Cardboard boxes rule
The cardboard box was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2005. The idea of a Toy Hall of Fame is fairly stupid, but if there has to be…
The cardboard box was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2005. The idea of a Toy Hall of Fame is fairly stupid, but if there has to be…
On Saturday night I had the honor of joining nine other authors and audiobook narrators for Books on the Nightstand’s Celebration of Authors. Each of us were asked to speak…
I was standing in line at the rental counter in San Jose this weekend, waiting to pick up my car and begin my trip to Santa Cruz. Standing directly behind…
Dr. Seuss cheated on his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel, while she was battling cancer and other related illnesses. Then she committed suicide. Less than a year later, Dr. Seuss married…
My rental car from the weekend, a Chrysler 200, was equipped with only an analog clock in the dashboard, even though the radio mounted directly below the clock had a…
Apologies to the Denver Public Library for the previous post today. A librarian kindly explained the purpose of the stamp placed upon my orphaned book: The stamp is a quick…
Last night I signed a copy of my second novel, UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO, which the reader purchased at a garage sale in California. The book had originally been purchased for the…
When George Lucas visited Steven Spielberg on the set of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1976, he was so impressed by the movie's huge sets and Spielberg's vision…
I haven’t seen my little girl in three days. I’m heading home today. I can’t stand being away from this level of cuteness:
We are incredibly fortunate that our children love each other as much as they do. It’s truly amazing. I realize it won’t always be this way, but don’t be a…