Midwife, nurse, grandmother, writer of novels for middle grade children: "Toto's Tale and True Chronicle of Oz", "The Weaver's Daughter", an immigration story, and "The Double Crossing", historical fiction.
The giveaway of two copies of Toto’s Tale and True Chronicle of Oz ends tomorrow. If you want to enter for a chance to win, go to Goodreads and sign up today. No essays to write, nothing to buy. You might be lucky!
I wrote Toto’s Tale with children ages seven to twelve in mind. But recently a couple of people have said they were interested in the book because they’ve been life long lovers of the Oz books and have collected them. Or someone was buying the book as a gift for an elder who loved the … More Toto’s Tale for Oz fans
If you’re looking for my book, Toto’s Tale and True Chronicle of Oz, it’s now available in more places and formats. For those of you who can’t walk into Bookshop Santa Cruz to pick up a copy, you can now find it on their website. You can buy it on Amazon or Create Space. An e-book version is … More Book News
Last week I was invited by Blue Hills Elementary School librarian, Lorraine Rader, also a writer and SCBWI member, to read from Toto’s Tale to a fourth grade class. I enjoyed it and so did the children. Almost all of them knew more than I expected about the Wizard of Oz. After all, it was … More Author reading
Toto’s Tale and True Chronicle of Oz is now a real book. I published it through Bookshop Santa Cruz and you can find it there, in the local author’s section and in the children’s section. It’s also available as an e-book on Smashwords. It’s been a long process, but I’m very happy with the way the … More Toto’s Tale is out in book form
Remember the beloved song book, Rise Up Singing? The creators of that book have come out with a new one, Rise Again. On Saturday the 19th of this month the Resource Center for Nonviolence will host an event featuring the new book with performances by local singer-songwriters whose songs are included. Here’s the link: http://rcnv.org/event/saturday-september-19-rise-again-a-sing-along-benefit-for-nonviolence/
The Santa Cruz Peace Chorale, a singing community for peace and justice, invites you to an open rehearsal and party Saturday, August 22nd 1-4 pm. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church 2402 Cabrillo College Drive, Soquel. Singing, games, bread and roses. Open rehearsals (no auditions) every Thursday in September 7:30-9:00 pm same location. I love singing with the … More Peace Chorale party
My book Toto’s Tale and True Chronicle of Oz will be coming out soon. I decided to publish it myself through our local independent book store, Bookshop Santa Cruz. Take a look at the beautiful cover: TotosTale Cover It was designed by Sylvie Drescher at Bookshop, based on my suggestions. The story, as you can see from … More Exciting News about Toto’s Tale
My grand daughter Luna’s gofundme campaign has been up for six days now, and has raised nearly a third of the goal. But donations have slowed down over the past day. Many thanks to all who donated already. If you haven’t visited the site yet, or seen Luna’s video or her writing samples on the Facebook … More More about Luna’s National Writing Tour
Now you can go to this GoFundMe site to watch the video of Luna talking about her ambitious national writing tour. She’s trying to raise money so she can visit national parks and other places of interest across the U.S. this summer, to write, photograph, blog and share her experiences. If you haven’t read any … More Luna’s fundraiser active
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