The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy (with illustrations by Todd Harris) I think most people who write book reviews do it not as a service to others, but as a way for them to remember the book and know if they liked it or not. The human brain is way over-taxed as it is - so trying to remember all the meaningful, impacting, fun and w...
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This is my dog, staring at me, hoping for a treat. Sometimes I feel like my website is staring at me, hoping for an update. Shall we go with a list format or a super long paragraph full of run-on sentences? I thinks I'll goes with a list. - Slowly baby-stepping into self-promotion of "Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!". It's available in the Olathe schools library s...

So yes, it took a while to get all this together. But - all our swag is here now and I'm thrilled to FINALLY be fulfilling all the rockethub rewards. Everyone who supported our project this past summer was so generous and I am ever grateful. I truly hope to get each and every person his or her deserved reward(s). I mean look at Oliver the Crocodragonosau...

CRAZY amounts of fun stuff going on... I now have an author page on Amazon! knowonder! has published two short story collections, and I'm in both of them! They're available on Amazon! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! is selling on Amazon! Enough about Amazon already, sheesh! Things are popping over at knowonder! as well. Submissions are back open so there will be...
KJD on Amazon!

I completed the PiBoIdMo challenge by coming up with 30 picture book ideas during the month of November! Huzzah! It's not like nailing a 50,000 word novel, but I'm still pleased to have met the goal. Here are a random 5 ideas on my list, in no particular order of preference: 1 - The Lost Things Man (need to work on the title). A strangely friendly creep...
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Ever feel so nervous about something, you are absolutely CERTAIN you CANNOT do it?! Then, you complete the task and feel so WONDERFUL you cannot contain your excitement?! Then maybe, just possibly, you've DANCE WALKED and never known it!! Check out my latest short story, published today on knowonder!, in which a girl at summer camp overcomes her fears and...
Dance Walking

I am a parent and I know our days are swamped. My awake hours are less busy than hers, but more busy than his. Such is life. I do, however, have time in every day to read with my kids for 20 minutes. This is not a problem in our house and I am willing to bet on most days, it's possible in your home as well. Of course, you'll need an excellent book which...

HEAR YE, HEAR YE! Get your Crocodragonosaurs right here! Yep, that's right folks, exclusive link to Crocodragonosaurs! Can only find 'em here! (My book - IN SOFTCOVER FORMAT - is now available for order via createspace.com! Amazon link coming soon!!) ((I used exclamation points after every sentence in this whole post!! And I double paragraph marked th...
CHOMP! CHOMP! CHOMP! on sale now - CLICK HERE

This past weekend, I was flipping pancakes for family breakfast and I overheard our kids having the strangest discussion. They were arguing about which of my twitter accounts more accurately reflects my personality. I didn't want them to be confused so I busted out a powerpoint and some whiteboard action and spent the bulk of the day explaining my double t...

"He peered through his kitchen window and what he saw…well…he could scarcely trust his own eyeballs! He blinked them, he rubbed them, he squinted them, he opened them wide, and still, they showed him the same spectacular sight. Was it a cat? Was it an elephant? No, it couldn’t be! Yes, it could! It was both! It was…a CatElephant!" Read the rest of m...
The Clutterberg Circus

Check out knowonder! to read my latest short story which is titled "To Paint Your Feelings". In it, you'll find out what happens when bright colors are unexpectedly injected into a gray guy's gray life. Will there be happiness, silliness, anger, love? Or all of the above!?
click here to view my story on knowonder!

There is a collection of knowonder! stories available now for the Kindle! Only $.99 for 30 fantastic kid's short stories - including one of mine called "Actually". AND... Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! is on Amazon as well, in Kindle version. (Works best on the Kindle Fire so unless you have that device, better wait for the picture book or mobile app version of sto...
knowonder! - a collection of 30 stories for the Kindle
Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! (Kindle version)
knowonder! website