Day: May 5, 2013

Sneak Peek: Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure

Today we have a sneak peek from author K. S. Brooks’ educational children’s book, Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure.

Mr. Pish, the adventurous Jack Russell Terrier, leads readers on an expedition into the forest in Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure. With full color photographs and engaging text geared to promote outdoor learning, Mr. Pish shows how easy it is to experience nature no matter where you live. Mr. Pish even teaches kids how to make their own “Great Explorer’s” scrapbook!

Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure is the second book in the Mr. Pish Educational Series promoting outdoor learning and literacy. It is available in print and as an eBook from Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble and other online bookstores.

And now, a page from Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure … Continue reading “Sneak Peek: Mr. Pish’s Woodland Adventure”

Video Trailer: The Burning of Cherry Hill

It’s 2159. Zay Scot is a fourteen-year-old boy raised on a secret island in hiding from a government he doesn’t know exists. When his parents are brutally kidnapped he is thrust into a dizzying world centuries more advanced than the one he left behind.

The United North American Alliance is pollution free. Meals are delivered. Crime is nonexistent. Poverty is studied in history class.

But Zay soon finds himself a fugitive, evading a government always a whisper away. Now he must choose between peace and freedom, and if the journey doesn’t kill him, what he finds might start a war.

The Burning of Cherry Hill, the dystopian science fiction novel by A K Butler, is available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon UK.

Don’t forget, you can cast your vote for trailer of the month on May 25, 2013 at 5 p.m. Pacific time.

AIRE, by Lena Goldfinch

AIRE
by Lena Goldfinch
Genre:Young Adult Fantasy Romance
Word count: 93, 000

Principessa Annalisia is stunned and conscience-stricken when an unknown enemy mistakenly abducts her maidservant. Determined to find the girl, Annalisia disguises herself as plain Anna and slips away from the palace.

She tracks down Jovanni, her maidservant’s daring older brother, and they soon begin to search together. As they uncover clues, Anna also discovers a kindred spirit in Jovanni. But would he be so free with her if he knew who she really was? Doubtful. Even so, she reveals her secret gift of visions to him, and in so doing disobeys the orders of her beloved grandmother, the queen.

With Jovanni, Anna can almost imagine she’s like any other seventeen year old girl, free to pursue the longings of her heart. When she learns that he also has a secret—he’s a sentinel, an ancient shapeshifter who can take the form of a falcon—it seems as if they were destined to be together, as in the legends of il Sentiro. Though Anna is tempted to wish otherwise, she can’t forget that she’s a princess and it’s her duty to marry another. Meanwhile, their hunt leads Anna ever closer to danger, for she herself is being hunted.

A princess and a commoner. They never should have fallen in love…but they did.

This book is available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Continue reading “AIRE, by Lena Goldfinch”

Value Fulfilment (or Lack Thereof)

The subject of writing a post (theme, content et cetera) has come up several times of late. When our own EM covered the subject (How to Write a Blog Post) I made the comment: “It doesn’t matter what blog, post/article I have to write I always leave it until the day before it’s due (waiting for inspiration) and then (panic stricken) write about the first thing that comes into my head.” I guess I’m one of the ‘seat of the pants’ kinda guys. The following post is no exception (Oh thrilling…).

I woke up this morning feeling good for some reason. It didn’t last long.

An unhappy child for various reasons, I cut my education short to join the army; not because I was keen to be a soldier, but because it meant getting away from my home environment. That decision led me on a whole other flight plan; after numerous career changes, with a modicum of success in each occupation, I was left feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied with my life. Writing was something I always did, to keep my head straight, and something to which I was always going to one day focus on totally, when I got everything else out of the way ( Hmmm yes…). Continue reading “Value Fulfilment (or Lack Thereof)”