Last week, I got a Houdini action figure for my birthday. He came complete with handcuffs, leg irons, rope, a…
Tag: Characters
If you walk into my house you can usually tell if I’m deeply involved in working on a book. Once…
I’m definitely tempted, now that the topic is pop culture, to just surrender to my lowest common denominator urges and…
The first apartment I lived in on my own was a tiny place in Berea, Kentucky. I was maybe 20,…
My favorite literary character must be that great hero of Tish Cohen and mine, Trixie Belden. See, Trixie, despite her…
I have a lot of favorite literary characters, but for some reason Dolores Price is coming to mind. Remember Dolores…
It seems a rather optimistic and extreme move to make — downright ballsy, as a matter of fact — but…
The Debutantes are honored to present guest blogger Allison Winn Scotch, debut author of The Department of Lost and Found,…
Reading Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh turned me into a writer. Eleven-year-old Harriet M. Welsch (the M her own…
Ask me to think of my favorite childhood book and my mind comes up with Blubber. Then I think of…