How to Live a Life That's Not Boring

by John Reynolds Gardiner

Answer nine questions, derived from the truths of storytelling, to test if you are living a life that's not boring. The same things that make a story interesting can also make a person's life interesting. After all, aren't we the main character in our own life's story?

136 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2004

About the author

John Reynolds Gardiner was an American author and engineer. Born in Los Angeles, California, he earned his master's degree from UCLA. He was a successful engineer before working on his first children's book. Always creative, in his younger years he ran Num Num Novelties, home to such originals as the aquarium tie. He lived in West Germany and Central America, and taught writing workshops around the world. In Idaho he heard of a legend on which he based his first book, Stone Fox. Gardiner also edited children's stories for television. He lived out his final years with his wife, Gloria, in California and died of complications from pancreatitis at a hospital in Anaheim, California. He is survived by three daughters, Carrie, Alicia, and Danielle.