Under the Shadow – Blog Tour

Excerpt from the guest Blog by J.M. Kay,
author of Under the Shadow: Children of the First Star, Volume I – to be released on October 1, 2014; Publisher: www.BooksEndependent.com]

First posted at http://howlingturtle-pdx.blogspot.com/

I never thought I would write a book. My writing had always found its way into much shorter venues: poems, funny short stories, cartoons, even a short play here and there. I thought I didn’t have a story that warranted a piece of novel-sized length, until one afternoon, at the age of twenty-seven, I re-read an animated half-hour television pilot I had written. It was …

A New Katrin’s Chronicles Fan

It’s difficult to explain how it feels when a reader, exactly the kind of unknown reader you hoped would discover the book, gives a review that completely captures all the enthusiasm for the story and characters that you had when creating it. This happened today when an 11-year-old girl posted her review on Amazon. A friend in upstate New York gave my book to a local librarian who gave it to this young reader. Here’s the scoop from the newest fan of Katrin’s Chronicles: The Canon of Jacquelene Dyanne, Vol. 1:

August 20th – Amazon Reader review:
“I loved all …

Fauset Book Award Finalist!

This morning came with great news. My first YA novel, Katrin’s Chronicles: The Canon of Jacquelene Dyanne, Vol. 1 was selected as a finalist for the Jessie Redmon Fauset Book Award in Children/Young Adult category.

The award is sponsored by the L.A. Leimert Park Book Fair . The winner will be announced on the main stage of the Book Fair Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 @ 3pm which takes place this year at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.

(http://www.leimertparkbookfair.com/)

There will be over 150 celebrity readings, book signings, writing workshops, panel discussions, poetry readings, stage performances and musical performance …