Dear Kids, Teachers, Librarians, Families, and Other Audiobook Listeners, Drum roll, please . . . after months in the making, the audiobook of Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets is finally available on Audible (a division of Amazon and ACX). Yay! Now, the Botanic Hill Detectives and all the characters in the book have voices. Many thanks once again to…
Dear Readers, I just received word today via Twitter that my book Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets is being read in a Michigan teacher’s virtual book club with her students. How awesome is that?! I provided the books in a Twitter giveaway contest, and this was one of four winning teachers. Next, I was invited to join…
Dear Readers, I just got back from the Post Office. I mailed four boxes equaling twenty-four copies of Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets to my Twitter raffle winners! Twenty kids and four teachers in four different states will soon be reading my book in their #VirtualBookClubs. What a great feeling I have that I’m doing something…
Hello, Kids, Teachers, Librarians, Parents, and Other Readers, I just received word today from Tom Jordan, my narrator with ACX, that the Audiobook for Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets is almost finished! After I do the final proof and hit the approve button, we bring the Botanic Hill detectives and the rest of the cast to…
Hi, Kids, and those who love you (teachers, family members, godparents, friends, neighbors, etc.), My goal as a writer continues to be getting my stories into kids’ hands and hearts. Since most schools are closed, we all need to help KEEP THE KIDS READING! For my part, I have reduced the price of my eBook on…
Help, Dear Readers! If you’ve read Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets in paperback or eBook, please consider posting a review for me on Amazon. If you’ve already done a review, accept my thanks. I need fifty reviews before Amazon will promote my book for free. As of today, I have seventeen. Beyond that, your comments help…
Hello, Readers and Audiobook Lovers, I wanted to let you know that this week, I hired Mr. Tom Jordan, Narrator and Producer, to create an Audiobook for Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets. Mr. Jordan has done commercials and has a great range of voices to bring our story to a new, exciting level. I chose him after…
Dear Readers, I needed some good news, and I got it on February 25. I’m now officially a BEST-SELLING AUTHOR! I hit two best-selling categories on Amazon for my Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets paperback! Best selling means an author’s book is in the top 100 books sold in a particular category. I made #42 and…
Dear Readers, Now that Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets, Book 1 in my Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series is launched, some of you have asked when Book 2 will come out. Books 2 and 3 are finished and awaiting publication. The short answer about Book 2’s arrival is . . . hopefully, by the end of…
Dear Readers of Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets, Thank you so much for taking your time, effort, and money to get your hands on a copy of my debut Middle Grade book! Some of you have also been so kind as to review it on Amazon and/or GoodReads. (It’s not too late–hint, hint! https://amzn.to/3ad9T6T and https://goodreads.com/book/show/46306620-nutmeg-street).…
