The Second Clone Recipe I Tried

Several years went by before I saw my next clone recipe. In 1987 the second clone recipe I tried showed up in my mailbox in the form of a chain letter. At the time, these snail mail chain letters were similar to the chain letter spam that we get in our e-mail boxes today: Someone [...]

Candy Bars & Magic Tricks

At the age of 12 I was consumed with secrets and sweets.

It was then that I saw the price of candy bars increasing from 15 cents to 20 cents each. As a true candy lover – I was your typical kid, after all — this 25 percent increase in price was devastating. Each [...]

Thank You Entertainment Weekly

It’s been a really long time since I’ve been graded for my work; the last grade I received came somewhere around my final day of college in 1985. But now, my all-time favorite magazine, Entertainment Weekly – which I read from cover to cover every week – reviewed my new book in a beautiful 2-page spread, [...]