If you are reading this within a few hours of it being published, then I am, right now, in the air heading back to America. Yep, thats right, I’ll be stateside for the next 2 and a half weeks. I’m
I Was Totally Hacked!!
You might have noticed a little downtime from my site. I was hacked and it got all spammy! In an attempt to find the solution I ended up deleting my ENTIRE website and tried to re-install it with new software.
1 Year = 100 Books
Remember, awhile ago I said that I was keeping track of my reading for a year? Well, now that years over, let’s see how I did. Grand total: 100 books. Pretty amazing eh? Remember this was not a contest or
I'm on Lost Laowai!
I’ve recently become a contributor to Lost Laowai, and today my first post was published! (And it already got 5 comments, not bad!) If you live in China (or are thinking of moving here) then you probably already know Lost
Another, smaller, Goby
This is unrelated to China, or traveling, or writing or tea drinking, but as I was writing the Gobi desert post, I kept thinking of my former high school science teacher Mr. Goby. It might come as no surprise to
Book of the Week
It was rainy, cold and I only had about 45 minutes before I had to face a roomful of kids when I got an e-mail saying that my first book, Sword of the Ramurai, was picked as the New Hampshire
What Story is Inside You?
I just got the bad news that my Friend Joyce McNeill passed away. I first met Jo several years ago, when I was invited to join a writers group for children’s book writers. There were only 5 of us, and
MCFC World Tour
That’s right everyone, take out your calendars and save up $8.95 because the world book tour, which started last month in China, will continue this month in the good ole U.S. of A. (Two countries is international, so there.) This
Letters Across the Pacific
Last year, my friend Erick and I came up with an idea. Erick teaches writing (among other subjects) to 5th graders in Massachusetts, and I teach writing to college sophomores. Was there a way we could somehow bridge the Pacific
China Blog Network
I’m happy to report that I am a new member of the China Blog Network! This is a website that collects information on blogs from all around China and puts them together on one website so you can discover a