Ta-Da! That’s right, the latest adventure of the MCFC gang is on sale to buy JUST in time for holiday shopping! We recently got another great (5-star) review from Midwest Book Review. Educational sidebars contain excellent bytes of information about Greek philosophy and history, and humor and adventure play a
Ladies and Gentlemen, May I Introduce to you…
It’s Ramses and Moo-Cow!!!! Okay, maybe it’s not really Moo-Cow and Ramses, but rather two of our super cute, and talented, students dressed up in the costumes they made to look like Moo-Cow and Ramses. For our new book, The Fuzzy Philosopher, we are making a book trailer using student
Behind the Scenes of our Book Trailer
It’s only 3 weeks until the release of my new book, The Fuzzy Philosopher, and we are hard at work behind the scenes. These days you can’t release a new book without making a book trailer. A book trailer is like a movie preview, only for the book. Some are
The Fuzzy Philosopher: Our First Review!
Our new book, The Fuzzy Philosopher, isn’t on sale for another 3 weeks (Nov. 9th, mark your calendars) but the first review was just published on blogcritic.com! It was written by Gordon Haupfleisch, a Blogcritics Books Editor and book reviewer for the San Diego Union Tribune Books. One great thing
A (Tiny) Phoenix Rises from the Ashes
Several months ago my credit card expired and I got a new one. That’s not a big deal except for the fact that in preparing for years of travel, I set up many bills to be paid automatically through the credit card and I had to remember the list of
Moo-Cow Fan Club Book–An Update
I’ve been having a lot of fun as an English teacher here in China, but my real job, and first love, is the Moo-Cow Fan Club. For over 5 years I was the editor of Moo-Cow Fan Club Magazine, an award-winning educational magazine for kids. We refused to take ad’s,
On Untemplater Again
Just a quick update to let you all know that I have another guest post on Untemplater. This one is about road magic, the universal force that helps travelers out when you need it the most. The trick to getting road magic is by being free and open and not
I'm on Untemplater!!
I just wanted to let you all know that my writing has appeared on another blog! This time it is at Untemplater, a great site for those people who want to live life according to their own rules. Untemplater is a new-ish site, started by some big names in the
What is Your Definition of Success?
My dad recently came for a visit and over dinner he asked what we had planned for the future. “After all,†he said. “This can’t help you in your future career so it’s a dead-end job, right?†Wrong. (At least I think so.) How will my time in China affect
I'm on the 'Hobo!'
Curious about what a week in the life of an English teacher in China is like? Well head on over to the Professional Hobo to check out my diary! Nora, the woman behind the site, publishes a “Week-in-the-life-of” series and this week that life is mine! I am a big