The worst thing you can say to a storyteller (you passive-aggressive douchebag)
While in Brazil, I spoke to audiences as small as 50 and as large as 500. Part of every talk was one more stories from my life, similar to the stories…
I blame my wife.
My home is slightly disorganized and cluttered, but my kids are incredibly happy and love books and music and libraries and museums.Both are my wife’s fault.
How to Age Gracefully
It's a good video full of excellent advice.My favorite bit of advice from the video - and one that I am constantly telling people - is the advice of the…
Audio excerpt of The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
As an avid audiobook listener, it was thrilled to receive the audio excerpt from my upcoming novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. I had no say in the choice…
Booklist, Kirkus, and Library Journal review The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
BooklistDicks (Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, 2012) knows high-school bullying firsthand, and his story rings true. But the strength of this novel is its well-rounded characters, notably children and teens,…
My book launch party: Who’s coming?
The sign says "Reading/Signing" but it really should read:Storytelling/Hilarious Student Readers/Giveaways/Question-and-Answers/Laughs/Signing/Pretty Wife.You should come.
I am not talented. I am only tenacious.
Every month for the last five years, I have been posting my yearly goals and the progress (or lack thereof) that I have made. It's been an outstanding way of holding…
Resolution update: August 2015
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.Feeling younger every day. Sincerely. 2. Lose 20 pounds.Down 12 pounds as of this morning. I might actually accomplish this after all. 3. Do at least 100 push-ups and…
My son says the funniest things. In retrospect.
Texts from my wife abut my three year-old son, Charlie:Driving thru Starbucks. Clara wants a water. I ask Charlie if he wants one, too. He says, "How about no? How…
We The Stupid
Slate's Mike Pesca says a lot of smart things, but this might be the best thing he has ever said. You must listen.
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