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Major news! Winterbay Abbey: A Ghost Story is now on audio! Narrated by Matt Godfrey , Voice Award nominee, and Audiobook Listener 2018 finalist, (he's awesome, check out some of his work:  www.mattgodfrey.net/ . He reads Winterbay  just like I always imagined it sounding, except way better. It's creepy and moody, and the New England and British accents add that terrific feel of authenticity.

 photo courtesy of Davonna Juroe Lost in Ghostville fans, if you happen to be in Spokane, WA this October 29, stop by Auntie's Bookstore @4:00 pm and see me teach how to find ghosts. I'll read a bit from Ghostville , answer some questions, and of course, we'll search the store for any spirits who might be haunting the old building. It should be great fun! See you there! Lost in Ghostville --Children's Event

  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.

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!

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!

Here it is! New cover for a  new book! This is the ARC cover for my new middle-grade ghost story, LOST IN GHOSTVILLE, due out Aug. 1 from Capstone .

I've known Jessica Young for about three years now. We belong to a critique group and every month she sends me a new piece of writing and returns the favor by struggling to read parts of my manuscripts. We've actually never met in person, but we've talked voluminously, including a two-hour conversation about quantum mechanics as it relates to story structure (yes, it was as thrilling as it sounds!). She's fun and smart and funny, and so are her books. Her newest,   Finley Flowers (Original Recipe)  has just been released, and it's fantastic. I've had the honor of reading Finley since Jessica first came up with the idea and I'm so happy to see it make its way into the world. It was a fantastic story idea from the start (and has the most awesomely named nemesis in all of kid lit, wish I'd thought of it) and has only gotten better through successive drafts. I'm eager to see if any of the joke ideas I tossed Jessica's way made it into print (none...