Gift Ideas
Employee Assistance Programs and My Book
If any of you work with, or are in touch with, EAP service providers (LifeWorks, BetterUp, ComPsych, MantraCare), I would love an introduction and/or a good word. Thank you, everyone!
Gan Arts Fest
Massive book sales? No. Deep connections? Yes. More on that in a future post.
This past weekend, I took the train up to Gananoque, Ontario an...
Kirkus Pins a Star on My Book
Getting the word out about an independently published book takes persistence & the forward lean of a battering ram. It also takes a set of c...
Finding Your Mother's Spice Tins
In 2021, Benjamin Dreyer, the former managing editor and copy chief at Random House, wrote a beautiful piece for his Substack newsletter. “The Fi...
What is Your Grief Story?
I Miss My Mommy takes you right to the heart of the five stages of grief through 150 portraits, some grim, some funny, but all relatable.The ...
"I Miss My Mommy" was on TV!
When Carla Lucchetta and the crew from The Agenda with Steve Paikin left my home, after an afternoon talking about grief and deceased parents, I f...
Grief and Male Friendships
I’m at the start of a book tour for my graphic novel, I Miss my Mommy, and I’ve been glad to see as many men as women reaching out to me to share w...
"I Miss My Mommy" - What Readers Are Saying
This is my time to say thank you to the folks who read the advance reader copy of I MISS MY MOMMY, my new picture book for big people without pare...
I Miss My Mommy: a picture book to help orphaned adults through grief
All of us will have to do life without our parents at some point. I decided to write and illustrate a book to shows what grief looks like. I Miss My Mommy is the world's first picture book for big people without parents.