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If you could invite a famous person to dinner, who would it be and how would you kill them?

So far, my books have been published in 13 different languages! Woo hoo! You can read me in Italian, Portuguese, Afrikaans, Spanish, German, Turkish, Dutch, Chinese, Swedish, Indonesian, French, Greek, Arabic. And of course, ENGLISH – although some would say I’m mostly unreadable in English. (I don’t talk to those people.) But… not every book has […]

The very entertaining authors of Follow The Goose Butt, Camelia Airheart! drop by for a chat.   I had a blast talking with these lovely ladies who were generous enough to take time from their marketing blitz to sit down with me. Together they created an amazing story, memorable characters, and beautiful illustrations that kids […]

Yesterday, I wrote a post about an everyday hero (click HERE to read that). Today we’ll apply it to how you write one that’s real and true and memorable. Here’s what happens. Stuff happens and a kid notices. Bad stuff. Bullying. Name calling. Picking on weaker kids. He is a kid and it happens to […]

Last weekend, I went to the city that is known for being the highest tourist attraction city in the world. We went to two of the world’s most popular theme parks. I won’t name them because the parks themselves are irrelevant. (One is Magical and the other is Sea themed, okay?) It’s the people we […]

And not cheesy pickup lines from drunks at bars, either, although that might be fun. No, I’m wondering… What books had GREAT opening lines? The last camel died at noon. Call Me Ishmael. What books have you read that have great opening lines? Why were they memorable? Or did the best books have mediocre opening […]

  Guess what I’m doing? When you get your manuscript ready for press, you need to remove any crazy little characters that somehow got into it – so they don’t f*ck up your eBook formatting, causing, I don’t know, extra pages in the middle of a sentence or something. The paperback review is even more […]

As the beta readers work their way through my book, we are getting some really good reports! (Wanna be a beta? There’s still time. Click HERE.) The Navigators is thrilling as h*ll. “Didn’t think I would enjoy this book as much as I do, since I’m in for fantasy 9 out of 10. But The […]

What is your most favorite place on Earth? Did you put it in a story? Why or why not?

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