2010-08-07T13:40:00.000-07:00

Hi! This is me, outside in the big backyard. I don't always wear a crown...well, actually, most of the time, I do!

Feel free to take a look around the palace. If you are a knight, please leave your armor and weaponry at the drawbridge. Can't have you scuffing up the great hall now, can we?

(If you are a dragon, no breathing fire inside the website....yes, I am talking to YOU!)

And feel free to bring your notebook along. I take mine with me just about everywhere I go. One never knows when one is going to get smacked in the head with a brilliant new idea.

Here I am, waiting for an idea to smack me in the head.

Actually, it's rarely that easy. You have to hunt for the ideas, my friends. You must seek them sincerely, with a pure heart, for writing stories is the most noble quest there is. (Well, making a good chocolate cake is a pretty noble quest, too.)

Thanks for stopping by.

Don't forget your sword on the way out.

Shelley Moore Thomas