Middle Grade Fiction: You Have to Really Want It Writing a Middle Grade Fiction novel has taught me many things, but the one thing it’s really taught me is that you have to really want it. After 7 cities and a grueling 14-day tour that took me as far as the Big Easy of New […]
MIDDLE GRADE FICTION TOUR The middle grade fiction tour with with Saltwater Taffy and the two week adventure is long, but I am proud to say the entire journey has been more than worth it. I now understand why teachers do what they do, even though the state pays them a salary less than a manager at McDonalds. […]
MIDDLE GRADE FICTION Our middle grade fiction tour carries on. Walking the streets of New Orleans with Saltwater Taffy under my arm brought back an afternoon of memories from my days on the USA NETWORK show, THE BIG EASY. On this trip we met some amazing parents, educators and children of all type in the […]
MIDDLE GRADE FICTION: DENVER The middle grade fiction tour of Saltwater Taffy arrived in Denver today. This tour stop for Saltwater Taffy is super special because my wife Julie flew in for a weekend visit. We picked up the rent-a-car and hit the road for Denver area bookstores. The first stop was the Tattered Cover […]
MIDDLE GRADE FICTION: Phoenix BOYS & GIRLS CLUB The latest stop on our middle grade fiction stop with Saltwater Taffy finds us at the Boys & Girls Club of Phoenix. After canvasing the city with Saltwater Taffy for tweens and parents alike, Illustrator R.C. Nason and I ended up at the Jerry Colangelo Boys & Girls […]