2013: Looking back…

I usually have a good time putting together my year-end wrap up. This year is differenent. Significant things happened in 2013–some incredibly awesome and others tremendously sad. The past few days I’ve debated what to lead with and there’s really no...

Simon & Alex and the GLI Come Together

Twas the Friday before Christmas and I was researching a post I needed to do for PuckBuddys.com to preview the Detroit Red Wings-hosted NHL Winter Classic. In looking at all that was part of the Classic and the accompanying Hockeytown Winter Festival, I saw that the...

A “Hat Trick” Christmas with Simon & Alex

Since Hat Trick takes place during a high school’s hockey season, the book includes chapters over the holidays. As with Thanksgiving, Simon and Alex are together at Christmas. This time, however, it’s an out of town trip to visit Alex’s grandparents....

Hey, Look, We’re Groovy!

We’ve been followers of Marc Harshbarger’s Deep Dish site for years. His mix of pop culture past and present along with his daily Deep Dish (i.e., hot guys!) keep us returning to the site day after day. We’re honored he’s picked us to be his...

NaNoWriMo: Goal Reached, First Draft Done

The month isn’t quite done yet, but I reached the 50k minimum for National Novel Writing Month yesterday. It happened just before Thanksgiving dinner, so I didn’t have to battle a turkey coma to write more in the afternoon. This is the first NaNoWriMo...