Quadzilla Released

      For a while now I've had the idea to write a silly series that follows a reluctant fourth grader through an entire school year. Each book in the series would focus on a different period of the year.      The School Is A Nightmare Series allows me to finally bring this idea to life.
The main character in the series, Justin, thinks school is the worst! He complains, avoids, and dreams of a life without school. At home, his two older sisters drive him absolutely crazy, and he can never catch a break.
      I wrote the School Is A Nightmare books for reluctant readers. The chapters are fast paced, silly, and fun. Kids seem to like the first four books and more are on the way.

     This winter I decided to experiment with a four book collection. We've put the first four books together in one Kindle download. I'm curious to see what kids think of reading the series this way. The collection is called Quadzilla and it's out now. Happy reading.

When Did You Know You Wanted To Be A Writer?

      I watched the movie Stand By Me recently. I've seen it countless times before when I was younger, but it's been a while. When I was a kid we watched it all the time on HBO because it was on every other day.

      It was the story that made me want to write. Later in life I searched out the book Different Seasons and was amazed. The Body and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption blew me away.

      At one point in the movie something truly amazing happened. I realized that not only did I know the movie that made me want to become a writer. I realized the exact scene.

 

     When I was a kid I remember viewing this scene and thinking it was the coolest thing ever.  Some kids wanted to be basketball players, others movie stars, I thought sitting at home in front of a computer and writing was the ultimate.  I still do.

     When did you know?