New Happenings

Hello there...it's been a while! A lot has happened since my last post! A lady from Oriole Beach Elementary in Gulf Breeze Florida contacted me about speaking to some of the students during Florida literacy week. I was thrilled for this opportunity (Thank you Denothras for passing my book along! I look forward to meeting you next week!). I will be speaking on Monday, January 13th with the children and am excited to share Shoo Fly Shoo with them!

I really wanted to make Shoo Fly Shoo more affordable for the children and wanted to make sure I had enough copies on hand...so I decided to order books from Tate for this event. I know, it won't go towards my 1000...but if it means getting my book into more hands then I think it's worth it! This allows me to charge a more reasonable price for the book (retails for $15.99...I'll have it available to the children for $12.00). I ended up ordering 300 because Tate was having a Christmas special at the time. I thought that would be more than enough since I will be speaking to around 450 students and don't plan on selling to even 1/4 of them...just thought I could use them for future events like this. Travis, my marketing rep, assured me they would be in on time...SURPRISE...only 100 have arrived and I leave today! Well, I wasn't surprised, and 100 should be plenty so I'm not too upset about it.

I was also contacted by Barbara Coloroso (Author of The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander) and she so sweetly purchased my book as a possible resource in her latest revision of her international best-seller. She also gave me some great advice and tips on publishing and mentioned a publisher (Free Spirit) that I should look into for my newest book as our themes are very similar. I am very thankful to her for taking the time to contact me and for her support and encouragement! :)

Barnes and Noble in San Pedro, San Antonio also contacted me with an invitation to the New Authors Event February 22 at 2pm. I will be there with a few other authors giving a brief speech with a book-signing to follow. Thank you to Angela and Jennifer who so sweetly said they would be willing to help pass out rack cards and tell their friends about the event! I am overwhelmed by all the love and support from everybody! :)

I'm so excited for what the New Year has in store! Here's a picture of my husband and I on our Christmas cruise! We had a blast with the in-laws...below the pic is a video for proof! :)