Josie's Blog
Recent Posts
The Birthday of Albatross
February 1, 2010
Albatross is out officially out today! Huzzah! Also, it doesn’t seem quite real.
On Being Bold
October 28, 2009
Sometimes when I’m procrastinating about writing books, I write plays. It allows me to indulge in my love affair with dialogue, plus I get to boss around real live people on the page.
Albatross Cover!
September 9, 2009
I’m so excited to share the lovely cover of my next book, Albatross, as well as the fantastic blurb that it received from one of my all-time writerly heroes…
What I Did This Summer
August 18, 2009
Okay, I know summer isn’t technically over. But I work at a university and when the students come back (which they’re going to do next week) let me tell you…vacation is OVER. For the whole town.
But while things were relatively quiet, I went places! Specifically east, south and north! Places such as…
Where I Find Characters
June 11, 2009
I went to see this band called Grizzly Bear the other night…I love their new CD and the concert was awesome, and they were also so adorable I wanted to shrink them all to 1/15th size and carry them around in my pocket.
See?
Back Off I Have a Baton
April 30, 2009
First of all, and I think most of you probably already know this, don’t mess with marching band girls. They have INSTRUMENTS and BATONS and they know how to USE THEM.
Cool Review and Scavenger Hunt!
April 15, 2009
Wow, check out this awesome review of Band Geeked Out by a teen reader at the School Library Journal:



