I'll admit that before this all happened, I was craving some sort of change. I feel like I've been burnt out for the last three or so years. The daily grind ...

My New Year Resolution for 2019 was to end the year with a six pack--abs, not beer. The year prior, I had set out to complete three new books. Before that, I...

As summer vacation stretched on, Ashley and I were trying to figure out a way to keep Logan and Eli busy while we were at work. Every summer, my sister and h...

Recently, the drawer on our TV stand finally gave way to the miles of cord, numerous video game controllers, and occasional loose batteries. The stand is fro...

My dad passed away nearly three months ago and I think of him when I see someone smoking. I think of him when I see someone with an artificial limb and when ...

In 2014, we were fortunate enough to take our first family vacation to Disney World. A handful of friends are totally obsessed with Disney (you know who you ...

My father recently passed away and the grief afterwards, and still, is more challenging than I was expecting. My father and I had a very difficult relationsh...

On May 17th, my family and I had the opportunity to attend The Great Read In in Jackson, MI. We arrived just in time to catch our friend, Debbie Gonzales, re...

In lieu of Avengers Endgame, I have been explaining to my kids how lucky they are to be growing up now in terms of the high-quality, epic films and TV series...

My childhood was a bit difficult. My dad had a pretty good job for a while but after a workplace injury things went downhill from there. Both of my parents w...

Not everyone loves sitting down with a big book and reading the day away. We get it! That’s why we’ve created this quick and fun March is Reading Month Scav...

This is a story about writing, mental health, and humor. I'm guarded when it comes to certain aspects of my life, but finding that it can be therapeutic for ...

Sometimes you rally. Sometimes, despite being tired and grumpy and not at all in the mood to do anything fun, you accidentally do something fun. It’s called ...

Last year was the first year in several years that Nick and I really set some book related goals for ourselves. Both of Nick’s books were published in 2012 a...

In this edition of Nick’s Favorite Things (yep, it’s a thing now), I talk about a couple of books that I think are exceptional and couple other things too. E...

I first met Ed Spicer a year and a half ago at a Marketing Bootcamp event Nick and I organized for SCBWI. Ed was on our panel for School Visits Decoded. He b...

Artists need inspiration and sometimes that inspiration is hard to come by. This is a list of things that have inspired me in some way or another in the past...

We are nearing the end of September and it seems everyone is busy with the start of a new school year. As parents, grandparents, principals, teachers, commun...

On Sunday, September 9th I will be joining the SCBWI crew at Bookfest in Ann Arbor and I hope you’ll come see me! From 12:30-2:30, I will be representing the...

Nick was recently talking to a friend who is a teacher and mentioned how we couldn’t get one of our sons to write much. And when we can get him to write, it ...