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New book by Jonathan Moeller: GHOST IN THE MASK

Signal Boost for Mr. Jonathan Moeller

 

Hello all,
 
This is the new release newsletter of Jonathan Moeller – if you've wound up on this list by mistake, click on the link at the bottom of the page to unsubscribe.
 
I am pleased to report that GHOST IN THE MASK, the eighth book of the THE GHOSTS series, is now available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords. (Availability on iTunes should come in a few weeks.) In GHOST IN THE MASK, Caina attempts to trace the origins of a weapon of terrible sorcery to a ruined, cursed city, only to realize the ancient weapons with in the ruins have the power to destroy the Empire and every other nation.
 
You can read the first chapter of GHOST IN THE MASK right here.
 
And as a special bonus for newsletter subscribers, GHOST OMENS, a short story set in the world of THE GHOSTS, is now available for $0.99 at Amazon, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords (with iTunes availability in a few weeks). However, if you use this coupon code, you can get the story for free at Smashwords:
 
AQ96F
 
The coupon code is valid through September 22nd, 2013.
 
If you've never heard of the THE GHOSTS series before, you can get the first book, CHILD OF THE GHOSTS, for in ebook form free right here.

 

Finally, thank you to everyone who has read the THE GHOSTS books.

 

Thanks,

 

 

Jonathan Moeller

 

 

Happy Birthday, Orville!

Orville is 15 today.

 

Wow.

 

For his birthday, he is getting Crowns for Pirate101, and the whole family is going to see High School Musical Two performed by a local church. Should be fun!

 

Caption This Winner

We had some really witty ones this week, but the winner is:

 

Why, yes, I am a fan of Beatrix Potter. Why do you ask?

 

Another Writing Class…by me

I will be leading another online writing techinque chat for Savvy Authors:

The Two Strings Technique: Adding Contrast and Interest to Our Writing

September 18, 2013 | 9:00 p.m. EST – 10:00 p.m. EST ng Chat

 

For more info:

http://ce.savvyauthors.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventId=1911

Caption this for this week:

Winner from two weeks back

We got a ton of really good ones for this. Some were really funny! But the favorite was:

 

 

Me-Ouch!

Days with the Cherubim

 

The Cherubim is sitting behind me playing with something that keeps messing up. Instead of his normal shouting of "shut up" (no idea where he got that) he has sudden taken to shouting:

 

"Rats!"

"Double rats!"

"Nuts"

"Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuts!"

 

I can't stop laughing!

 

This week is Day Week…the week when each child gets their own day to do what they want with Mom (or Dad).

 

Yesterday was the Cherubim’s day. We took him to the train station, as we have every year (Uncle Bill came along this time). I think this is the eighth year we have done this.

 

But this time we decided to ride the train. The plan was to ride it to Alexandria and back.

The Cherubim LOVED this. He loved buying the ticket. He loved riding the train. He loved buying an ice cream from the vending machine in Alexandria.

Then, somehow, we ended up on the wrong train back and went to Woodbridge, where we had to wait in shame to be rescued by Daddy…and my phone died (turned out the recharger had been unplugged the night before. Luckily, Uncle Bill had a phone.)

 

Still, a lovely day. I think the Cherubim enjoyed it.

 

Caption This!

In honor of our new kittens: Chincoteague (Shinc for short) and Assateague Island (Island for short):

 

Adventures in Chincoteague

When I was eight, my favorite book in the world was Misty of Chincoteague. I never dreamed I would actually go there. But this magical place that still shines with the golden light of childhood joy has now become our favorite place to vacation.

We could not make it there last year. The boys talked about it and missed it all year. Juss thought that the whole summer was lost.

He might be right.

What a wonderful, magical place it is!

We just returned today from another wonderful vacation in the magical world of marshes and horses. The place consists of two islands: Chincoteague, a charming village with the best ice cream imaginable, and Assateague, a barrier island of sands and marshes that is a beach and a wildlife refuge, where wild ponies live.

At various different times (some people came and went) we had John, Orville, Ping-Ping, the Cherubim, Juss, Ping-Ping's friend Claudia, Uncle Bill, and Grandma. We stayed in the most charming of places…a two story townhouse in Snug Harbour, just across the water from the Lighthouse. It is clean and bright and has a lovely kitchen. The grocery store just off the island is cheaper than shopping at home, so we buy groceries and cook there.

I have no idea why cooking there seems fun and enjoyable…and cooking at home always seems like a chore, but…

There is a bus that looks like a Trolly. The Cherubim LOVES this. He asked for it all day the first two days. It only runs at night. We went at least three times. It costs 25 cents. It tours around the island, letting one look out at shops and flat reeds filled with snowy egrets which are so white, that one wonders how they could keep clean. It is like seeing angels standing among the marshes.

More anon…I will tell about the beach, the beach at night, game playing, the horror of the watermellon (I chose poorly!), and more!

 

 

Review from Amazon

The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin (Paperback)

In fairness, I might have given this four stars, but I read a .pdf file on my
Kindle with font so small I had to place the device under a slide and use my
daughter's microscope to read the file.

Perhaps I exaggerate (perhaps) but my eyes aren't getting any younger and for
whatever reason, be it the original .pdf file or the limitation of the eInk
Kindle reader which wouldn't let me increase the font size (think 3 point!), it
really did require a degree of squinting and suffering to read. Which didn't
stop me from being completely and utterly enthralled, and cursing my old eyes
when I got too tired to read.

Rachel Griffin is a Good Egg. You'd want to be her best friend (if you were 13)
or her mom (at any age). Jagi Lamplighter has written a Dick Francis novel, if
Dick Francis were (think Harry Potter)a broomstick jockey, and a tween. Rachel
Griffin's adventures feel like an admixture of Rick Riordan's Camp Half-blood
mythology and Rowling's Harry Potter's school stories: but that's unfair to
Lamplighter, because this is a unique vision.

My 10-year-old (Harry Potter and Rick Riordan junkie) daughter loves the book,
despite having to use her microscope to read it (She's got first dibs on the
dead-tree version as soon as those nice UPS gentlemen deliver it to our door.
Because yes, we're going to re-read it.) Give it to your daughter, too. Just
don't be surprised if you get hooked, yourself.