A Mr. Holland Moment

Timing is a funny thing. When I set the mid-April date for the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for my middle grade adventure novel The Misadventured Summer of Tumbleweed Thompson, I was mostly considering a few important calendar events. Halfway between Christmas and summer break, the campaign's end allowed enough time to work through the production … Continue reading A Mr. Holland Moment

Available Now – Horace and Oscar Visit the Lake

It was about this time of year, the whirlwind pre-Christmas season, more than a few years ago, when I wrote my first children's book. I was a senior in college, and for the final assignment of our Children's Literature class, my wife Danielle and I collaborated on a 32-page picture book. I remember two things … Continue reading Available Now – Horace and Oscar Visit the Lake