I have received lots of queries about whether my books are part of the Accelerated Reader program in schools, and if I knew how many “AR points” they were worth.

Instead of August 1st, it seems like its all there for purchase now.  Amazon & Barnes and Noble at a minimum.  Both books listed below…

Yes, I too was a bit confused when the publicist mentioned it.  I had a conversation with her that went something like this:

Mary Preston and Catherine Lee were both randomly selected as part of one of the Blog tours my books are a part of. Mary and Catherine, you should each be receiving something that looks like (check your e-mail!): If there are any questions, just let me know.

First person or third person? Which do you prefer?

There are some things they likely didn’t learn in school.

Aha….so this is the image for the paperback they slapped together for the upcoming novel (any day now….) And this is the image for the hardcover in the final form. Note – the stuff on the far left and far right are the inside cover flaps that fold into the book.

I find these stats interesting: In the last 90 days, this blog had visitors from the following locations:

I figured you folks might like to see how the artist took a live model and adapted her for the cover of the prequel.  

I suppose there are two schools of thought regarding how to represent children as characters in a novel.