Treat the children in your life to the newest Gator McBumpypants adventure Gator McBumpypants Doesn’t Say Goodbye. In this (the fourth) Gator McBumpypants picture book, Dee Dee invites Gator McBumpypants and Herman on a grand adventure. They spend a wonderful day exploring, but Dee Dee hasn’t only planned a day of fun. She has somethingContinue reading “Great News! The new Gator McBumpypants adventure is now available!”
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Tooling up for the new book: the photography of Gator McBumpypants
My first picture book, Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise, started out as a photography project. I was taking an online photography course and needed models for an assignment, so I took a couple of my stuffed friends outside and started taking pictures. As the photo shoot progressed, a story came into my head aboutContinue reading “Tooling up for the new book: the photography of Gator McBumpypants”
I’m excited to say: It’s that time of year again!
I’m not talking about back to school or even the gorgeous turning of the leaves. What time of year is it that I’m so excited about? Gator McBumpypants time! The manuscript for the fourth Gator McBumpypants adventure is complete and I’m making a new friend for Gator, Herman and Dee Dee. To share my excitementContinue reading “I’m excited to say: It’s that time of year again!”
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”
Avi: Read Good Writing
Today I discovered an amazing children’s author: Avi. Avi has written over seventy books for young readers to young adults and is still writing. My first foray into his work was a fun historical fiction novel called Murder at Midnight about a magician’s assistant and the magic of the printing press. This evening, I planContinue reading “Avi: Read Good Writing”
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”
A Good Reads Give Away for Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise
Happy Monday! This is the second week of my new posting strategy and I want to thank all of my new followers and commenters for making this part of my writing life so much fun! I’m enjoying these targeted daily posts: They are not only fun to write, they inspire me. So as a thankContinue reading “A Good Reads Give Away for Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise”
Agent Query Progress
For once, I felt I was making some progress in my search to find agents to query. Then, the moment I was sure I had found someone and would get my first query letter out today, to my complete horror, her blog said she wasn’t accepting queries at this time. I clicked back to herContinue reading “Agent Query Progress”
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