book bling

My stickers arrived today! There’s nothing like having a little bling on your book. I feel like this has been a productive week even though I haven’t written much. I’ve read a lot and today I started my taxes (ugh). I’m heading to KidLitCon in Providence, RI next month and just lined up an author visit at a girls academy there. I also booked a trip to Madison, WI to attend the annual Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, which will be delivered by the brilliant Debbie Reese. I’m still thinking about Sweden and will need to head back to observe the arrival of spring and visit the Viking museum at Birka. I’m trying to have 5K words written by the end of this month and that still seems possible. I can hear my girl’s voice and the two ravens, Huginn and Muninn; Hami is coming to me slowly and I may just have to write his words and work on tone later. Tomorrow I’ll spend the afternoon at the library—my first visit to the central branch of Philly’s Free Library. I’ll be presenting at a local branch in Chestnut Hill later this month and at two other branches in March. Slowly but surely I’m connecting with kids in Philly! Sometimes you push and sometimes you wait…in time, it all comes together.