Twice I went up to Boston this year for robotics events. At the Robotics Summit & Expo in May, I met Spot, the robot on the cover of Rob...

Robo-Motion   These flashcards can be used in the lesson (top). None of these animals  are in the book. Minecraft use the elements of story ...

  Discover animals and the robots that were built to mimic their motion in this photographic nonfiction picture book. Reviews Kirkus: Deligh...

Coming in September of 2021!  Like so many other books, my picture book release date was postponed a year.  I made a few  Minecraft videos ...

I've been working hard on this 4-book  Minecraft  series for Lerner Books. I even took work with me when I went on vacation in Novem...

Aiguille du Midi, French Alps This year, I traveled to two conferences and extended the dates of my stay, making them vacations too. S...

While I was in Florida for a nonfiction conference, I did my first radio interview on the Tiberius Show . Here's a short clip of that...

This juvenile barred owl was sitting on my next-door neighbor's deck. In the writing world, it's common knowledge that work-for...

I had my writing career all planned out in my head, or so I thought. I'd write lovely, lyrical books and editors would acquire the...

I signed a contract to write my first two books for Lerner! So, I've been hard at work on them. My goal is to get one first draft don...

Ragged Mountain - Metacomet Trail In early November I drove to Devens Massachusetts for Agent-Editor Day. It was my first time attendi...

     A blue-and-yellow macaw at the Southwick Zoo Earlier this month, I attended Encore in the Student Union at Rhode Island College...

One thing I did this summer that has boosted my productivity and organization skills was to switch from a freebie Hallmark calendar to a ...

Picacho Peak (taken from the car while on the highway) I'm astonished at how much time has passed since I last posted. Right now, I...

South Kaibab Trail head At the top of the South Kaibab Trail, in the frigid morning air, I passed a woman who seemed petrified. The upp...