Biggest fan and greatest nemesis meet. Results are climactic.
I first wrote about this story back in 2012. It's one of those stories almost too strange to be believed. It involves two people. One of them is a woman…
“Do we believe in heaven?”
Driving home from the farmer's market on Sunday, Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven came on the radio.Elysha asked the kids, "What's the name of this song?""Stairway to Heaven!" they shouted…
Prankster satisfaction
Brilliance learned on the internet this week:Scratch haunting things into bananas at the market so when people take them home hours later and the words appear they think a ghost…
It’s too early for something as depressing as this.
It's 6:22 AM. Clara quietly comes down the stairs in pajamas and slippers. She yawns. Walks over to the table. Sits beside me. First words out of her mouth:"Dad, I was…
Speak Up Storytelling #8: Sharon Snow
Episode #8 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure.On this week's episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using my strategy "Homework…
“How do you get so much done?”
The question most frequently asked of me during interviews and at the end of book talks, lectures, and the like is some variation of "How do you get so much…
Daddy taught her well
Clara's spelling and handwriting aren't great, but when you see the phrase, "...just like Dad taught me" it really doesn't matter. It's remarkable how good five words on a math assignment…
I don’t know my father had a second or third heart attack, so leave me alone.
A couple months ago, when I had my heart attack-turned-pulled chest muscle scare, doctors, nurses, and even the ambulance crew kept asking me the same question:"Does your father have a…
Less money. More connection.
I hear from a lot of readers and storytelling fans from around the world. Just this week, readers from Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Columbia, and Ecuador wrote to me about my books…
Low life cretins steal stories.
At a book talk about a week ago, a woman asked me if I'm ever worried that someone might steal my stories and use them for their own purposes. "Your…
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