Pass the Sour Cream Timeline

The Angel of Death (The Soul Summoner Book 3)

I rolled over into book four.

Happiness is jetlag + Kindle + WiFi

Technology can frustrate or delight.

If I hadn’t had my book available as a podcast, this might have never happened.

If you have the rights, exercise those rights.

How much does your past affect your future?

I'm thinking: not much. It's a new year. I don't have this feeling every single year, but this year I do: it's going to be transformative. One way I know this is because I'm getting better at letting go of the past. Letting loose of the ties that hold me down, hold me...

2019, are you ready for us?

2019 dream: Spark Campfire

Not me, but us. Not I, but we.

Tell stories that otherwise might not have been told.

Food Hangover

Hangovers aren’t just for alcohol anymore.

It takes as long as the time allotted

This entry is part 36 of 70 in the series Spark

How long do you need to get started (or finished) with what you’re working on?

When you document it, it becomes more real

This entry is part 35 of 70 in the series Spark

Audio can be surprisingly memorable.

Spark Campfire

This entry is part 34 of 70 in the series Spark

1 month, 1 kid (+ you), and 1 book done.

It’s a time of giving. Did you give something to yourself?

It's been a good year. What did you give yourself to make next year even better? You can call it an investment, a gift, or just something you'd like to do for yourself, but how can the end of this year make next year a step up from this? Each year gets better. We work...

Here’s what I’m giving my nieces for Christmas

This entry is part 8 of 70 in the series Spark

It’s not yet a thing. We have to create it–together.

I don’t want to navigate negativity.

This entry is part 37 of 70 in the series Spark

When people don’t laugh, I’m not sure they know they’re alive.

Spark has hit #1 in Parenting in Free Books

This entry is part 33 of 70 in the series Spark

I’m no PhD in parental psychology. (Thankfully!)

Spark at “#1 New Release in Parent Participation in Education”

This entry is part 32 of 70 in the series Spark

Without you, it would have just been me

Here's an interview from the future. Back to the past. I know, kinda weird. Whatever. It's Dec. 16, 2018. Book coming out tomorrow that I believe is going to be a turning point in my writing (and beyond) career. My future self asked my present self what made that...

“Yes, you played a pretty awful first half. But … ” Growth mindset in 12-year-old basketball players.

He even missed the backboard in the first half. Twice. Once from the right. Then from the left. It wasn't pretty. The Team At the half, he came to me. "Coach, I shouldn't play in the second half. I can't make a shot. I'm terrible." I shot...