Give me a pencil, and I will build you a world.

Today’s the day!

I’ll be at Nokomis library from 2-4, teaching a world-building workshop for young writers (ages 8-12). I shall arm them with markers, crayons, pencils and paper. We will map cities, coastlines and mountain ranges, invent religions, build governments, analyze environments, and then shatter them all to pieces. We will discover the undiscovered country and hold whole civilizations in the cup of our hands. Every world has its skin, its muscle, its sinew and its bone. Every world has lifeblood pumping through it. And we’ll come to know the lot of it. And it’ll be awesome.

There are six spots left. You can sign up here. And if you can’t come, you should stop by and say hi. I’ll be the lady pacing the stacks prior, fretting. I’ll also be the lady rehashing the class afterward. Fretting.

Because, yanno. I fret.

In the meantime – happy writing, happy reading, and happy adventures to you all!

Twin Cities Book Festival!

It’s today! All day long!

Check it out:

I’ll be teaching a workshop for younger children at 10 called “Who’s That Knocking At My Door?” – which is all about developing characters, and another one for older kids at 4 called “Low-Impact Storytelling”. I’m also doing a reading at 2:30.

Which means I’ll be there ALL DAY. So come and find me. I’ll be wandering around, likely spending too much money and wondering who will sneak out and have lunch with me. I’ll be the lady with the stripy socks. And the tall black boots.