Many thanks to the Wisconsin Writers Association for featuring me on their Chapter Break podcast. Hosts Luella Schmidt and Ken Humphrey asked great questions and had me read an excerpt of MAIL-ORDER MONSTERS: CRASH COURSE. If you’d like to hear me read in falsetto (yikes haha), click here or on the image below. Now, break!
Sweeeet. My book was featured in Publishers Weekly‘s BookLife Report under “What’s On Our Radar” Nice. 🙂
We had a great time with excited young readers at Blue House Books in Kenosha, WI. It’s an adorable bookstore. If you’re still looking for gifts ahead of the holidays, reach out to Blue House to get your copies of MAIL-ORDER MONSTERS: CRASH COURSE (signed by me and the illustrator, Jeff) and THE HAUNTED STATES […]
The tips are turning. And so it begins.
My husband and I had a lot of fun this morning The Morning Blend, the TV talk show on Milwaukee’s NBC station. My hubby, Jeff, is a professional illustrator and did the art for the entire book, including 13 black-and-white drawings within. Some of that art was highlighted on the big screens behind us during […]
I’ve been posting a whole lot lately about my new book, but posting is how we get word out about our stuff, right? So now I want to say THANK YOU to all of you who’ve reached out with congratulations and to support the book. You’ve given so much love, in fact, that Mail-Order Monsters […]
Hey friends! Today is RELEASE DAY for my latest book, MAIL-ORDER MONSTERS: CRASH COURSE! It’s the story of a ten-year-old boy who’s so desperate for a new best friend that he orders monsters from an ad in the back of a comic book. Hijinks ensue. It’s a tale of friendship breakups and makeups, of monsters […]
I had an interesting conversation with a friend about “crashing” books and how we don’t recommend it for self-published authors. Crashing is an industry term for publishing on a timeline waaay faster than the norm. An example might be rushing to publish an exposé ahead of an election. Big publishing houses have the resources […]
Three years ago, I planted a cherry tree knowing it would need time to establish itself before producing a lot of fruit. This year it’s yielding its first bumper crop, and the inaugural pie I made from it is positively faaaabulous. Since planting that cherry tree, I’ve added three raspberry bushes and one blueberry bush […]
Friends and neighbors, I am thrilled to share that I’ve received a positively epic review for MAIL-ORDER MONSTERS: CRASH COURSE, my new middle grade fantasy. Kirkus Reviews, which is the industry gold standard and premier reviewer for stores and libraries, gave my book a verdict of GET IT. They called my story “an entertaining fantasy […]