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”

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!!”

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?”

Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog

You can see why I put this under the revision topic, I’m revising my post of Gator McBumpypants’ first movie. Why didn’t I think of this yesterday? So, how did I do it? It was much easier than I thought. When I clicked on Add Media above my draft’s text box, like I usually doContinue reading “Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog”

Marketing: A little outside the box.

Since my writing life is completely consumed with promoting Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise this week, I’m jumping off schedule and continuing to talk about promoting your book. I announced my kindle free days everywhere I could think of yesterday, so how do I keep the internet’s attention today? I stepped away from writingContinue reading “Marketing: A little outside the box.”

Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise

I am excited to announce that my children’s picture book Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise is now available on my create space estore. It is also available at amazon and can be purchased for Kindle. Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise is a full color picture book  about a friendly stuffed alligator who investigatesContinue reading “Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise”