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…
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
Booklist Dicks (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…
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 HEALTH 1. 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…
My son says the funniest things. In retrospect.
Texts from my wife about my three-year-old son, Charlie: Driving through 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.
Creativity fail
When you have to affix a sheet of computer paper below your artsy sign in order to translate a three-letter word that could only be one of two words, you…
Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The Back to School Edition
I appeared on Slate's parenting podcast, Mom and Dad Are Fighting, this week, discussing what parents can do in the first week of school to help ensure their children's success.…
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