I’m currently writing the next book in the Fritz Fombie series. The title of the book is Fritz Fombie and the Frightful Feats of Courage. The current book that just came out, Fritz Fombie Have No Fear, has been a local success. I just finished a Goodreads giveaway with the book and it was very positive with 400 readers putting the book on their To-Read shelf. Hopefully as readers give reviews of Fritz Fombie Have No Fear, it will begin to gather interest nationally. In the meantime, I’m writing away on the new Fritz Fombie book. The new book has an abundance of new creatures never seen in writing before. After overcoming fear in the first book, Fannie embraces courage in this book. The story becomes bigger and more complex, and I'm working hard to hold the story together. This new book is very ambitious. I hope to deliver an amazing book that is completely unique in its creativity. I tried to stay clear from any other book that is on the market and truly put something out there that is one of a kind in every way. The second book should be out early next year. I’m also working to set up more appearances this summer for the first book.  I'll let you know when the appearances will be scheduled. Thank you for your support!  Take care.

I have some very positive updates for Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. I would like to thank all of the readers on Goodreads for supporting me. As the contest comes to a close, I currently have 855 entries and we still have five hours left in the contest. We also have over 389 readers who have added Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to their bookshelves. Once again, thank you so much for your support. Something happened today that meant the world to me. A grandma I know bought my book for her grandson two days ago. She didn’t have cash with her at the time, so she told me she would pay me the next day. The next day, she brought me two one dollar bills and four dollars in change inside of a plastic bag. When she handed me the money, she told me that her grandson loved the book so much that he wanted to pay for it himself and took the money out of his piggy bank. She told me that he wouldn’t put the book down and almost read the entire book in one day. He told his grandma that he wanted to take the book with him on the family vacation. The grandmother told me that she now wants to buy Fritz Fombie Have No Fear for all of the local schools. After hearing stories like these, I will always be happy and have no misgivings for the long hours and hard work I put into writing and illustrating Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. Thank you once again for entering the contest to win a copy of Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. I look forward to reading your comments and seeing your ratings of Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. The goodreads contest came to an end with 918 readers requesting a copy. The on-to-read shelf came in at 387 readers. Thanks!

Battery Park Book Exchange

Battery Park Book Exhchange

The reading went well at the Battery Park Book Exchange. A really cool thing happened after the reading. A fourteen-year-old boy who is a big reader asked his mom if he could also have a copy of the book. From the feedback I have been getting over Fritz Fombie Have No Fear it seems that older children also like the book as much as the younger children. When writing the book, I wrote it to make me laugh, too, so that might be the reason older children and many adults have really enjoyed the book. I’m meeting with a librarian in Asheville, so hopefully I can give more readings and manga art lessons in the Asheville area. Remember kids, you're bigger than your fears no matter how big or small you are and that’s the message of Fritz Fombie Have No Fear.

My appearance at the Christians Writers fellowship of WNC went well. They were all very supportive of my book Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. As I did my reading from the book I tried to portray the characters the way I have envisioned them. So basically I put on a small theater production. One of the members told me she would have loved for me to have read the whole book right then and there, which really made me smile. I have a background in acting so I was happy to see the reading go so well. One of the hardest things about a self-published book is letting people know it exists. So I'm very happy to see that people are now buying the book on referrals from other people. I believe reviews and word of mouth is the best way to get a book moving. I'm thankful to goodreads.com because they're allowing Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to be read by people who I would have never been able to reach otherwise. I will be appearing at the Battery Park Book Exchange in downtown Asheville on Saturday April 25th from 12:00-1:30 pm. I will do a reading at 12:30. I will also be giving away a crotchet hat of one of my characters in the book. The Battery Park Book Exchange is located in the Grove Arcade. Happy Reading!

Things are going well with Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. I've received a lot of local interest. The Blue Ridge Book Store in downtown Waynesville is carrying my book. The Waynesville public library has purchased two of my books. I have five upcoming appearances in the Waynesville and Asheville area.
 I just had a ten year old who read my book tell me she had a crush on Fritz, which is pretty cool since he is a zombie. A 12 year old read my book in one day. She told her parents she just had to finish and told me that she loved the book. My book giveaway on goodreads.com will be over in about a month. Once I mail out Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to the winners I should get back plenty of reviews. I'm very excited to see what kind of reviews I'll receive. Thanks for everyone who believed in me and the book. I'm working away on the second book in the Frtiz Fombie series.

I will be appearing at Blue Ridge Book Store in Waynesville NC, during Children’s Book Week on Saturday May 9 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. I will give a reading from my book Fritz Fombie Have No Fear and there will be a book signing afterwards. I will also be teaching the kids how to draw manga, which is Japanese comic art. The bio picture in my book is the same form of manga that I will be teaching the kids.
Address:
Blue Ridge books
152 s main st,
Waynesville, NC 28786