Reviews are crucial and getting a good review from someone like Kirkus can make or break book. Needless to say I was more then a little happy to receive this: SOCK MONSTER Stacey R. Campbell Illus. by Elizabeth Thieme Create Space (32 pp.) $14.95 paperback, $3.99 e-book ISBN: 978-1-5174-5699-3; October 15, 2015 BOOK REVIEW In this mildly scary, funny picture book, a mom’s bedtime-story ploy encourages her little boy to clean up his...

I love book swag. Creating things to give  readers based on the current book I’m about to release is a lot of fun. Giving it away at events  is even better. I love seeing the smiles on peoples faces when they ask if they can have a button or book mark and I say,”Please, take one.” Plus, I finally get to use my studio art minor. Here’s a sneak peak of what I created for my newest book, Sock Monster. I hope to see you at...

Katya Szewczuk at KidLit TV is absolutely the best. She’s created three of my book trailers now. Each is better then the next. She’s professional, fun and full of unbound enthusiasm for every project she takes on. Thanks...

Hurry! There are only 3 days left to get in on the action. CBB book tours is promoting The Lakeview Series. There are all sorts of reviews and a chance to win copies of  all 4 of the Lakeview books; Hush, Whisper, Scream and Silence. In addition we are giving away a $20.00 Amazon gift card! Here is just one example of a stop on this fun promotional romp. Click here to join in the fun and giveaway! My So-Called Review: Throughout this past...

I am a book trailer junky. I love them. So I am super excited to share my new Lakeview Novel, Scream book trailer with you. It’s made by the lovely and talented Katya Szewczuk at KidLitTV . Come check it out!  🙂 Happy...

Murder on a ferry boat… – Plausible Last night I had the opportunity to walk the car decks of the ferry that I wrote about in chapter three of Scream and let me tell you, this could totally happen. What do you think? Happy reading – S Not wanting to head back to the girls’ booth to listen to whatever Izzy had discovered while on her phone, Alex headed for the car deck. He liked checking out what people drove. No one ever...