My dear aunt recently took me to see The Outsiders as an early Christmas gift, a story she wasn't familiar with, but one she was game to see theatricized after all of its Tony Award acclaim. The Outsiders is one of the first novels specifically written for and

The final stop on my book store brought me to the Follett Bookstore on Nassau Community College's campus. It was a full house with standing room only and I couldn't be more grateful for all of the colleagues and students who came to listen to my

💡If you're reading this newsletter the day it was released, I'm giving a free lecture tonight on Zoom for the North Shore Library Consortium on internet lurking. Register by 6:45pm EST on September 30. https://goldcoast.librarycalendar.com/event/internet-lurkers-371 A few weeks ago a

For me, walking and writing always go together. Any idea I need to work through, is best explored while walking. For years I thought this was a form of procrastination and I was hard on myself for not being able to sit down and just write. I have learned though

"Almost anything that has ever brought me great joy began with a trip to the library" begins an Op-Ed I published in Newsday a few years ago. In the Op-Ed I detail the impact libraries have had on my life. Sure, the books are wonderful, but it'

Dear Friends, I've spent the month of June on a publicity hiatus and have been taking advantage of the time when the kids are still in school to write on my own preferred working schedule. This month I had a chance to get back to my roots and

Dear Friends, This picture was taken a year ago when I announced I was under contract with Bristol University Press, and this week my book officially launched and is available around the globe! Over 130 university libraries have a copy and it is available on every continent. It's

The fantastical world of the Netflix series Bridgerton, set in Britain’s Regency era, a time before the typewriter, let alone a computer, is definitely not the scene most people would associate with internet insights. Lurkers, the silent readers of social media who don’t make their presence known through

Dear Friends, It's 30ish days to go until Just Here For The Comments: Lurking as Digital Literacy Practice is released. A few author copies earmarked for libraries arrived early and this allowed me to share with my kids (and my husband) that the book was dedicated to them.

Dear Friends, Thank you for being on this publishing journey with me. In the months leading up to the release of Just Here For the Comments: Lurking As Literacy Practice, I'm going to send a monthly email of some of the events I'm participating in and