Personal Story Enthusiast Mugs

"Sergio, Baldo and Gracie were devastated after Rosa died. It's hard when children lose their mother."

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

Victor Hugo

"I feel we haven't moved beyond parallel play."

'Where was the TSA?'

'You're going to have your future cut out for you, reading bedtime stories.'

Audio Books

"Finally, the alphabet is paying off."

Goodnight Moon for the Misbegotten

'Dad's bedtime story was decent, but the special effects were non-existent.'

Grizzly bears are gregarious animals.

Ant story: 'and so they worked all day and they worked all night and then they worked some more, the end.'

See, Catty-O? I told you dinner was included with admission.

This is the new Director's Cut version of Hansel and Gretel...with additional scenes and three alternative endings!!!

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

"And that's when the therapist suggested… exposure therapy!"

'You were great at 'Daniel in the Lion's Den!' -- I'd sure like to hear you do 'The Three Little Pigs' sometime!'

"Hmm...I can see a best-selling book and a movie deal out of this..."

'Ha! Ha! The Wooin' O't!'

'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."

"I'm sad to hear everybody lived happily ever after. That means no sequels to this story."

'Sigh! So that's what love is all about...'

Cinderella and Charming the Clown

Hansel and Gretal

"It's true, mommy...the chocolate bunny attacked me - it was self-defense!"

Jacques et Jille

"You're writing a memoir? You're seven years old. Do you honestly think you can capture the interest of readers with such a short—wait, is that my name?!"

"This is what's known as a book."

'And the wicked stepmother looked into her smartphone and said, "Selfie, selfie in my face, who's the fairest in this place?"

'Now that's what I call a really old tree!'

Alberich steals the gold

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. I thought we were just dating."

"I'll bet she was worn out by the end of teacher's meeting day."

"Personally, I loved your novel. Unfortunately, our e-book editor says it just doesn't work on the little screen!"