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Fundraiser for Beyond Boots 'n' Bars, a book of inspirational real-life stories from members of the clubfoot community

2/23/2019

I'm happy to announce that I'll be working with the nonprofit Clubfoot CARES on this project. We're selling shirts, aiming to cover costs such as cover design, hiring an editor, and paying the writers whose stories are selected for this book.

Click here to see the shirts and learn about this book!

We’d like to thank Kestrel Montes from Ink Me This for donating the beautiful hand-lettered design for these t-shirts. If you’re interested in pointed pen calligraphy or custom stamps, check out her website, www.inkmethis.com, and use the promo code 5OFF25 to get a discount.

National Perthes Awareness Day

9/22/2018

Thanks, Perthes Kids Foundation for recommending my book The Parents' Guide to Perthes for families who are dealing with Perthes disease.

I'm a guest at the Perthes Kids Foundation website, where Earl Cole invited me to talk about how this book was developed. Click here to visit their website and learn more.

Goodreads Giveaway for Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn!

5/1/2017

Enter at Goodreads before June 10 for a chance to win a free copy of Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn!

Brooklynn Bunny Hardback and Audiobook Editions

4/26/2017

The hardback edition of Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn Bunny! is available, and the audiobook edition is coming soon!

Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn Bunny

2/10/2017

I'm happy to announce that my first picture book Hip, Hop, Hooray for Brooklynn Bunny! will be available in Spring 2017. I teamed up with my co-author Jill Harold to create this upbeat children's book about a little bunny who loves to hop and is determined to learn to hop rope in time for the Hippity Hop Games. For information about advanced review copies, contact Thinking Ink Press.

Thinking Ink Press Steampunk Anthology

1/29/2016

As some of you know, I'm a member of a small press called Thinking Ink. We're happy to announce our forthcoming steampunk anthology, Thirty Days Later, Steaming Forward: 30 Adventures in Time. Check out the announcement on the Thinking Ink Press website, where you can sign up for news about this book and info about the release party at the Clockwork Alchemy steampunk convention. This is so exciting!

Steamtop image by Jake von Slatt (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

Play On Words Was a Fun Event

6/4/2015

It was wonderful to see an actor perform my short story "Bees" at Play On Words San Jose last night. He did a great job. "Bees" is now available as an instant book through Thinking Ink Press.

Play On Words Will Perform "Bees" in June

4/27/2015

I'm happy to announce that my short story "Bees" is going to be performed by Play On Words in June. I'm excited to see the performance at Cafe Stritch. I'll post again closer to the event, but in the meantime, Play On Words put together a lovely author spotlight for me.

Photo by Daniel Capilla http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Flash Fiction Forum, Works Gallery, San Jose

3/4/2015

Art by Keiko O’Leary based on the photo by Steve Jurvetson (Flickr: Cousins) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

I'm reading my story "Falling" tonight at Flash Fiction Forum at the Works gallery. If you're in San Jose, come by at 7:00 pm. There's a nice lineup.
Works/San José, art and performance center
365 S Market St, San Jose, CA

About Thinking Ink Press and Crowdfunding

1/15/2015

It's been a long time since I've updated this blog. In the writing and publishing realm, my biggest news is that together with a few other people, I formed a small press in 2014 called Thinking Ink Press. It has been a wonderful experience.

We're getting ready to publish our first Thinking Ink Press book The Parents' Guide to Perthes, which I co-wrote with Dr. Charles T. Price. (Perthes is a rare childhood hip disorder.) Last fall I ran a successful preordering and crowdfunding event through Pubslush for this book. Because perthes is a rare disease, the number of readers will be small, but there is a real need for perthes resources. Though the event is over, you can still see the crowdfunding page if you're interested.

I want to thank all the contributors who helped make it possible to publish The Parents' Guide to Perthes and the bloggers who helped me spread the word about the crowdfunding event, Child Life Mommy and Emma and 3.

Now I'm back to working on my first novel, Dance, Interrupted and a children's picture book about a bunny with clubfoot.