‘Pets, Pets, Pets,’ sends out every bark, meow, and squeak for #1!

The happiest new animal book is a bestseller! “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Pets, Pets, Pets: 101 Entertaining Stories” hit… Read more ‘Pets, Pets, Pets,’ sends out every bark, meow, and squeak for #1!

Crickety

We have a new pet in our midst. But it’s not furry, fuzzy, feathery, or scaley! He’s a cricket. I’ve… Read more Crickety

A couple of years ago, I hit a pretty cool publishing milestone. I had my 1,000th piece of writing published.… Read more 2,000 is something, right?

My author copies of my latest Chicken Soup for the Soul contribution, “Pets, Pets, Pets,” came in! This is my… Read more Pets, Pets, Pets, is the book for everyone

There just aren’t enough happy stories in the world. Sure, there are a lot of fun children’s books, but why… Read more Pets, Pets, Pets!

For the past couple of years, I’ve been listening to my inner voice, and it just keeps saying: Stay the… Read more The time has come to enter publishing exhaustion land again

My latest anthology endeavor has been a wonderful success. I got to sit on the Saturday Writers book release panel… Read more A write release!

Your next great summer read is here! The Saturday Writers anthology is out now and full of stories and poems… Read more A book for all seasons is here!

Stories, poems, and jokes are coming! Well, at least one of my stories is more of a joke, but that… Read more ‘The Write Season’ is coming!

I love teaching. I love writing. I love teaching writing. But it’s summer break, and not all students love learning… Read more I Survived the Youth Writing Workshop