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Get Loud If You Believe in Love, Acceptance, and Unity
I just spent an hour looking for a recent example of goodness stemming from religion in the United States of America. I wanted to believe that the ideals of love, and acceptance, and coming together in unity were still taught at the altars and in the Sunday schools. But my …
Thankful to Books, Duty to Literacy
This interaction could have happened in any store. The fact that it happened in a Wal-Mart only justified my choice to use that chain in one part of my novel. Thanksgiving morning. My local grocer had already closed, and as these things go I needed a handful of last minute …
Give Thanks and Play With All Your Heart
One of the most amazing sights I’ve ever seen was a white-muzzled old dog playing with three children. The kids were hooping and hollering as they tore across the yard on some imagined mission. Pirates? Ninjas? Aliens? It didn’t matter. That dog was right there with them, running as fast …
What I Had…
I’ve seen variations on this over the years – usually as inspiration for getting to the gym. I stumbled across it again today. I realized that with some adjustments it explains the path I’ve taken to reach this point.
Authors Should Consider the Quiet Road of Small- and Mid-Sized Publishers
LinkedIn invited me to write an article. You can read it here: https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140804213219-31273359-authors-should-consider-the-quiet-road-of-small-and-mid-sized-publishers
The Reuben Gold Thwaites Award
It really is humbling to win an award. It’s even more poignant when you are recognized for Accomplishing Difficult Things, Organizational Efficiency, and Sapience. The book world has not been without its challenges. A few struggles even seemed insurmountable. In the end we conquered them, but success came through the efforts of …