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Daddy in Charge?
I’m not sure what happened. I used to be a good dad – really great with the children. I actually used to get compliments. I used to know their routine, even be able to make breakfast once in a while to...
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In the Presence of Greatness
When I was a kid, nearly every summer my dad and I would drive from my home in northwestern New Jersey, across the George Washington Bridge and into the Bronx to see to Yankee games. Back when tickets...
View ArticlePlayground Police
When I was in college, many moons ago, my roommates and I had a lot of fun listening to some phone scam CDs from New York’s WPLJ Radio. I dug up one of the old CDs from a box in my basement this week...
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Happy Birthday MyBoys3!
Four years ago tomorrow, I published the first blog post on MyBoys3. I barely knew what a blog was, but up it went for the world (or at least a few friends and family) to see. It was a recap of a...
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Shut Your Mouth
I woke up this morning with the song “Pumped Up Kicks” playing in my head. It’s very catchy and a year ago or so I really liked it, until I realized it was talking about a school shooting or something...
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West Virginia High
When I snuck out of the townhouse at 6:30, I nearly tripped over my brother-in-law sleeping on the pullout in the living room. I vaguely remembered a middle of the night screaming episode, which seemed...
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In Remembrance of 9/11
Here’s a post from the 10th anniversary of 9/11 I wrote two years ago. I started crying at the breakfast table Sunday morning. Talking to the boys about September 11th on the tenth year anniversary of...
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Mystery on Church Hill Cover!
The sequel to Sam and Derek’s adventures is almost ready! Here’s the first look at the cover for Mystery on Church Hill – I hope you like it! Thanks to artist Melissa Rose for the cover illustration....
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Mystery on Church Hill Preview
Chapter 1: The Field Trip Below is the first chapter from my new middle grade children’s book, Mystery on Church Hill. It follows another adventure with young brothers, Sam and Derek. Mystery on Church...
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Read to Me
This week I had the privilege of visiting one of the after-school tutoring sites run by my friends at CHAT (Church Hill Activities & Tutoring). Several times each week they reach over 140 kids in...
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Join the Mystery on December 8th!
Mystery on Church Hill, the second book in the adventures of brothers Sam and Derek from Steven K. Smith, is releasing on December 8, 2013! Just in time for Christmas for all the young readers in your...
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The Thank You Part
One of the things about writing children’s books that I hadn’t thought a whole lot about was the response from the kids. It’s so much fun. Hearing from family, friends and other adult readers that hear...
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Mystery on Church Hill – Now Available!
The waiting is over! Brothers Sam and Derek are hot on the trail of another adventure in my second children’s adventure book, Mystery on Church Hill, now available! Hurry over to Amazon at the link...
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Leaf It To Me
When we moved to Virginia nearly three years ago, one of my top priorities was to buy a house that had enough property for our three boys to roam and play outside. We have two acres, one of which is...
View ArticleSnowflakes of Christmas
Christmas break is only a few days old and I’ve already come to appreciate the line in the song, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, that says “and Mom and Dad can’t wait for school to begin...
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Snowboarding Kicked My Butt
The sun was out, the slope white with snow. I surveyed the vista below me – a mountain to be conquered. I could picture it now, the air whipping past, the powder spraying my face, the boys staring in...
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Back to School
I started writing about the adventures of Derek and Sam as a way to create an exciting story to read at bedtime to my boys. As it turned into a book, I learned a lot about the publishing process and...
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Help! Two Inches of Snow!
Attention Virginia! This may come as some surprise, but it’s the end of January. It’s winter. It has a tendency to get cold. Sometimes there’s snow. How is this new information? The schools just...
View ArticleI Liked Your Book
Today finished off the reading program at Bettie Weaver and their school wide reading of Summer of the Woods. It’s hard to explain how fun it is to hear all the different classes telling me what their...
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My 15 Minutes
Back in 1999, a young comedian burst onto the scene named Tom Green. He had some kind of talk show on MTV and was known for doing all kinds of outrageous things. He eventually married Drew Barrymore,...
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