Girl Scouts Studio

I'm excited and honored to be the featured author on the Girl Scout studio website this week! So many of my favorite authors from Kate DiCamillo to Grace Lin to Laura Golden have also been featured on this site and each of them includes a recommendation or activity to improve one's writing life. I simply LOVE this site and recommend to to aspiring writers of all ages.

Please visit the Girl Scout Studio this week and read my author Q&A, plus my recommendations to writers (of all ages) about how and why keeping a reading log helps one become a better writer.

Wordless Wednesday: Camping

This past weekend, I went on a wonderful Girl Scout Camp Out with my girls and about 30 other Girl Scouts and moms near Lake Texoma. Sleeping in tents amongst these trees was a sublime sound to fall asleep under. Also, it rained on Sunday morning and you could actually hear the rain approaching, which is something I'd never experienced.

Our accommodations included tents on platforms. We named ours The Villa.

Another Villa.

My girl taking an archery lesson.

View from my villa.

The girls assembled and painted birdhouses.

Lots of butterflies.