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We're in the midst of summer! For most, summer 2026 has been a time of relaxation and extended vacations. But for me, it's been a time of meaningful hard work as I began a book tour for My Life as an Asthmanaut and a renewed book marketing campaign that tackled many different fronts. The book tour started as Asthma Awareness Month was about to end. On May 30th in Houtzdale, PA, I visited the Hiller Family Memorial Library to do my first live book reading! I took part in a fu

With Asthma Awareness Month 2026 now winding down, I thought I'd share the rest of May's highlights regarding My Life as an Asthmanaut and its promotion. Let's get right into it! After a busy World Asthma Day, Lit Kids Magazine posted an interview with me on May 8th. What I love about this site is that it's kid-centered, and I had so much fun thinking over imaginative questions like: "If you could travel anywhere in the world to do your work, where would you go?" and "If you

Happy Asthma Awareness Month! I know this post is coming a bit late, as we're now halfway through May. But I've just been so busy trying to push my book out there in what is essentially one of the best months of the year to promote it. And I have SO many updates! Too many, in fact, to put in a single post. I took a while to decide what to announce here, what to leave out, and what to save for next time, content-wise. In this post, I'll be focusing on the time around World Ast

April 16th was a very special day for me. Why, you ask? Because it was the day I went to the 2026 Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) Conference in Altoona, PA! In the hours leading up to the conference, I have to admit that I was a little nervous. As someone who's from a deeply rural area of PA, I had never been to any sort of conference before. And on top of that, I had never done a book signing event either. My traditional publishing debut, My Life as an Asth