The year in review for my De Kenyon pen name… The Exotics Book 1: The Floating Menagerie Nobody knows what happened when Rachael’s mom disappeared a week ago–except Rachael’s classmate Raul. So when giant talking dogs attack him, Rachael follows and gets kidnapped, too. Now she’s on a mysterious ship full of kids who can […]
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Drinking Christmas tea. Yes, I drink flavored teas. No purist, I. # New chapter book/middle grade series, with animal transformation, adventure, spies, and magic. 99 cents…for now… http://t.co/hXjKQ3vr # Secret identities, people transforming into animals, and a self-rescuing princess: http://t.co/K0RnRaQP Daughter of a spy queen, that is. # RT @AceRimmerBot Smoke me a kipper RT
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Tad Williams is one of my favorite authors…he and his wife, Deborah Beale (they write the Ordinary Farm kids’ books together) have independently put up an ebook collection (A Stark and Wormy Knight) of short stories and novellas, of which this is one. Subterranean Press will put out the print edition next summer. The collection is going
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Kindle for Kids is running a guest post of mine, “10 Horrible Things You Did Not Do This Year.” You know how every year, there’s some adult who think’s it’s oh-so-funny to ask whether or not you’ve been good? Here are 10 answers to give that will make you happy…and prove that you’ve been good.
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Adventure. Spies. Magic. New chapter book/middle-grade fantasy series inspired by…my daughter. Bored with reading the chapter books available and with a mother who wasn’t going to take it anymore, she’s read the first three books in the series with relish, jumping up and down, and yelling about what was and wasn’t fair. The main character
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Interview with me at Great Minds Think Aloud: http://t.co/CZnu138f Plus giveaway 🙂 # Powered by Twitter Tools
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Book Review: Spies and adventure for 8-12: Jack Dervish, Super Spy http://t.co/dLz6rv6s Very nice 🙂 # Last call for free stories! Switching to new stories this month and going to put these back to pay: http://t.co/Qv22gpmc # Cover updates on the middle-grade magic/spy novel…comments appreciated: http://t.co/f2fp2CuM # Massive ebook/book giveaway, including my Tales Told Under
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All, I’m giving away three signed copies of Tales Told Under the Covers: Zombie Girl Invasion & Other Stories. Three paper copies, via Goodreads–sign up from now to December 31st. I may toss in an ebook copy of Exotics 1, if it’s ready. If you would like to buy a signed copy for delivery before Christmas, contact me at dknippling {at}
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**** Excellent. The main character is a boy, but a strong girl character is his partner throughout most of the book. Abou 200 pages. Jack Dervish, Super Spy JC Andrijeski In short: After Jack’s superspy parents go missing, he hides in their secret lair for years…learning how to be the perfect spy. Now he has
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Today will be a brilliant day in which I squint at my muse a lot. # The last day of NaNoWriMo. Didn't sleep last night due to (I think) the SoBe I drank at the mall. Stupid inadvertent allergic energy drinks. # I made it yesterday! I still have the epilogue to finish, but I
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