I spoke at a dinner last night at Harding U. without a “net” meaning no Power Point, which was fun. The talk was greatly helped by the librarians and teacher’s good humor. I love gift baskets. Thanks! Today I’m doing three more programs today then heading over to Bentonville. I wondered what I was going [...]

I’m at CAC today near Little Rock with 5th grade teacher Angie Diles speaking to 3rd thru High School students in yet another beautiful auditorium. Outstanding students with thoughtful questions. And Angie is a dynamo of energy. Gotta love the quote below over the urinal. On my way to Harding U. with Angie where I’m [...]

Up at 4AM writing (as I have been everyday for the past week) trying to get a draft of this novel finished… I’m in Hot Springs, Arkansas all day with librarian Ramona Abernathy at Hamilton Lake Intermediate speaking to 4th and 5th graders. Like all the other librarians in Hamiliton, Ramona is wonderful. Yesterday they [...]

Today I spoke to students at Lake Hamilton High, Jr. High, and Middle School in their beautiful High School auditorium. Their fabulous librarians Lori Bush, Jil’Lana Heard, and Jana Dutton could not have been nicer or better prepared. The students had great questions and had clearly read a number of my books. I love this [...]

I’m in Hot Springs, Arkansas the next three days. Today I am with the very kind Tanna Clark, Library Media Specialist at Lakeside Middle School, speaking to 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students. Hot Springs is about an hour and a half south of Little Rock and is the boyhood home of The Man From [...]

Six weeks without living out of a suitcase,TSA, packing, boarding airplanes, which might be a record for me. I’m on my way to Little Rock from Pheonix via Memphis. I’ll be at schools in Arkansas all week, then Harding University Friday night and Saturday, then I head to Texas next week. Marie woke up at [...]

A little pre-Christmas round up… Don’t think it’s all writing and eating food down here. There are errands to run in paradise. Our Internet went out late last week. Of course we thought it had to do with the router we installed, but after reconfiguring it from scratch approximately 7,000 times, then talking to couple [...]

We’ve been here for five days… Beautiful weather, although it was a little on the chilly side today with a few clouds, but they were gone by this evening. My routine is simple…  Go to sleep early. Wake up early. Write all day. Repeat. I tend to move my writing around during the day starting [...]

I’m in Dodge City today where the Gunsmoke crew, Matt Dillon, Chester, Kitty, and Doc hung out at the Long Branch Saloon in the living room of my youth. This is my last school visit until mid-January, which means tonight when I finish I get to say: “I’m gonna get out of Dodge.” My hotel [...]

I was at Chisholm Middle School today with librarian and author, Beverley Buller. She’s written a biography about William Allen White for Young Adults: “From Emporia: The story of William Allen White.” Her book is on this year’s William Allen White Book Award List. Her husband, Paul, picked me up from the hotel this morning [...]