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Big thanks to…Pages

We had an awesome event at Pages in Manhattan Beach.  It was fun reading The Monster Princess to such a wide age-range of kids.  (And it was especially great to have so many friends there.  Thanks guys.)

I loved meeting a nice woman from Pennsylvania who just so happened to be visiting town on holiday and just so happened to have heard of The Monster Princess and wanted to get it for her daughter and just so happened to have walked by the store to see the books in the window for an event that just so happened to be the next day!  It’s great when things work out like that.  (And she loves books herself, so she just so happened to get a copy of Morpheus Road.  I love that too)

A great big thanks to Patty, Linda and Margot for hosting and for their staff for being so great with all the kids…and for the pink cookies!

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Big thanks!

A great big thanks to Andrea, Anna and Lauren at Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop in Duarte, CA for hosting the very first “The Monster Princess” storytime.  It was a lot of fun, especially the mask-making.  Though I’m nervous about where the pictures are going to end up on the Internet.

Thanks guys.  Can’t wait to come back!

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The Monster Princess is finally here.

Here’s the book trailer.

http://www.simonandschuster.com/multimedia?video=407545734001

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The Monster Princess #2

Now that I’ve finished the latest touch-up to Morpheus Road #2, it’s time to clear my head and work on something completely different…which is to write the second Monster Princess book.  It’s weird going from writing about horror and strife, to getting all fun and bubbly.  On the other hand, it’s good to change gears and think in a different direction.  It keeps things fresh…and interesting.

And it’s perfect timing since The Monster Princess #1  is going to be published in a few weeks.  There won’t be an extensive tour, I’ll just be going to semi-local spots (Meaning: drivable) for readings and storytime.   These will be WAY different than Morpheus Road/Pendragon events in that the readers will all be under 8 years old!  Talk about thinking in a different direction!  I’m looking forward to it.

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Back from vacation.

Just got back yesterday from two weeks in Italy with family and friends.  It was great.  Want to see my vacation photos?  (Just kidding.)  I’m now back to work and doing some touch-ups to the latest draft of Morpheus Road:  The Black and getting ready for the publication of my picture book:  The Monster Princess.

If anybody is going to Comic Con in San Diego, I’ll be there on Sunday.

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