Mar 15, 2019 | My Publications
I have some exciting news to share today: Mavifil Yayınları, a Turkish publisher, has asked to translate into Turkish my first children’s books–Runaway Smile and Musiville. We just finished signing the contract, so I can officially share the good news. Not...
Dec 15, 2017 | My Publications
You may remember how Azure Fire Publishing has both hired me to be their Editor-in-chief and asked me to publish my fantasy/sci-fi books with them. I now have some more exciting news to share: Patakis, the largest Greek publishing house, has bought in advance my next...
Oct 25, 2017 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
Reading With Your Kids Podcast I have another interview to share with you today, this one on the Reading With Your Kids Podcast. The interview was taken by the delightfully friendly and charming host, Jed Doherty. It lasts a little over 20′ and was great fun to...
Feb 6, 2017 | Events and Giveaways, Marketing, My Publications
So, the Runaway Smile reading I mentioned the other day took place on Saturday in Rafina, at the Municipal Library. Some forty children showed up, along with several parents. With Dimitri, we had decided this wouldn’t be a usual book reading. In fact, there was...
Jan 29, 2017 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
A couple of months ago, I got a lovely surprise on Facebook. Someone I’d never met before was asking me if I was the same person who was vacationing at Mati, a resort close to Marathon Bay. I answered yes, and this person said they were friends with an old...
Dec 27, 2015 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
My holiday gift is here: Runaway Smile, my award-winning children’s book will be free between the 26th and 30th. A little boy wakes up in the morning and realizes he has lost his smile. After spending the entire day trying to find it, he learns the truth behind...
Dec 23, 2015 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
I woke up to wonderful news! Runaway Smile has just been announced as the winner of the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award, in the Young Adult Fiction category. A lovely gold medal has been awarded (see below), and the book will be included in the Gelett Burgess...
Nov 28, 2015 | Events and Giveaways, Marketing, My Publications
Best Indie Book? You Decide! You awesome, wonderful guys did it. Thanks to you, both Runaway Smile and Infinite Waters made the 50 Best Indie Books of 2015 shortlist among over 1,000 entries! I hate to trouble you once more, but it’s up to you now. All you need...
Nov 13, 2015 | Events and Giveaways, My Publications
Read free.ly is running the Best Indie Book of 2015 competition, and I need your help. Please consider nominating either my children’s book, Runaway Smile, or my short stories collection Infinite Waters for the competition – whichever you’ve read and...
Aug 2, 2015 | My Publications
I just received the wonderful news that my children’s book, Runaway Smile, was selected as a ‘Children’s Fiction’ Finalist in the 2015 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards. The book is still in the running for the Outstanding...