ACCM

I'm attending the Annual Conference for Catalog and Multichannel Merchants in Orlando at the invitation of Herschell Gordon Lewis, which is kind of like being invited to a philosophy conference by Noam Chomsky. I'll try to post my PowerPoint presentation here afterward.

        New book 

My new book with Elizabeth Verdick is available now. The Parenting Press e-zine says, "It's a great book. Highly recommended, even by someone who believes she seldom procrastinates!" Cincinnati Parent says, "Putting things off puts a strain on everybody—and kids need to learn as early as possible not to procrastinate. Espeland and Verdick get the point across easily by blending humor and hard-hitting tips that help youngsters ages 8 to 13 work on goal-setting, planning, beating writer's block and more." Click on the book cover FMI.

        New catalogs

The summer books are out and the summer sales are on. The covers are links to the Web sites.

        Weekly column

I write about jazz each week for MinnPost.com. Find my latest post here. Read a story about MinnPost here. Click on the banner to visit the site.