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I'll admit, it has been a while since the last installment of One. The good news is that it's out now!

Please visit the official blog to read my full review - http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/06/poetry-takes-time.html

Like most boys, my youngest son developed a fascination for dinosaurs. He could name many species before he could read. At some point, I knew I would have to have dinosaurs in The Empyrical Tales. Afterall, I couldn't write a story only for my girls. I had to include things for my boys too!



With only a few days left in the…

The Empyrical Tales Book III: The Secret Queen is out now and I am giving away a free autographed copy!



All you have to do is visit my blog (http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/) and enter on the right hand side. Even if you are already a fan of The Empyrical Tales on Facebook, you can still enter daily until June 30th.



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You can win my newest release, The Secret Queen (Empyrical Tales Book III).

All you have to do is visit my blog http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/ and use the Rafflecopter widget on the right of the page.

About The Secret Queen: In this third book of The Empyrical Tales, it is a year after the events of The Lost Queen. Zandria and her younger sister, Olena, seem to…

Part of the fun of writing an ongoing series is creating new characters with each story. I have the same core characters from the beginning (two of which I love almost like they were my own daughters). A large part of the newest plot has to do with a great guy I call Karl Lumpkin.

With the official release of The Empyrical Tales Book III: The Secret Queen about a week away, I wanted to revisit the original purpose for this blog. Originally, I had intended to give a "making of" commentary and work my way through the story. Like Book III, Book I: The Fourth Queen closely follows the plot of the Hero's Journey. Check out the archive to see older posts, but I left off with "The Ordeal".…

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I want to be followed, except for that one guy that is literally following me. Stop it. Seriously, stop.…

As the June 1st release of The Secret Queen draws near, interest in The Empyrical Tales series is growing.



Here is a brand new review of Book I: The Fourth Queenfrom The Reader's Roundtable.

- For the complete review and full post, please visit my…

That's right. Episode 3 is here. Like I said before, Olivia has such a great voice as an author. As I encourage her to explore and develop it, it might take a little longer to get these stories done. With her imagination and charm, I think it is worth the wait.

I'm glad you asked. Crystal Linn, best-selling co-author ofAmish Forever, can give you the answer in Story Eight of the One series.

Not really.





At least, not yet.





With mega-book chains closing their doors (Borders) and online booksellers battling for eBook domination, authors are faced with the daunting task of connecting with their readers. How do we get our print books out there? How do we connect with our digital readers?…

I am very excited by this! "Dinosaur George" has written the foreword for The Secret…

From Trestle Press:





Starting Saturday March 10 and running through March 17th Trestle Press and its authors will be having a Buy One Get One Free Sale. All of our titles are included in the sale. All you have to do to get your free story is email us at trestlepress@gmail.com and send us the proof of purchase from either Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook and we will be happy to send…

Perfect Nothing is the seventh story in the One series. Author Rachel Hunter is contributing 100% of her proceeds to Give Kids the World (www.GKTW.org). She has taken time out of her busy college schedule for a brief interview.

The One series continues with Trestle Press for a March release that focuses on a serious topic.

Did you get that? In one hundred days, a couple things are going to happen. One, a bunch of kids are going to be out of school for the summer. Two, The Empyrical Tales Book III: The Secret Queen will be available from Comfort Publishing. What a perfect way to start that summer reading adventure!…

The February story (#6) of the One series is available now. For the second month in a row, we are fortunate enough to hear from a best-selling author. That's not all - there's another exciting change to the series.

In an informal survey of third graders, Trouble in the Bubbles is noted as the most liked and requested of all of my stories. It is quite popular with those "in the know".