In which I answer the question...

What have you been up to?
(a question posed by Readergirlz)

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Camera Ready, Travel Prepared

I have a new camera—something sweet, small, and hot pink. Portable, plane-able, willing to travel with me. It's a Sony, because I'm loyal to Sony, and it's all charged, plugged in, and awaiting: Barnes and Noble Educator's Day, Fox Cities Book Festival, Philadelphia Book Festival, Children's Book World (thank you, Libby Mosier), Book Expo (unveiling Dangerous Neighbors!), Book Bloggers Convention (meeting so many of you), Rutgers-Camden Summer Writers' Conference (I'm teaching fiction), the ALA in Washington, DC.

I travel light. I bring my stories. I've got a camera to help me hold onto it all.

I'm not a shopper. I'm always here at my desk. Today was an adventure.

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