Now that I’ve had a chance to digest the results of the 2024 election, I thought I’d share some of my thoughts about it. I want to avoid just saying it was a disaster (although it was) and I want to avoid just saying we’re screwed (although we are). I hope my thoughts are more…
You ever have one of those days? Well, I had one today. I really didn’t feel like posting anything today, but blowing my streak on the fourth day of the month would make me feel even worse. So, what made it a lousy day? It’s hard to explain. I did get a terrible night’s sleep…
It’s kind of amazing how much my holiday traditions have changed over the years. There are always reasons for the changes, and I like the new traditions, but sometimes I get nostalgic for the old traditions. For example, when we were kids, my family always decorated the tree on Christmas Eve. That fell away when…
Who is my favorite historical baseball player? That’s an easy and difficult question at the same time. First of all, what do we mean by historical? Technically it could be anyone who played baseball in the past. That’s far too broad, though. It should be obvious that active players, even though they’ve played in the…
December is here. Can you believe it? It feels like January was last week. That’s definitely one of the less fun parts of getting older. Oh well. December really is here. Trust me, I checked. For long time readers of this blog, you know what that means. It’s time for me to do a post…
We’re two weeks away from the big day: Thanksgiving. You wouldn’t know it from going out and about in the world, though. Christmas is everywhere already. It’s November 14th and every store is decked out for Christmas. I’ve seen houses in my neighborhood with Christmas decorations up. All the commercials are for Christmas. What about…
My book, All We Need: The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t, is now available in more places than ever. Yesterday, my mom and I drove around putting copies in Little Free Libraries all over Newington and West Hartford. So, if it was the $9.99 price point that was keeping you from getting the book before, you…
I realized something shocking today. We’re on the Saturday before “the most consequential” presidential election of our lives and I haven’t written a single thing about it. I checked and it’s actually been about two years since I’ve posted anything political at all. I used to post political things all the time. What’s changed in…
Happy Thanksgiving season everybody. Hurrah, hooray, yippee, wahoo, it’s Thanksgiving time. It’s time to stuff your face with leftover Halloween candy, decorate your home with hand turkeys, and, most importantly, read Thanksgiving stories out loud, together, as a family. Hey, I just happen to know a Thanksgiving story that would be perfect for the occasion….
Broadly speaking, there are two ways to publish a book, traditionally and independently. Traditionally is probably what you think of when thinking about how a book comes to market. The author submits a manuscript to an agent or a publisher (Penguin, Houghton-Mifflin, Scholastic, etc.). If the agent likes it, they can shop it to the…
