My most recent project, Circus Galacticus, is about a girl who runs away to join an intergalactic circus. One of my biggest inspirations for the circus elements was the Cirque du Soleil. So I was delighted when I saw a link in the wonderful blog Educating Alice to this article about how Cirque founder Guy Laliberté has blasted off to the International Space Station. Woohoo! Clowns in Space!

In other news, I was interviewed by Alyssa at The Shady Glade as part of the Three Year Anniversary for the site (thank you Alyssa!). There are a TON of other wonderful interviews with some amazing writers over there, so check it out!

And last but not least, today is the day the new Betsy-Tacy reissues are being released! And I just got a call from my bookstore that my reserved copies are in, so I get to pick them up this weekend. I can’t wait to see the new covers, with the original art. Speaking of Betsy-Tacy, I will be continuing my spotlights of the high-school and older books in the series over the next few weeks. Rather like Betsy in Betsy was a Junior, I have been distracted by all sorts of jollity lately (well, I was also sick) and have failed to implement my original plans.