Free Download!! : A Week of Anticipation for Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three

Gator McBumpypants’ new adventure has been a year in the making, but it is finally almost here. For those of you who have not read the first two books in the Gator McBumpypants and Friends series, get over to amazon for specials this week. Starting Oct. 27th, the first book Gator McBumpypants Hears a ScaryContinue reading “Free Download!! : A Week of Anticipation for Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three”

Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three First Draft Thanks To A Thousand Words A Day

Though I did not write another 1,000 words since I reported yesterday, I did write 570 words to finish up the first draft of my third picture book in the Gator McBumpypants and friends series: Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three. That brings the weekend total to 2,014! By my math, I made itContinue reading “Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three First Draft Thanks To A Thousand Words A Day”

Dee Dee The Duck and A Thousand Words A Day

The last month has been very busy in my writing life. I am happy to say that I reached my goal of sending out a draft of my novel to first readers on August 28th. I have already received some invaluable feedback and I am excited for more over the next couple of months. InContinue reading “Dee Dee The Duck and A Thousand Words A Day”

My first vocal interview: Chris is a talented interviewer; I want to buy my own books.

Chris Champagne, author of  Roach Opera and The Yat Dictionary who has been voted Best Comedian in New Orleans two years running, interviewed me about my books for his podcast. It’s a great interview. He made me want to read my books. The first part of the podcast is a comedy quiz show, my interviewContinue reading “My first vocal interview: Chris is a talented interviewer; I want to buy my own books.”

My first interview as a children’s book author!

I planned on re-posting the fun interview Andy Mulberry did with me, but that’s not working, so I’ll link to it instead. Here are the first few lines from Andy’s post: Welcome Maria L. Berg, Children’s Book Author | Guest Post It’s Sunday! Which means, it’s time for a fun Q&A with a children’s bookContinue reading “My first interview as a children’s book author!”

New Book! Gator McBumpypants in Herman Learns to Fly!!

Now that the second book is finished and available in both paperback and kindle, I will be back to my regular blogging schedule, finishing up my free guide to self publishing children’s books and exploring guest posts (activities that went to the back burner to simmer while I finished my book). So, today being MondayContinue reading “New Book! Gator McBumpypants in Herman Learns to Fly!!”

Revision: Ask for Help and Listen

Today I finished the second book in the Gator McBumpypants picture book series, Gator McBumpypants in Herman Learns to Fly. I thought it would come together more quickly and easily than the first book since I was ready for the formatting, but it ended up being about equally difficult because I was much more critical.Continue reading “Revision: Ask for Help and Listen”

Marketing: The second book in the Gator McBumpypants and friends series

A deep, heart-felt Thank You to everyone who downloaded Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise last week–80 downloads and 4 new reviews!–a very happy return on a free 5-day campaign. Now, hopefully, some word of mouth from the people who read the story can help me keep the momentum going. This week, my writing lifeContinue reading “Marketing: The second book in the Gator McBumpypants and friends series”

Exploring: Kindle Free Downloads – Lots of free books, why not?

Since I’ve been pushing my free kindle download all week, I decided to go explore the free kindle download offerings. I was pleasantly surprised.I now have an eclectic library on my Kindle Cloud Reader. I found children’s picture books. I found books on social media marketing. I found cookbooks. I found an exercise motivation bookContinue reading “Exploring: Kindle Free Downloads – Lots of free books, why not?”

Happy Thanksgiving

Gator McBumpypants wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And to the turkey he says, I don’t eat flying things if that’s what you’re worried about. Don’t forget to pick up your free kindle download today to share with the whole family! And for more fun Gator and Herman now have their own theme song and itContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”