Mad Kestrel Giveaway
Author Misty Massey, who may actually be a pirate, is running a "book safari giveaway" on her website. This is in celebration of the mass market (that’s paperback to the uninitiated) release of her novel: Mad Kestrel.
Happy Birthday To You!
The best part of a birthday is that night, after it is all over, when we gather together on a bed and read Happy Birthday To You! by Dr. Seuss. We have a new copy, but I still have my old copy from when I was five. Sometimes, we read that. All snug in our pajamas, we are whooshed off…
How I Spent My Morning
Justinian wanted a Mach 6 cake to take to his kindergarden class. He ended up with a Mach 5 and a Mach 6. (They look like the movie one he got as a toy.) The wheels were Reeses, which I was particularly proud of.
Tornato Number Two Turns Six
Who would have thought? (It occurred to me that many of you were not reading back in the days when I first introduced the children, Tornado in Human Form one, Cherubim, and Tornado in Human Form Two. TiHF2 is the youngest. I explained to him that six years ago today he popped out, and I was really…
DARK QUEST BOOKS SIGNS AWARD-WINNING SERIES! So It Begins Contributors Some of the Biggest Names in Military Science Fiction HOWELL, NJ Local publisher Neal Levin and editor Mike McPhail have joined forces to produce the anthology So It Begins. This book has a lot to live up to. As the second in the Defending…
Woo-hoo!
Just finished correcting the galleys for Prospero Lost! Phew! Finally, my part is done. It read much smoother this time, after the corrections made during the copy-editing round, which was nice.
Overheard at the Wright’s Household
Orville: "…and they are called Silvers. Juss, yelling at the top of his lungs, "Why are their colonies named after Long-John-You-Know?"
Overheard at the Wright’s Household
Juss on his new show "Spiderman meets Geo Tracks." "He’s a really bad guy! His plans even work sometimes!"
Aw, Okay, One More — The Lost Brothers and the Trustworthy Griffin
Just because someone asked…but no more after this. ;-) Chapter Two: How Jacob and Nicky Arrive at the Forest Jacob and Nicky could not wait for the full moon. The next three days were certainly the longest ever to occur. What the key might do was all Nicky would talk about. Luckily, their mother…
Overheard at the Wright’s Household
John: "Maybe we should make him a turtle. Turtles are ninja." Juss, emphastically: "No. Turtles aren’t ninja. Turtles and ninja are completely different." When asked to explain, he added with hand gestures: "Ninjas throw things, while turtles go s-l-o-w-l-y." (Imagine the acting out of turtles go slowly.)