media blitz here at the ol' blog, and post some more about the Sugar Plum books . I'm often ...