Vonna | December 28, 2009
Over the past year I have attended several local author events. Some were at independent bookstores, one was at a library, two were held at school auditoriums, one was at a chocolate bar (!) and a few were at Barnes and Noble (the nearest Borders to my house closed this year). Except in the cases [...]
Vonna | December 21, 2009
Before I move on to this week’s post I want to show off my first ever blog award! Last week, the delightful Natalie Bahm gave me the Loyal Friend and Visitor Award. Since my blog has only been around since August, I think I’ll hang onto this award for a while before passing it on. [...]
Vonna | December 15, 2009
Maybe it’s just that time of year, but a lot of my writer friends are taking stock of their careers and ambitions right now. Switching genres or age groups seems to be on everyone’s minds. Some who are successful picture book authors are considering working on a novel (or are already doing/have done so). Some [...]
Vonna | December 7, 2009
Many years ago when I worked in Visual Merchandising, one of the things that always gave me a kick was planning displays, or even better, shop concepts, for an emerging trend. I loved being the first kid on the block (meaning either the first VM in my company or the first in my mall) to [...]
