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Read a few FREE Chapters of my New Book! (opens the original)
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In Today’s Packed issue! Tiers for the Kickstarter…Allen Brokken’s 10th Anniversary of Light of Mine…This Week on YouTube…A FREE sneak Peak of IGGY & OZ: The Snot Strikes Back is at the bottom of this email… I’ll be in Salt Lake City for StoryCon in February. StoryCon is a book festival with a writers conference attached, and I’ll be teaching two sessions: Infusing Humor into Your Writing and Networking as an Introvert.I’ll also be on a few panels and hanging ou
I Don’t Want to Live in the Feed (opens the original)
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In today’s issue:Essay- I don’t want to live in the feedThis week on YouTubeAll 9 of my books and where to get themIt’s 7:30 Tuesday morning as I sit on the back deck and write this. It’s already been a busy week. However, last week lots of things happened all at once. I signed a two-book extension with Descendant Publishing. One of those books is already wrapped up, and I’ll be getting started on the next one sometime in mid-October.Iggy & Oz: The Plastic Dinos of Doom continues to sell consist
Kids Don't Need Another Franchise. They Need a Story They'll Never Forget. (opens the original)
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In today’s email…Kickstarter infoEssay: Kids Don’t Need Another Franchise Miles won his tennis tournament We’re off and running with the pre-launch of the Kickstarter for Iggy & Oz: The Snot Strikes Back!Iggy & Oz decide it’s a good idea to crawl up into the attic of their new friend’s house, because all good choices start in an attic. But when they find a box with strange instructions saying, “Don’t do this!” Well, Oz does the thing.Now they have a giant Sasquatch who has escaped with a terribl
I Failed out of High School. Now I’m Launching Book 5. (opens the original)
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I failed out of high school.Not “struggled.” Not “almost.” Failed. I literally failed. When I did graduate, on Halloween night 1997, at the age of twenty, I had a whopping 1.7 GPA. Now I write books and run a business. Who knew? Nearly 29 years ago, I sat in classrooms where books were something done to me—they were assigned, tested, graded, forgotten. Nobody ever asked if I wanted an adventure. They just handed me a syllabus and expected me to care.I didn’t care. I checked out. And I thought re
50 Books to Read Before You’re Fifty. (opens the original)
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In this weeks issue…Read what you love essay…Two bits of news…This week on YouTube…Read What You LoveI came across a YouTube video recently with a title that hooked me immediately: 50 Books to Read Before You’re Fifty.As a relentless reader, I had to check it out.I was severely disappointed.BookTube has seen a surge of male readers discovering—or possibly rediscovering—the joy of reading, and honestly, I love it. I’m all for more men repla
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