The Ultimate Relaxation Music Collection

Mornings are my most hectic time. I have two elementary school-age children and both of their buses come at 7:30 a.m.

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A Ham’s Impact

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Back to the Future

I’ve always been the kind of person who voids a dozen checks in January and February before he gets used to writing the new year. But since I’ve been at GUIDEPOSTS, my sense of time confusion has gotten even more confused.

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Books Bring People Together

I’ve been an editor for more than 30 years—where did the years go? I read books for living—it’s the best job in the world as far as I’m concerned. 

I’m always surprised when I meet people who struggle through a book or hated English in high school. Those are the same people who can’t believe I can’t fix anything in the house (although I buy books about home repair), hate to deal with numbers, and find sports confusing.

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Turtle Love

When my daughter Julia was six, she became fixated on turtles. It may have been because we owned the entire Franklin the Turtle oeuvre, but she talked incessantly about having one of her own. 

I suggested a tortoise might be better since they don’t have to live in huge pools of water, but she had her heart set on the swimming kind. (My interest in tortoises soon dimmed when I found out that 125 was not only what they cost but how long they live!) 

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Rediscovering Faith

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What We Really Publish

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No More "Slow" Seasons

In what I always thought of as the old days of publishing, you used to think of summer as a “slow” season. All the spring books were shipping and the fall had been sold in and all the publishers thought of summer as the time to take time off. 

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What I Learned in Nashville

I just returned from Nashville where we had our retail sales conference. Although I didn’t see any live country music, I did have some great barbecue (the sweet and the vinegar kinds) and fabulous pecan pie. As much as I like to eat, we did get some work done between meals!
 
I’ve always had mixed feelings about sales conferences since they can be everything from exhilarating to frustrating to downright depressing.

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