Welcome–I’m so glad you’ve come!

Take a walk around my backyard and see what’s here for you ~

There’s  omg–my new book won an award! page, blog tour, poetry exercises; writing tips; info on where a young writer can get published; a book trailer;  my blog (with five other authors–including writing exercises and more); info on the Jewish New Year and tashlich;  New Years rituals around the world; info on forgiveness (including teaching a child to say “I’m sorry”); info on an organization working to allievate hunger; quotations on books and reading, a free autographed book plate…and more!

Overwhelmed by too much email and the cacophony of cyberspace?
Me, too! Fly to my meditation page and rest your mind a while.

Whatever you do, I hope you have fun here and come back often!

Before you get started, there are two quick things I’d like you to know about me:

When I became an author, I decided to include my middle name in my official writing name.  Why?

1. Because, as my very smart husband says, all children’s authors have three names;
2. Because there’s just my sister and me—no brothers.   I wanted to keep my maiden name (and all the history and ancestry it represents) alive;
3. In case the guy I had a crush on in elementary school ever wanted to find me.

And, I was thinking about how neat it would be to have a tagline.  I mean, Wheaties has a tagline (“The Breakfast of Champions”), Kashi has a tagline (“Seven whole grains on a mission”).  Even California Almond Growers have a tagline (“A can a week, that’s all we ask”).  I wanted one, too.  So I chose:

April Halprin Wayland: ½ poet, ½ author, ½ not good at fractions

because it made me laugh.  I hope it makes you laugh, too.

Contact me if you want to know more about Saralee Halprin, Leahn J. Halprin, Lyra Halprin, Gary Wayland,
Jeff Wayland, Raphael Konigsberg, Elm Halprin, Anna Lamport Halprin, Morris Halprin,   Charles Konigsberg,
Moses Konigsberg, David Konigsberg, Fanny Harmon, Polly Greenberg, Cissy (Cecilia)
Stambaugh, Issy (Isadore) Konigsberg.