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Visited the L.A. Festival of Books this weekend and finally met one of the authors I’ve worked with online in person. The festival felt bigger than ever — packed. Maybe audiences are turning back to books.

Check out this month’s #drawthis I’m going to try to keep up with the monthly prompts, especially if I am in writing mode, like I am this year. This one was fun and it was completed in time for tonights astrological event the spring Pink Super Moon.

Check out my newest coloring page, it features Cooper McGee and his horse McKinley. You can download it via the link below. Download here!

A quick update! A song I co-wrote for a secret project got recognized as a semi-finalist in the American Songwriter contest. I don’t get to do music much so this was a fun happening and it is an honor to be recognized.

I recently sat down with Feathered Quill to chat about Guinea Pig Power, my journey from ghostwriting to accredited author, and what’s next! I shared how a guinea pig rescue inspired the story, the challenge of creating the book and it’s upcoming sequel. Check out the full interview on Feathered Quill for more behind-the-scenes details!

Share Literacy – get a Free Book! To celebrate my live author reading at Everest Value School as part of their Literacy Workshop, I am giving away my debut book “Guinea Pig Power” this weekend. Its free on Amazon KDP. Click the link below. https://a.co/d/2IEGmjM Update: Guinea Pig Power flew to #1 and #2 inContinue reading “Guinea Pig Power Ebook Free This Weekend”

Find out what he thought about Cowboy Cooper Cowboy Cooper and the Ghost Town was such a fun read! What better way to educate children about the importance of historic preservation than having Cowboy Cooper learn the hard way the negative ramifications of taking historic artifacts for his personal collection rather than leaving them inContinue reading “Cowboy Cooper Review by Historian Travis Boley”

See what the Story Monsters team shared. The team at Story Monsters was kind enough to put me on blast – in a good way by sharing a photo of me holding my winner’s certificate with their social media community.

Find out more above this live appearance I was invited to join Everest Value School for a special reading event for students and parents Saturday January 25th. This literacy event will include educational activities related to reading and writing, as well as a giveaway. For more information check out the poster below.

Congratulations to all the 2024 winners The Royal Dragonfly Book Awards is an international contest that celebrates excellence in books across a variety of genres, including children’s literature. Open to authors, illustrators, publishers, and self-publishers, the program welcomes entries from any publishing year, ensuring a dynamic range of submissions. Books are judged on their content,Continue reading “The Royal Dragonfly Book Awards recognizes Cowboy Cooper and the Ghost Town”

My entry into the “ugly sweater” #scbwidrawthis challenge I hadn’t done a drawing prompt in a while because I was so busy putting the finishing touches on some other projects and promoting “Guinea Pig Power”, but I wanted to finish off the year participating in one more #scbwidrawthis I want to take this opportunity toContinue reading “SCBWI drawing prompt December.”

Take a look at the “local stories” feature I was included in. My journey has taught me to stay adaptable and always learn from each step. Ben St. James Shoutout LA is part of the Los Angeles based Voyage Group of Magazines and their flagship publication, VoyageLA was started in 2015.  Since then they haveContinue reading “Shoutout LA interview”

Guinea Pig Power has been recognized as the Runner-Up Winner in the Children – K-3rd – General Genre category at the 2024 PenCraft Book Awards for literary excellence! This award is especially meaningful because it highlights stories that resonate with young readers and exemplify quality and creativity.

There is a brand new giveaway for the month of October To celebrate the recent award win from Readers’ Favorite “Guinea Pig Power” is now included in the monthly giveaway on the platform. Click the link below to enter! https://readersfavorite.com/book-giveaway/guinea-pig-power

In anticipation of spooky season and back to school time, here is my #drawthis entry for July/August.

It’s summer and that means backyard gatherings. The prompt this month is BBQ.

This is my first month as a member of the SCBWI and I wanted to try to challenge myself to do the monthly drawing prompts. “Prince” is the prompt for this month and I made a frog price.