Shark Bytes and Tales

So, yesterday I was in Pentwater, and some book friends reminded me that I haven't been in to check out Storybook Village , and as...

Yes, I'm already working on the outline for the 4th Dubois Files mystery. Title is The Bigg Boss. Mr. Bigg is the owner of the canning f...

  If you have signed copies of the first three Dubois Files books coming your way, they are one step closer. Linda and I spent two hours ...

I now have 100 copies each of The Secret Cellar , The Hitchhiker , and The ABZ Affair . Now I can show you all three. I love how cover ...

I guessed these might arrive today based on when I received notice that they had shipped. 100 copies of The Hitchhiker have joined those o...

This doesn't need a lot of explanation! It doesn't matter how many books you've put together. Receiving that first case is alwa...

  Remember, I said I had one tiny thing to do and The ABZ Affair would be ready to be sent off for approval. Ha! I started by proofread...

  So close to being done with The ABZ Affair ! I got the two craft/skill sections done today, but that's about all. It takes a long tim...

  the friends eat lunch sitting on the playground merry-go-round Joe-Pye weed and boneset George drives the forklift Cora slid...

My goal is to get the third Dubois Files book, The ABZ Affair , fully formatted and approved this weekend so I can order copies. That wil...

Jimmie calls Cora on the phone Veli's locket The wheelbarrow race- Beth and Laszlo The interior illustrations for The Hitch...

  I had to work at the paper a couple of hours in the middle of the day. That's ok... I'll take all the money I can get between n...

  I am trying really hard to get these three books all formatted for paperback by the end of Wednesday. Still not sure if I'll mak...

  I'm into crunch time! There is so much work to do on these first three books beyond writing that I sure hope I can have them availa...

Here are the four interior illustrations that will go in The Secret Cellar . The drawings are done, the digitalization is not. I'm havin...

concept cover for The Secret Cellar Here's the introduction, followed by the chapter titles for the childrens' mystery, The Se...

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