Borders Bookstore

We had another visit today at Borders Bookstore in Canton, MI.  Nice but small crowd.  Originally Tom though I'd have to do it solo, but he managed.  The one good thing we get out of bookstore visits is that we always go out to eat together and spend a little connection time.  It's so easy to let time fly by.  This...

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Webb Elementary School Visit

We had a fantastic school visit today at Webb Elementary School in our hometown of Hazel Park, MI.  The entire school attended the assembly.  We were hooked up with microphones, video equipment andthe city video taped the event.  We recieved about 30 pre-visit book sales and then some the day of the event.  We saw some...

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CTN Animation Expo

Our illustrator, Robert Lence is attending a super cool conference this weekend.  It's called the CTN (Creative Talent Network) Animation Expo.  So much talent in on arena!  Gosh how I wish I could be there.  Unfortunately, financing is an issue.  But we wish Robert the best of luck at the convention and hope he...

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Battle Creek is Beckoning!

Yes, we are off to Battle Creek yet again. It seems we are always heading to Battle Creek. I'm not complaining. I may sound like it, but that's just because there is work involved. Otherwise I'm perfectly fine with traveling. The plus to the trip is that we usually sell quite a few copies of our book there. We will be at the Border...

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As The Page Turns

So much fun this summer...hence the very few blog posts! Writing and publicity have pretty much taken the back seat to fun and family the past few months, but hey...reading and writing opportunities will always be around. I doubt I can say that of my kids. They will be gone in a blink! So we have been invited to read and sign at As...

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Good Things!

I don't know how I manage to let so much time slip by between posts for this blog. I really don't. At any rate, a few things going on with the book: 1. Our illustrator Robert Lence, invited us to join him in November as vendors at an animators convention in LA. That is very exciting, and I really can't wait. 2. Several libraries have...

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Barnes & Noble

So Busy..... But we have had a book store visit since I last wrote.  We were the guest authors at the Novi Borders on May 16.  It went really well.  We were a bit nervous, but we fell right into it as soon as we got started.  There were about a dozen or so kids and their parents.  One parent even emailed us the...

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Back from Battle Creek (again!!!)

We had a good weekend in Battle Creek. Sold some books and tons and tons of wrestling supplies from our store Davids' Gold Medal Sports Several people who had heard about our book stopped by to purchase and get books signed. One mom even bought the book for her 18 year old son, who had been wrestling since he was a toddler! I thought...

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Tournament of Champions

We just got back from our book event at the Tournament of Champions at the Columbus Convention Center, OH. Tons and tons of kids! Over 2000 kids! We had fun and were right in the arena so we got to watch wrestling while selling and signing books. We sold about 100 or so, which was probably about what we expected. After the T of C,...

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Sports Pages

There was a really nice story about our book in the Daily Tribune this past weekend. You can click the link to read it. We’re leaving tomorrow for North Carolina, but will be back by Monday. It’s been a busy past week and I’ve been battling a flu and sinus infection, so I am so ready for a vacation! below is a link (as well as the...

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School Visit!

We were honored last night to be the "Featured Authors" at Doherty Elementary School in West Bloomfield. They were hosting a Literacy Day celebration, and had a wide variety of reading related activities for the students and their parents. They also had placed our book in their school book fair for purchase throughout the month. Coo...

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The Arch in March!

We just got back from a combination book tour/wrestling vacation in St. Louis We were attending the NCAA wrestling championships and between wrestling sessions, we were selling our book "Wrestling The ABCs" . I don't have the exact number of books sold as of yet, but it was around 300 copies. We really couldn't have sold any more than...

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Books + Battle Creek = Busy!!!

We just got home from Battle Creek Michigan, where we had a very busy but successful weekend of book sales. The high school team championships were held at the Kellogg Arena where we had a good sized store rented out for selling our sporting goods and our book. We had a huge blank wall where we had a slide show going with pictures and...

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Busy First Week of Book Sales

Our book came out Friday. We took it to U of M Friday night for their meet against Ohio State. It was Alumni Weekend, so the stadium was packed! We were there Saturday night too for their meet against Penn State. It was such a fun weekend. We ran into lots of old pals, and sold quite a few copies of our book! We also had the book with...

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BOOKS!!!

this is little Daisy. The pups were only 3 weeks old when I got them. So sweeeet! My how the time flies! I can't believe it's been this long since my last post. But then again, I can't believe I have 5 foster puppies running around my house right now. And I can't believe that our book is finally HERE. It looks so beautiful! Our...

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On Your Birthday

A super cool lady, Tammy Alberts, contacted me from an organization called “On Your Birthday” wanting to know more about our book and the possibility of them using copies of it for some of their gifts. I can’t wait to send her some! Here’s a link to her site. Such a great thing her organization does. And, they’re local!!! On Your Birthday...

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Chicken Cheeks

This video is so funny. One of my SCBWI contacts sent it a few days ago. If you have time, check it out. And by the way, the book is really cute too! The illustrations are so comical and really do the text justice. Enjoy! See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:189260...

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Nick Jr.

I love our publisher and editor! They are so positive about our book. Our marketing girl is getting information ready for award entries, and she has sent us a copy of some press releases and other promo stuff she's working on. And, our publisher reminded us again how cool it is that they got a call from Nick Jr. wanting a copy of our...

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Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

this is not the actual issue cover-I was too lazy to scan mine! So I'm a little behind the times, but I was trying to go through some of my old magazines today, and I found my winter issue of SCBWI Bulletin (The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) and noticed that our Wrestling The ABCs website was listed in the bulletin....

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