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Excerpt from The Secrets of Cinnamon Cinderguard by Lara Lee

She found a chair and took a glass of wine from a tray. “You’re quite a dancer,” said a deep familiar voice. Cin turned to see the old charlatan wizard sitting a couple of chairs down from her. The dark-haired wizard with prominent gray streaks in his slicked back hair stared at her with emerald […]

Kickstarter!

There comes a time when you are knocking on all the doors of opportunity when lots of doors suddenly open simultaneously. That is this year for me.

I published my first book in 2016, and since that time, I have never had a year of opportunity as this year. Not only have I had lots of enthusiasm from various places to have me sell books there, but bookstores have asked for multiple copies of my books for their shelves. Look at this year’s lineup!

My In-Person Events so far:

Book signing at Half-Priced Books (March 18th)
Book signing at The Twig Bookstore (April 22nd)
Comicpaloosa in Houston, TX (May 26th-29th)
Austin Comic Con (June 24th-25th)
Superhero Comic Con (July 7-9)
Book Release Party (September)
Big Texas Comicon (October 6th-8th)
GHNO Winter Bazzar (November)
Sunshine Cottage Market (November)

This surge of opportunity has had some consequences. First, I am running out of boos (great news!), but I won’t get the profits from those books to order more until they sell (yikes!). This lack of capital is making it tough to launch my next book.

A solution is to launch a Kickstarter for 60 days. This fundraising platform will help me accomplish all I need for this year and get the ball rolling for the future. Check out the Kickstarter and the rewards for donations here:

https://kickstarter.com/projects/lara...

Even if you can’t help financially, please share this Kickstarter on your social media and help me get the word out. People want these books because they are fun, encouraging, and optimistic. Don’t just share all the negative news, politics, and economics, but share something that will make you and your friends smile and feel like you can defeat your own monsters!

Thank you so much for your help and support!

Book Review: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursala LeGuin

A Wizard of Earth Sea is one of those novels that always comes up when people list their all-time favorite fantasy books. This was written in a time when people were not so concerned with breaking away from the tropes of the genre and yet it still pushed boundaries in subtle ways. The novel follows […]

Kickstarter – Help Launch The Secrets of Cinnamon Cinderguard!

There comes a time when you are knocking on all the doors of opportunity when lots of doors suddenly open simultaneously. That is this year for me. I published my first book in 2016, and since that time, I have never had a year of opportunity as this year. Not only have I had lots […]

7 Techniques for Teaching the Special Needs Child

As a brand new homeschooling parent of a special needs student, I was very diligent to read books and articles on the subject, buy the best curriculum for my son’s learning style, and set-up the perfect schedule. It turns all of this didn’t work out the way I expected. Children with disabilities just learn differently. […]

10 Pieces of Advice From one Special Needs Mom to Those New to the Journey

I have been asked by many people to give some of my thoughts as a mom of two unique sons to other parents of special needs children. I get the impression they think I have it figured out. I don’t. Still, I have 13 years of experience and a Master’s degree in Special Education. I […]

Developmental List for Homeschooling the Special Needs Child

This chart starts with school age children rather than from infancy. Children develop at different paces, but when we are trying to teach a child with significant developmental disabilities, it is nice to have some idea of what is average and what are the steps children take to get there. I wish these lists could […]

In Person Book Sale!

Come visit my table at the Winter Bazaar! All my books and an in-person exclusive tote will be on sale. The books will be discounted from Amazon prices and special one-of-everything bundles will be discounted from even the in-person price for everything individually. I look forward to seeing you all there!

Writer Update: Now There Are Five…

I haven’t posted in a while. Had I been a bit more organized, I should have had blog post scheduled in advanced for this time. Well, I didn’t and when my only daughter was born October 3rd, I have dropped out of posting. Still, we are now a family of five, which is awesome! During […]

Book Review: Call of the Wild by Jack London

“Call of the Wild” and “White Fang” are two novels by Jack London that are almost exact opposites of each other. “Call of the Wild” is about a dog that ends up going wild, while “White Fang” is about a wolf that gets domesticated. I will review “Call of the Wild” here first because it […]