I’ve been asked many times:  “How many books do you work on at one time?”
My answer has always been:  “One.”
This summer I’m going to change that up.  I have several books under contract, and I’m going to work on four of them simultaneously.  I’ve already started two of the books, and in the next couple [...]

Home sweet home… I’ve spent the last couple days writing and getting organized for the work over the summer. I thought it might be fun to give you a virtual tour of my office. I’m always interested in writer’s and illustrator’s working spaces. You can view the tour on YouTube by clicking [...]

Long, but trouble free, flight from Florida last night plugged into the “Essential Michael Jackson” to while away the air miles.
A beautiful day here in Oregon. I was up relatively early this morning considering when I went to sleep. I spent a couple hours answering email, checking the schedule for the next week, and of [...]

Apparently, Marie and I were a bit on the tired side last night after getting back from Nevada.  Asleep by 8:00.  Up at 5:30 with more than nine hours of shuteye resulting in a very perky day for both of us.
Beautiful sunrise this morning.  I love to wake up in  time to see the sunrise, [...]

Dreary day on the farm, but it’s bright in the house with Marie back home.
The plan…
Continue to hunker down in the office writing until Tuesday, then we’ll head north to Niki’s for Thanksgiving.
If there are any editors lurking on this blog, fear not, I will continue to write, only taking a short [...]

I love autumn on the farm, but I’m not here much this time of year, which makes it that much sweeter when I am.
I’m often asked: “Where do you live?”

I live in Oregon (born and raised). My wife, Marie, and I have a small farm twenty minutes south of Portland. The farm is [...]