I’ve been doing everything but blogging the past ten months, mostly traveling but of course, also writing. I have a new middle-grade adventure book off the press (Paintball Island), a young-adult one coming in March (Andreo’s Race, Tundra Books), and I’m hard at work on another. Meantime, it being my husband’s sabbatical year from his work, I’ve been accompanying him on a rather exotic year: two months in Madrid, Spain (see below right, Toledo), two months in Christchurch, New Zealand and three weeks in Shanghai (see below left). What marvelous and diverse experiences these were! Now I’m in Vancouver getting back into the routine of more disciplined writing, as well as speaking to parents’ groups about boys and literacy. Speaking of which, just today, I learned of a great new book review on my book Jump-Starting Boys: http://www.parentingexpress.com/Parenting-Books-Links.htm
