Pacey, our vanilla retriever and the inspiration for Bup Pup, and a much younger version of me in Devon, England. In honour of National Dog Day, Bup Pup vs. Ug Slug vs. Hug Bug was released early and for today only it’s free on the iBookstore! Happy National Dog Day! & Happy Reading! P.S.  Check out the Bup Pup cover […]

You Can’t Give a Specific eBook as a Gift from the iBookstore? Really? I’ve had more than one learning curve on this ebook adventure so far. Recently, I’ve had a few people ask how they can give Short Vowel Shorts as gifts to their friends’ kids or to their grandchildren. I figured that it was as simple as going on […]

Trying to Climb Up the Down Escalator In their excellent book, Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard (highly recommend!), Chip & Dan Heath describe the power of identity in hindering or facilitating change.  They state that “[a]ny change effort that violates someone’s identity is likely doomed to failure.” When deciding what to do or not to do, we […]

I’m so happy to report that my 1st book launched on the iBookstore today! I have lots of ideas.  Not all of them are great.  Not all the great ones actually make it from idea to 100% completion. Back in December when I thought I might try to do something more productive with my time than play endless runner games […]