Death Comes to the Science Fair is live! Click here to go to Amazon. https://a.co/d/d4llmzk This book has been quite the learning experience, not just because I struggled with the writing, but because I made so many mistakes in getting it finally published! I looked straight at a mockup of the cover and failed to [...]
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Where is my Book?
My brain is seriously scattered these days. I’m waiting for the second proof copy of my book so I can check on the new iteration of the cover art. I absolutely love the picture, and it is full of tiny details that make me laugh. Death Comes to the Science Fair needs to make its [...]
Shadows on the moon
“You have a halo that I can’t see.” I used to tell my students they had halos, when we walked from the school to the church early Friday mornings. I was responsible for the student lectors and would take them to church when the dew was often still on the grass, to practice their reading. [...]
Blurb!
I've spent two days agonizing over the blurb for Death Comes to the Science Fair. It's definitely reached the Don't get it right, get it written stage. When Laurel, a new first-grade teacher at the local Catholic school, witnesses a random car crash on her way to work, she has no idea that it will [...]
Blessed Fra Angelico
Diane Tucker’s blog, the Shy MuseumGoer, has a new posting about Blessed Fra Angelico. The pictures are beyond lovely and her descriptions are illuminating, as always. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2025/11/15/explore-fra-angelico-paintings/ Diane Tucker is the kind of person who takes a friend to the museum, and pretty soon has half a dozen other people following her around, pretending it’s [...]