Well this was cool!

Well this was cool!

When I picked up my mail last week I received a large envelope. Inside was a copy of the Kirkus Reviews magazine, The Best Books of 2015 and The Best 100 Indie Books of the Year, Special Issue. With anticipation, I turned the pages reading what they had to say about the year’s most promising reads. When I reached page 194 I smiled.  Sock Monster had made the cut. I still haven’t received the coveted star review from Kirkus, but someday I...

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Arrgh Won the 2015 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal for Children’s Books Grades 4-6

Arrgh Won the 2015 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal for Children’s Books Grades 4-6

Nothing feels better then when some one tells you they like what you’ve written. The feeling is euphoric. Euphoric: Adjective They received a euphoric welcome: elated, happy, joyful, delighted, gleeful; excited, exhilarated, jubilant, exultant; ecstatic, blissful, rapturous, transported, on cloud nine, in seventh heaven; informal on top of the world, over the moon, on a high. So when I got an email from the people at Readers’ Favorite...

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Really Great Writing Advice – My First Re-blog

Really Great Writing Advice – My First Re-blog

When I saw this piece on Facebook, by Cody Delistraty, I knew I had to re-blog it. The writing advice and author quotes are just too good. My personal favorites are #1, #6 and #9. Happy Reading -S 21 Harsh But Eye-Opening Writing Tips From Great Authors A lot of people think they can write or paint or draw or sing or make movies or what-have-you, but having an artistic temperament doth not make one an artist.Even the great writers of our...

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ARRGH! has a theme song

ARRGH! has a theme song

It’s true! I can’t believe it. The amazing musician Anna Schaad has agreed to write ARRGH! its own theme song. How cool is that?!? I was just told the news  last week. We’ve all been so excited with the early press for ARRGH! that my amazing publisher Kari Hock at Green Darner Press, decided to have this amazing violinist create a piece just for my book. Anna Schaad has recorded  4 albums to date and has played in New York,...

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Nerves

Nerves

I am not a public speaker. At least that is what my brain tells me every time I get up on a stage. My heart palpitates, I forget everything I want to say and then I never quite remember what actually came out of my mouth. Talking to a group of kids does not bother me. My own children tell me that is because I never really grew up myself. But adults…talking to adults scares me. Recently I did a national Skype interview with Tim Knox and...

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