

Things Discovered Down the Rabbit Hole
It's always amazing to me that I can start out down one path searching for something in particular and wind up in a place I never...


How to Handle Bad Reviews
First of all, let me begin by saying that as far as I'm concerned, at this point in my career there's no such thing as a bad review....


More on Neil Gaiman's Composting, The Twenty One Balloons, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and th
In my last post, I talked about the concept of composting with regard to creativity and imagination in writing. I had just read Neil...


Stardust the Movie the Book and The Sparrow Princess
Last Friday I found myself lounging in my favorite chair flipping through the channels on the television with nothing to watch that was...


Best Children's Animation Film I've Seen This Year!
Ok, well I haven't seen them all. For instance I missed Trolls and Finding Dory. But I did see SING this week and I'm so glad I...


More Lights!
It starts out the same way every year. I reluctantly begin putting up lights (usually just before Thanksgiving) and then afterwards I get...


Happy Holidays from a Reluctant Elf
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. I usually have the outside decorations up in time to turn them on by Thanksgiving Night. I didn't...


A Life Lesson From a Lizard
I walked out onto the deck at our office to make a private phone call. I have a habit of pacing when I'm on the phone. As I paced back...


Tybee Island Book Festival Finalist
Got some good news this week. I found out my book "The Boy Who Once Chased Cats" was named as a finalist in the Tybee Island Book...


Things on Strings
While taking a break from my writing, (I wrote, illustrated and published four titles this year.) I decided to work on something else I...





























