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The Day Your Books Arrive

  It's always cool to see a FedEx truck pull into your driveway, but especially so when you're expecting something big. My author copies of Lost In Ghostville arrived today. That's a big day for any author--the day you get to see your published work on actual paper, not from your own printer, and bound, with a beautiful cover. Here's my experience opening my box of books.       Take a close look at the cover. The illustration is by Charlie Bowater. I think she made a fantastic cover, and most people who've seen it agree. You can see more of Charlie's work here: http://charlie-bowater.deviantart.com/ . We've never met, but she draws a mean mermaid.
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Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts... I'm hitting the spirit world hard in August, with two new releases: Lost in Ghostville, a middle-grade humorous ghost story about a boy, his homemade ghost detector, and a ghost-napper. Winterbay Abbey is an adult ghost story I wrote with co-author, Davonna Juroe , and is set in an old, abandoned abbey in Maine, with dark secrets and a future as terrible as its past. Why all the ghosts, you ask? Well, we all have those times when we're trying to deal with loss, and both these stories helped me confront that, although in different ways. Ghostville does it by being funny, and heartfelt, as well as with robot dinosaurs and dino-poop. Winterbay is a bit darker and intended to scare. Combined, they gave me multiple ways to show the impact of ghosts, both their dark, and light sides. In either case, I hope you enjoy my expedition into the spirit world. Cheers!
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Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts... I'm hitting the spirit world hard in August, with two new releases: Lost in Ghostville, a middle-grade humorous ghost story about a boy, his homemade ghost detector, and a ghost-napper. Winterbay Abbey is an adult ghost story I wrote with co-author, Davonna Juroe , and is set in an old, abandoned abbey in Maine, with dark secrets and a future as terrible as its past. Why all the ghosts, you ask? Well, we all have those times when we're trying to deal with loss, and both these stories helped me confront that, although in different ways. Ghostville does it by being funny, and heartfelt, as well as with robot dinosaurs and dino-poop. Winterbay is a bit darker and intended to scare. Combined, they gave me multiple ways to show the impact of ghosts, both their dark, and light sides. In either case, I hope you enjoy my expedition into the spirit world. Cheers!