Mark April 1st on your calendar. No, not because it’s April Fool’s Day but because that is the day you can order your very own copy of Mik Murdoch: Shifting Alliances! After several false starts and life interruptions, Mik 5 is finally finished and is being put through its final paces before being available to you, the reader. This is the penultimate book in the Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero series. Here is the blurb for the book: A town under siege. A team divided. A hero push ed to the limit. Twelve-year-old Mik Murdoch is the super-powered guardian of Cranberry Flats, but even a hero can’t protect a small town alone. Just as Mik’s best friends, Cynthia and Evelyn, gain incredible […]
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Book launch stymied
To say I was excited about the book launch of Super Sonya vs the Woodpecker would be a major understatement. I talked about it. I told people in places I’d never used before. I promoted it a lot. I had high hopes it would pay off. Imagine my disappointment when I checked the numbers with my distributor. Single digits. How was that possible? The book page looked fine on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. I went to Amazon.ca (which I expected would be my initial best selling spot since I am in Canada). The book was there. It had been there for weeks, available as a preorder. Except, this time, it was only available from a single seller (not Amazon) with a price […]
Read moreAlmost there
We are almost there. “Where?” you might ask. There, in this case, is the launch of Super Sonya vs the Woodpecker in English, Super Sonya contra le Pic in French and Súper Sonya contra el Pájaro Carpintero in Spanish. Almost there also means the realization of a goal I’ve had for many years – to have a children’s picture book published. And, in this case, not just any picture book but a picture book written for and featuring my granddaughter. It is a very special book to me and I am excited to share it with you. Yes, we are almost there. Two more days and it is released. I invite you to experience it yourself and let me know what you […]
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