During the hustle and bustle of last-minute Christmas shopping, my seven-year-old announced his plan to end child labor in the cocoa fields. This has been a concern of his since he first heard that his favorite candy-maker was lagging behind on promises they made 10 years ago. (A good synopsis of the issue can be [...]
Bring on the Christmas!
I finished wrapping my Christmas presents today, a process that reminds me that even when I think we’re broke, my family is ridiculously blessed. My boys aren’t materialistic; they rarely ask for much. So it makes me absurdly happy on years like this one when I know they’ll get everything they’ve had their eye on. [...]
Soundtrack Wanted
I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that within a day of releasing Ring of Fire, I started to hear from readers that they’d already finished reading it and were ready for book six. I mean, that’s mostly wonderful. But, yikes, I can’t write that fast! I can promise that I’m [...]
LiNK Heartland Nomads
This week, I had the pleasure of having lunch with the Heartland Nomads from LiNK (Liberty North Korea), a group committed to “Redefining the North Korea crisis through creative storytelling, while providing emergency relief to North Korean refugees and pursuing an end to the human rights crisis.” The nomads are people who’ve given up approximately [...]
