About the Book Songs of Seven Days is a reflection on the creation story of Genesis—from the separation of light and darkness to the divine time of rest and Shabbat. While often expressed in traditional poetic forms, the book unfolds as a sort of rabbinic midrash or commentary on each of the seven days of…
Illustrator: Laura Mijangos-Rapp. This is a delightful story of Bobbis and his life as told by Frankie his granddaughter. He triumphed over poverty and illness to become a well-known artist. Frankie explains his positive attitude helped him overcome his difficulties. He started to look for “the cherries” (beauty, abundance, and magic) in everything. Based on…
From the seed of the Foy stories 10 years ago, to meticulous editing and revisions, it’s so great to see all the hard work coming together – Gordon Atkinson‘s talented writing, Paul Soupiset‘s phenomenal cover design, and Catherine Moroney‘s amazing video skills. It has taken a village to bring this book to life! Check out the book trailer…
What does your Tuesday morning look like? Perhaps you spend it wading through the weeds of your inbox, sipping on disappointingly-lukewarm coffee. Maybe you attend a series of meetings, or ready the kids for school in a flurry of lunchboxes and carpool lines. In any case, it’s unlikely you devote Tuesday mornings to meditation,…
One of the fun things about going to a conference of book publishers (IBPA) is meeting people. Kate Tews from Opsimath Press was the sort that introverts like me love. She sat right down with Jen and me at the Epic! sponsored breakfast and immediately started spouting great ideas she has used to promote her…
When we (Jen, my assistant, and I) went to a Publishing University (run by IBPA) in Austin, the first official event was a Breakfast sponsored by Epic!. The speaker was Dr. Loriene Roy who gave a brief address about diversity in children’s publishing. She is Anishinabe, enrolled on the White Earth Reservation, and a member…
David Reed, the newly consecrated Episcopal Bishop Coadjurer of West Texas, was honored at St. John’s New Braunfels at an elegant dinner. (Thank you, Ben Nelson – so cute with his flowing locks). Also, in attendance was PB Katharine Jefferts Schori and her husband, Richard. I was fortunate to have a meaningful conversation with the…
I publish books so if you read this blog regularly you will hear about the books I publish but I also plan to highlight books in general that deserve some attention. People who read fascinate me so I will write about books, people who, like me, love to read, authors I find interesting and any…