Well, my schedule is filling up with upcoming school visits.  I always enjoy these because I get inspired and invigorated by the enthusiasm of the students. I will be doing several in-town visits and some out-of-town ones. Busy, busy, busy. Next week, I will be one of the authors at a Night for Family Literacy event.

However, I need to squeeze in time for my writing and for attending writing workshops, conferences, and book launches for other writer friends. These are always exciting, and I look forward to reading some of these debut books. I just attended a book launch last night and bought the author’s middle-grade book which is written in verse. I am very interested in writing in verse as well so sometime today I will read that book.

Speaking of verse novels, if you’re interested in this type of writing, here is an excellent link on that topic by Jennifer Gennari on the blog, Through the Toll Booth.  The title of the article is “Five Steps to Writing a Verse Novel.”

In a couple of weeks, I should get copies of the anthology, Hair Battles Between Latina Mothers and Their Daughters. My story is among many with other Latina writers. The launch for this book is this coming Friday, September 21, in New York City.