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Hot take: "Proud Corazon" is the most underappreciated Disney song of all time. #dadlife #coco #disneysongs #disney

Marketing: thing I hate most/ only way people know my books exist. #writerslife #writers #writingcommunity

Buying clearance mayonnaise: good or bad? Asking for a friend. #lifechoices #dadlife

Pretty sure I've received most of these #writerlife #writingcommunity

It's almost here! The best sci-fi comedy you'll read this year! Pre-orders available now, releasing March 14th! If you like Terry Prarchett or Douglas Adams, mystery, comedy, or multiversal madness, this is the book for you! a.co/d/cvyT4Gz #bookrelease #theprismhotel #firstdayjitters #leepierce

I will be using the for the foreseeable future #America

(2/2) They maybe, MAYBE, have a chance to win a bike if they show up, no matter what. I get what the school's doing, but we have to get rid of this idea of attendance being more important than personal health. #attendance #school #dadlife

Got a message from the school all kids with 100% attendance will be entered into a drawing to win prizes. We spent the pandemic teaching them about how to protect themselves and others from getting sick, but I guess forget that. (1/2) #attendance #school #dadlife

I'd say this is about where we're at today #america

Accurate

"I write books no one reads in a genre that supposedly doesn't sell, in a fading industry, on a dying world that is on fire." I love waking up to those positive writer's thoughts! #writerslife #authors #thestruggleisreal

There's nothing worse than having that realization that you have plans later. Like, I was fine when I thought I only had the normal amount of things to do today. #dadlife

When you need some Play-Doh flowers in your life #dadlife

Why can't vacation last forever? #dadlife #vacation

You know my favorite thing about Disney World? The rampant commercialism. It truly is a magical place #dadlife #vacation

You know what kind of day it's going to be when you sit at a 4 way stop for nearly 5 minutes waiting on a non-existent light to change #dadlife #vacation

(2/2) war for film rights before the book ever came out? And you're frustrated b/c you know you've got a book coming out that's the best thing you've done but know you'll be lucky to get a fraction of the attention but have a better book? Anyway I'm doing great. How are you? #writerslife #authors

Ever read a book that has a great premise but by the time you reach the end you're just angry? Plotlines that go nowhere, characters that disappear, new plots introduced in the last few pages, then it just stops? Then you get angrier because it's from a major publisher and there was a bidding (1/2)

Pro tip: don't stop writing mid-chapter to go on holiday. I have no idea what my characters are supposed to be doing. #writerslife

I'll believe it until I'm fact checked!

So I'm finally back from my holiday break... and our youngest has body aches, vomiting, and a fever of 103. Things are going great!!! #dadlife

Almost put on the abridged version of It's A Wonderful Life on Prime until thinking I'd rather watch the full version. So glad. Has anyone watched the abridged version? It sounds like absolute garbage. #holidays #holidayseason #itsawonderfullife

On my way to the kids' Holiday Concert. I didn't drink enough to survive this. #dadlife

My poor characters are stuck mid chapter until I find time to get back to them #dadlife #writerslife

Being a writer with small children at Christmas essentially means I have to take a few weeks off. Whether I wanted to or not. #dadlife #writers #writerlife #Christmas

To the lady at drop-off this morning, going to meet with the principal and wearing a 'Spank me it's the only way I'll learn shirt' I say: Bravo. You're far braver than me. #dadlife #parenting

Seriously, you guys, it was maybe the biggest accomplishment in my life. #Christmas #christmaslights #dadlife

A big thank you to everyone that has helped get pre-orders for The Prism Hotel: First Day Jitters to #7 on the new release charts!!! Can we make it to number one??? The Prism Hotel: First Day Jitters a.co/d/3X3PRcx #writerslife #writers #authors

Took the kids to a light up Christmas village set to music. 8 yr old: Is this it? Me: What? This is amazing! 5 yr old: If I wanted to see flashing lights I'd play with the light switch in the kitchen. 8 yr old: We have lights in every room at home. Big deal. #dadlife #boredkids #christmasmagic

The worst part about taking a decade away from writing is that when I came back, another writer had the same name as me. Now every time I release a book I have to ask the Goodreads librarians to attribute it to me, not the other one #writers #authors #writerslife

Today was going to be the day! I was going to really, REALLY get some work done on the new manuscript. Then I got out of bed and that dream was quickly forgotten. #writer #writerslife #writingcommunity #writesky

I've been pleasantly surprised with how good the reviews (especially on Goodreads) have been 12 Days: Unconventional Christmas Stories a.co/d/34ryRTc #newbook #authors #writers #writerslife

Installed a new furnace today and as the kids walked in the door from school my 8 yr old immediately said, "Hey, we have heat again. You're not a bad parent anymore." 🙄🙄🙄 #dadlife

I never realized what a delicate flower I was until our furnace stopped working. Temp started to drop in my office and I was ready to give up on being an author. #authors #writers #writerslife #winter

I achieved one of my life long goals last night: I got to see David Letterman in person. Bonus: he was interviewing Caitlin Clark for an episode of My Next Guest #dreams #caitlinclark #davidletterman

I immediately told her, "The ER? There are less dramatic ways to say you don't want to hang out tonight." #dadlife #ER #datenight

Finally got an overnight babysitter for all 3 kids for the first time in almost 2 years. Now spending the rest of the evening in the ER while my wife waits for blood work and scans. Pretty sure date night is canceled. #dadlife #ER #datenight

And I found time to write just over a thousand words. Not a lot for me, but enough to satisfy my soul. #writerslife #writers #authors

On the plus side, I did manage to avoid my Trumper relatives the entire holiday. On the negative side, people like that still exist. #liberal4life #liberal

I'm holiday'd out. Who needs a nap? #holidays #Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! #Thanksgiving

Ever have those days when you think, "Why am I even doing this? I'm just screaming into the void." I know it's just exhaustion, but I really hate the days I'm filled with thoughts like that. #writerslife #writers #authors #authorsofbsky

In better news, it looks like I'll be following up my Christmas book with a full-length novel release in March! #newbook #authorlife #authors #writers

After getting just under 2 hours of sleep last night due to children not wanting to sleep, it's taking everything I have not to poke those same children repeatedly during their nap time. #dadlife #parenting