About
My wife and I live with our four kids on two acres of Paradise (literally Paradise, Pennsylvania) – they are pictured to the right. Sam is the one reaching toward the camera, as if to ward off writer’s block.
If this is your first time here, you can check out the story of how my business failed and my wife and I moved our family of six into my parents basement so that I could pursue my dream of writing full time. That story starts here: Falling Through.
I love to write about writing, although I’m certainly not an expert. Check out some of those posts HERE.
The questions my generation raises about religion and spirituality intrigue me. Find some posts about that kind of thing HERE.



Shawn, I’d like to send you info re: FaithVillage and how your blog could play a role in this new site. If you could send me your email address, I can send you the information. Thanks for your time.
Dear Shawn,
Hello, my name is John D. Blomquist. I am the Co-Editor on the Family & Parenting Page for the website http://www.AllThingsHealing.com (ATH). I am seeking permission to post in rotation your article “A Reminder to Fathers for 2012″ found here: http://shawnsmucker.com/2011/12/30/a-reminder-to-fathers-for-2012/
Full credit will be noted, and I will include any links for more info that you would like to include. I will also post a bio/photo for you and will take it from here unless otherwise directed:
http://shawnsmucker.com/about/
I would be pleased to bring more exposure to you and share your thoughts and writings with my readers.
More about ATH: Our site has been live for over a year, and we are currently exceeding 320,000 pageviews per month. We have 39 healing categories and 85+ Editors/Forum Moderators from all over the world. We are also doing work with Kathy Smith (Guest Editor on our Exercise/Fitness page), Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum (Guest Editor on Integrative Medicine) as well as Judith Orloff, MD (Guest Editor on Energy Medicine), to name a few.
Thank you for your consideration – John
PS – Please note that if you grant me permission, your article could also appear on a variety of our other social media channels. We are also in a content sharing alliance with Care2.com – so your articles may also appear there.