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Librarian prep post for Votes of Confidence updates
Lerner Books has a handy prep post for librarians and school librarians on using Votes of Confidence 3rd Edition and other recent Lerner releases to engage young readers in important subject matter. An excerpt: In the vibrant world of middle-grade literature, every book is a doorway to adventure, a mirror of real-life experiences, and a […]
Preorders available for Animal Husbandry
As the new release, Votes of Confidence has been getting most of the attention lately, but my first fiction collection is now available for preorder from your local bookstore at Bookshop.org. This collection includes many of my most popular stories, including the title piece, Redundancy, Silver and Gold, Sentenced to Life, Granddad’s Ballgame, and others. […]
Some Votes of Confidence updates
With the new third edition of Votes of Confidence out March 5, there’s always more news about the book. Craighead County Library in Jonesboro, Arkansas, put out a nice list of important March releases, featuring Votes. The screenshot below shows all the other books it also highlighted. My publisher, Lerner Books, celebrated a bunch of […]
Votes is still #1 new release in the category
Worked on my in-progress novel at the Chicago Public Library today, and paid a visit to its copies of my newest release, Votes of Confidence 3rd Edition. As of today, it’s still the #1 new release in category at Amazon, and available just about anywhere you buy books.
Votes of Confidence 3rd Edition out now
The first of three 2024 books is out now! Votes of Confidence 3rd Edition for 2024 came out on March 5 and is available wherever you buy books (from your local bookstore via Bookshop.org, plus Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Target, Walmart, etc.). It’s available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook format. On release day, thanks in […]
“Sealing Wax” appears in Straylight
Books have taken up a lot of time lately, but I also have a new fiction piece published (well, an old piece published for the first time). My first medieval story, “Sealing Wax,” is out today in the new issue of Straylight. An excerpt: Squires did not receive letters addressed to them by the king. […]
Contact form issue fixed
We were having some issues with the contact form on the site; short version is a bunch of spam triggered a filter that sent a lot of messages into a spam folder undated and never sent notifications that those messages came in. Therefore, for more than a year, not all messages were forwarded correctly (enough […]
