April is a busy month.

On Saturday April 18 at 1:00 p.m., at the Barnes & Noble in North Haven Connecticut, I will run a workshop for teachers on sparking ideas for their middle grade and young adult students. Then from 1:30 to 3:00 I’ll read from and sign paperback editions of No Castles Here.

On Saturday April 25, from 3:00 to 4:00 at the NESCBWI “Many Voices” conference in Nashua, New Hampshire, I will present a workshop entitled “Dealing with White Default.” The conference promises to be very interesting.

Then on Wednesday April 29, from 9 a.m. to 12:15, I will be at the Korn School in Durham, Connecticut for their Writers’ Jubilee. I will teach two workshops for third and fourth graders on “Sparking Ideas for a Story.” That should be a whole lot of fun!

If you are at any of these events, come on over and say hello! I’d love to meet you.

It’s official. The paperback edition of No Castles Here is on bookstore shelves. I’ll be signing copies on April 18 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in North Haven Connecticut.

Woo hoo!

Great news! An audio version of No Castles Here will be released at the same time as the paperback edition. That’s March 10, 2009, to be more specific.

I can’t wait to hear the production!

The paperback edition of No Castles Here is scheduled to come out March 10, 2009 — yup, in a little more than a year. But they’ve already decided on a cover:

I like that they tried to make the cover look like a book cover — with pages and a spine. And that Augie is trying to escape from one reality into another — very cool.

I’m excited!