My next book, Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School, will be published on May 29, 2018. And you know what that means: it's pre-order time! From now until May 28, 2018, if you pre-order Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School, and then email proof of purchase (forward...
New video! Two Dogs Search for Treasure
It's always super exciting to get an advance copy of your book. Until then, most of the work of the book has been electronic. I might print some things out, but a printed-out book manuscript looks a lot like a term paper assigned by a syllabus (that is, nothing too...
Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Holiday Gift Guide)
Right about now you're probably thinking, "I should start shopping for the holidays." You're probably also thinking, "If only there was a helpful narrator who could tell me what to buy." Today is your lucky day! I will tell you all the things I am getting for...
Snappsy Fortune Tellers!
Do you want a fun activity to go with Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever (Probably)? Maybe you're planning a sleepover party with your best friend forever, and you want something to do? I'm here to help, with a Snappsy-themed fortune teller (or cootie...
Pre-order contest! Win a shirt!
My next book, Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever (Probably), comes out on October 3 (that's in just a few weeks!). I'm planning some local (Portland, Maine area) parties to celebrate. Come to Print Bookstore on October 3 for the launch party if you're...
What’s under the jacket of the new Snappsy book?
I have been waiting for months and months to find out what the case cover for Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever (Probably) will look like ("case cover" is the technical term for the cover under the dust jacket). The case cover for Snappsy the Alligator...
Guess the Bird
We went hiking on Saturday. It was about an hour and a half of driving to get there, and on the way we played a favorite game which I think we just call "guess what it is." We all have different interests, so we tend to pick topics from our own knowledge base. Henry...
Boxes
When I got the book deal for the Two Dogs in a Trench Coat series from Scholastic, I knew I wanted to take care in setting up the first book, so I could use it as a formula for all future books in the series. Formulas aren't bad, you know. Formulas only become a...
New Video: Hunting for Wild Ideas
One of the most frequent questions authors get is "where do you find ideas?" It's an understandable question. People want to know the secret. Where can they find ideas that are worthy of making into books? Surely there must be a special process. Or maybe they want to...
New video: We Love Books! (like that’s a surprise)
One thing my kids and I like to do on school breaks is to come up with silly video ideas. This past February break we filmed what was going to be our first musical parody video. We rewrote the lyrics to the Jane's Addiction song "Been Caught Stealing" to make it "Been...