I started Notes in the Margins: A Publishing Blog, over at Brown Paper Press last spring, only to put it largely on hold when my dad got sick and then, eventually, died. He was a figure who held tremendous importance in my life, both personally and professionally. So I wrote a thing.

My next book, ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids (co-written by parenting educators Linda and Ty Hatfield), got an unlikely surge of interest last month when the piece I filmed for the NewsHour (the one about timeouts) went viral ten months after it was released.

Time to dust off the old blog here and offer a few updates. First off — for those of you who don't know — I'm writing a second book! ParentShift: A Guide to Raising Children Without Timeouts, Reward Charts & Other Old-Fashioned Gimmicks is a joint effort between me and my parenting gurus/friends, Linda and Ty Hatfield, of Parenting from the Heart.

A little belatedly: Thanks go out to the Independent Book Publishers Awards (AKA IPPY Award), which has awarded Relax, It's Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You're Not Religious a Silver Medal by in the category of Parenting. 

After a year and a half, Brown Paper Press is finally starting to feel like more than just a "nice hobby." We're launching two great books (yes, I'm biased, but it's also totally true) Feb. 23. I'm Dyin' Here: A Life in the Paper by Tim Grobaty and Burdens by Water: An Unintended Memoir by Alan Rifkin are both on pre-sale for $16.99 at Amazon. 

The book's been out since March and has gotten some truly outstanding press, but nothing compares to PBS. I'm feeling so grateful — one (who is obviously not me) might even say blessed — for the opportunity to get the word out about my work.