Archive for September 10, 2024

PUB DAY in the ADKs: “Shaken” Now Available!

PUB DAY in the ADKs!
Yes, I’m on vacation with a place on Rainbow Lake for two full weeks. Amazing. 
Today this book sees the world, and here I am reminded that the rocks, the air, the water, and the trees don’t care.
It is only right that this is so.
I know I’ve been a lot lately with the publishing news. I promise, this is my last new book of 2024. Thank you to anyone who picks up Kristy’s story, who places it (cover out!) on a bookshelf, hands it to a young person (grades 4-8), reads it — while the world shrugs with benign indifference.
I think I’ll get out on the water today and count my blessings.

Welcome Back to School!

Here in the northeast, I think everyone is back to school. To celebrate that, here’s a page that captures some of that first-day feeling, a little senryu (haiku format w/ a focus on human activities rather than nature). This comes from our book, All Welcome Here, gloriously illustrated by my wonderful pal, Mary Grandpre. (Mary illustrated the first editions of the Harry Potter books, so you are likely familiar with her work.) All Welcome Here was a back-to-school book and one of the many casualties of the pandemic. It landed with a thud and is already out of print. So much for immortality!