( Just a spoof ...not my next book! )

I’ll get to the Peter part of this rant in a moment, but the onion issue has been plaguing my mind all day. And yes, onion and plague are...

My wife wrote this lullaby for our son, and we can't wait to sing it to him in person when he arrives in thirty-four days...give or take...

In 2010, I ventured outside of California on twelve different occasions to speak at schools, libraries, and conferences. If you saw me spea...

Soon after flying into Harlingen, Texas, I went out to dinner with a couple of high school librarians. There, I was introduced to one of th...

Walt Disney, Charles Schulz, Lucille Ball, P.T. Barnum, and the Wright Brothers. When I was a child, those were the people I was most fasci...

JoanMarie and I were down in Southern California recently for two big shindigs. First up was our annual fall/winter visit to The Happiest P...

Since books can't eat cupcakes, I got to eat the whole thing!!!

I'll admit, I enjoy skimming magazines and finding out which celebrities have the best tastes in literature. And in the latest issue of...

JoanMarie and I attended our first murder-mystery party this weekend. It's something we've both wanted to do for a long time, but n...

I haven’t spoken much on this blog about my personal feelings regarding suicide and bullying. Everything I want to say, I figure, can be fou...

When I first began traveling to promote 13RW , I used to stay in every town at least one extra day to sight-see. No matter how small the to...

Yes, reading is sexy, but that's not what I mean by Books are Hot. Yesterday, at the West Hollywood Book Fair, the books were hot becau...