Whoo hoo! The wonderful folks at The Book Bin in Northbrook, IL have kindly added The Magician’s Doll to its shelves! I am so excited that my book is now available there. Do you like personalized service and being able to talk with staff who are helpful, knowledgeable and more than happy to talk books?…
I just got word that Town House Books & Cafe in St. Charles, IL has agreed to carry the paperback version of The Magician’s Doll! I am so thrilled and thankful to owner David Hunt and staff for kindly adding my book to their wonderful nook of a bookstore. If you’ve never been to Town…
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Joan Arteberry for her weekly column, Joan Knows, in the Neighbors section of the Kane County Chronicle. I enjoyed our conversation immensely, and her article was published today! It’s available online here and in print. Check it out, and if you have a chance, check out Joan’s…
I recently made a trip out to Collinsville, IL to visit the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. My next book references a “lost world” and while I was doing research, I stumbled onto information about Cahokia Mounds. I’m really surprised I hadn’t heard about it before; the archeological site houses the remains of the largest,…
I made a decision the other day. I am going to write in my journal using cursive as often as possible. Usually I mix things up in my entries. My handwriting has consisted of the use of all caps, sometimes proper capitalization with small letters following, sometimes messy script, and sometimes careful cursive, although my…
For those of you who don’t have a subscription to The San Francisco Book Review, their review of The Magician’s Doll is now live online here on their site at citybookreview.com. Feel free to check it out as well as their reviews of several other books. If you like to read, it’s a cornucopia of…
The Magician’s Doll got a mention in the Literary Locals section of Glancer Magazine‘s July 2013 issue. I am so honored to have my book profiled on its pages! If you haven’t had a chance to read Glancer Magazine before, check it out now. It is a wonderful community resource, delivering the best of all that…
Looks like the Sacramento Book Review published its review of The Magician’s Doll in its sister magazine, the San Francisco Book Review! Subscription details and information on how to purchase individual issues can be found on its site, sanfranciscobookreview.com. You can download issues of the magazine to your Ipad or Android tablet – including Kindle…
As much as I enjoyed The Magician’s Doll being exclusive as an ebook on Amazon, summer feels like a good time to make it available once again on other retail channels. You can now purchase The Magician’s Doll as a Nook book at Barnes and Noble, and it will soon be available as an ebook…
Sacramento Book Review recently sent me a copy of their review of The Magician’s Doll which they are going to publish in their July 2013 issue. I’ll share it in full here, and once it’s up on Sacramento Book Review’s site, I’ll post the link here and on other sites as well! The Magician’s Doll…