Books
Book launch: What are your ideas?
I’m reaching out today, readers, listeners, and friends, because I have always believed that the wisdom of the crowd is better than the wisdom of the one, and also because when I’ve asked for help in the past, you have been amazing. When I wrote about my desire to find the title of the first…
Read MoreLast times
One of the books I hope to write in the next couple years will be a nonfiction account of my attempt to try things that I was once did in my youth but have not done for a very long time. The book will center on the idea that so often in life, we do…
Read MoreThe Other Mother: Another cover reveal!
Just last week, I revealed the cover to my next novel, Twenty-one Truths About Love, which publishes in October. But that wasn’t entirely correct. My actual next novel is titled The Other Mother, and it will publish in the UK and Australia in June of this year and will publish in the United States sometime…
Read MoreTwenty-one Truths About Love: Cover reveal!
It’s here! Not the actual book, which publishes in October, but the cover of my next novel, Twenty-one Truths About Love. This is the first in many baby steps to be taken before the book can finally land on store shelves. What do you think? The book is a bit unusual. Unconventional, you might say.…
Read MoreA man who should know better is worried about balance
Charlie bought a book at Barnes & Noble this weekend entitled “Stories of Boys Who Dare To Be Different.” As I handed it to the cashier, he turned it over in his hands, examined the cover, and said, “See, this is good. I’m glad they’re writing these books for boys, too. It’s not a boys…
Read MoreMatilda vs. Donald Trump
This statue of the the classic British children’s character Matilda staring down a likeness of President Donald Trump has been erected to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Roald Dahl’s 1988 novel. As the Roald Dahl Story Company prepared to mark the anniversary of the novel, it asked the British public to weigh…
Read MoreTurkish publishers offer a small bonus to their readers
The Turkish edition of The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs has arrived! It never stops being exciting to see the international editions of my books arrive on my doorstep. Just this week we sold the Taiwanese rights to my next novel, 16 Truths About Love, which will publish in the fall of 2019. And The…
Read MoreBusy Town update gets my enthusiastic seal of approval
I never understood Richard Scarry’s Busy Town. I didn’t have a lot of children’s books growing up, so I missed out on the series for the most part. But I also made no effort to get my hands on the book for one specific reason: Even as a kid, I always thought it was stupid…
Read MoreSeinfeld gets it
Jerry Seinfeld explains with perfect clarity why I’m constantly standing on stages, telling stories, delivering talks, and performing standup. I wouldn’t go so far as to call the writing and publishing of books the “definition of hell,” but he’s correct about the lack of immediate, specific feedback from your readers. When I stand on a stage…
Read MoreBiggest 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 from Wisconsin named Charity. The other is a man from Connecticut whose name I will avoid using to protect his identity, though I would take…
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