Art Vitamin: Your Recommended Daily Dose of Art
Hi friends! Welcome to the introduction of Art Vitamin: your recommended daily dose of art. If you’re an artist you know your art needs to be nourished. We thrive on inspiration, whenever, wherever we can get it. So pop this daily Art Vitamin and soak it up! If you’re not an artist, you know how […]
.99 E-Book to Celebrate Third Anniversary of THE MEMORY BOX
I know! I can’t believe it either. It’s been three years since THE MEMORY BOX was released into the world. So much has happened since I self-published my debut novel. THE MEMORY BOX hit the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller lists last summer, the audiobook rights were sold at auction to […]
Little Free Libraries: Don’t Let The Word Little Fool You
When I first saw a magazine story a few years ago about Little Free Libraries, before I read it, I jumped ahead to look at the photos. Yes, it was true. For the most part, they were no bigger than an apple crate. (With a roof!) The cutest things you’d ever seen. Maybe I’m just […]
Why President Obama Reads Books
It is so true that a reader’s takeaway is very individual. We all get something different from the books we read. Mainly because it connects back to our personal experiences, both positive and negative. Some people choose the act of reading as an escape from their daily life, or for pure entertainment, or […]
VICE Magazine: Don’t Google Yourself
If you’re an author and you’re in the belly of writing a story, you’re obsessed with your characters. Truly. You think about them all the time. Everywhere you go, they’re with you. Like a pack of invisible friends. It’s a little strange and slightly creepy. That’s exactly where I was a couple of […]
Self-published book, THE MEMORY BOX makes the USA TODAY Bestseller List!
I am so thrilled to announce that THE MEMORY BOX has made its debut on the USA TODAY Best-selling Books list this week! Wow, what a week it’s been. A few days ago, THE MEMORY BOX was the #1 book in the Barnes & Noble’s Nook store, the iTunes store and Kobo and […]
Theory of the Field Hockey Stick is Revealed
Can’t they make those field hockey sticks longer? All that hunching. Those poor girls. Who can hunch for that long? My back hurts just watching them. Think of all that lower back pain. And how can they run properly while hunching? They can’t. They try, but maximum speed? Not a chance. And has anyone […]
The Most Important Lessons Prince Taught Us
Photo by Peter Tea As I read stories written about Prince since his untimely death, I realize there are some loud messages he’s left us to ponder. One of the most crucial is: it’s okay to be different. In fact, it’s not just okay. It’s important, necessary, vital even. Prince never shied away from being […]
Self-Published Book Bumps ‘The Girl On The Train’ Out of the Top Spot
photo by MTA The day my book made it to the number one spot on the best seller list of psychological thrillers, I knew that meant it finally bumped The Girl On The Train off the perch it had practically owned for the last year. That was a big deal for me. Mostly because my […]
