Six years ago, when my last book came out, I had a silly belief that everyone I knew would buy that book. And read it. In that was the...

“Think about your author brand,” someone in the publishing industry once said to me. And I didn’t know what this meant. Did I need a...

You don't typically know a life-changing moment until you're years past it, often when someone asks an innocuous question about something...

During my first few weeks of college, my dormitory had a raffle to win 13 gallons of popcorn from a nearby gas station. I was amused to...

A few years ago, I had a very high-ranking elected official speak to one of my graduate-level courses on public policy. She gave a great...

Three minutes into my extremely well rehearsed talk, I lost my train of thought. My mind went blank. There I was, on stage, without a...

I’m the author of two books. My first book was a collection of essays that was self-published. It ranked number one in its category on...

Our house backs up to a catholic elementary school. We are not catholic, and our children do not attend the school, but we collectively...