Question: If you could have dinner with two authors (dead or alive), who would they be, and what would you hope to learn from them? My knee-jerk response to this question is to always think of James Thurber just because I really enjoy his stories. But, I understand that, personally, he wasn't always the nicest [...]
Question: Ok, just what IS the Skwerdlock? From the Pops Jamison dictionary: 1) The Skwerdlock is a character in my book series for early readers and listeners. 2) The Skwerdlock is a character that came from a song I sang to my then one-year-old daughter as we sat in a rocking chair at 2am one [...]
Question: What books have had the most influence on you? I always think of four books when I hear this question. Out of all that I've read, these four connected somewhere inside my mind and planted the seeds for every story I've told or written since. The first three were books I stumbled across as [...]
Question: Do you write full-time or part-time? Do you write every day? I hear this question a lot, or others that are asking the same basic thing. It is interesting to me that most of the time this is question I get from other writers, not readers. Sometimes it feels like there is some kind [...]
Anyone have any questions? I decided to set a little challenge for myself and try to write a blog post a day for the next thirty days. Some of the posts will be responses to some of the questions I get about my books and writing in general. So... If you have [...]
I looked in the window as I crossed the street from the parking lot. I did one of those double-take looks. I would swear I saw Elvis sitting at one of the tables in the bookstore’s coffee shop. I tried not to stare as I found a table near the magazines. Sure enough, the guy [...]
As I meet with book clubs, library groups, school groups, doing presentations and just talking about my writing, I really enjoy hearing and responding to the questions that everyone asks. I thought I would start sharing a few of those now and then. I'll start putting them here in our blog along with a link [...]
We're excited! Lots going on today! I am working on the illustrations next Skwerdlock book for young readers and listeners, and making progress on the third Emily Graham book...working title of "Disbelief". Yes, I seem to have a "thing" for titles that begin with "Dis..." And...and...today officially kicks-off our new relationship with JKS Communications in [...]
I sat down and came up with 176 new story ideas this morning. Some of them were pretty bad, but 62 of them were worth thinking more about! Even the most creative person can use some sparks once in a while. One of the ways I deal with that is a little "thing" I created [...]
While there may not be any real "secrets" that work for every author, I found one of mine this week. Like many other writers I hear from, especially those attempting to self-publish, doing the formal editing of the Disruption has been a real challenge. I did several initial edits myself, used a top-rated piece of [...]
