Richard Due's Blog: Delusions of Grandeur?, page 4
May 26, 2014
The Moon Coin (Book Trailer)
When Lily and Jasper's uncle disappears, Lily must search for him in the one place she never imagined possible: the setting of her childhood bedtime tales—the Moon Realm.
May 5, 2014
April 29, 2014
This author's desk.
The vintage items you see here aren't part of a deliberate theme on my part. Everything simply came together over time.
1. 20-inch Dell 2009w LCD monitor. I bought this in 2008. It's great for text, but the color isn't up to snuff for production work. (Oh, and hiding behind that lovely illustration by Carolyn Arcabascio, is the working draft of The Murk, which I am currently editing.)
2. Western Electric model 500 telephone (sold from 1950 to 1984). This is my high-tech communications system. I picked it up at a yard sale ($5) several years ago because I was getting tired of buying new batteries for my cordless phone. It still dials out, but when confronted with an automated message system and asked to press "4" or whatever, I just have to hang up.
3. Panasonic Electric Pencil Sharpener, model KP-77 S (probably early 70s, with Auto-Stop!). My trusty friend, bought by my wife for $3 at a church bazaar. Amazingly, you can still buy replacement parts for this model.
4. Sony MDR-V700DJ headphones. My portable orchestra. I bought these in 2001, shortly after purchasing an iPod, because said iPod couldn't pump out enough juice to drive my old AKG 260s.
5. 15-inch Apple Macbook Pro (Winter 2006). Tucked behind the monitor, Graphic Mayhem rests in a little wooden bracket and runs in closed-lid mode when it's not doing color work.
6. Apple Pro Keyboard (2000). The computer this came with is gone now, but I kept the keyboard because Apple built it to outlast the sun.
7. Apple Mighty Mouse (2005). I have no clear memory of how I acquired this mouse, but it's still on the job.
8. Picture of an Egyptian chariot (gift from a friend), because chariots are cool.
9. Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition (1938). Yes, it's old, but it still beats the hell out of any other dictionary I've ever used.
10. Two Rinn. These were a Christmas gift, hand-made by my wife and children. They are more precious to me than my weight in 1st edition hardbacks of The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (Fine in Fine dust jackets). And THAT, my friends, is saying something.
11. Placebo coffee (or sometimes placebo tea). It's hard to see in this photo, but it's right here on the corner of this middle shelf.
Visit The Moon Realm
April 10, 2014
March 24, 2014
Win signed 1st edition. Will send ANYWHERE ... on Earth.
“A great middle grade fantasy.” --ForeWord Reviews
"The Moon Coin is a fine and adventurous read for young adults, highly recommended."--Midwest Book Review
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Telling a wicked good tale is a talent, but making it sound believable is a gift. Even as young teens, Lily and Jasper Winter still love their uncle's bedtime tales. But they don't believe, as they once did, that the tales he spins are true, or that his fantastic paintings are from places he's actually been . . . that would be childish.
Now Uncle Ebb is missing.
Lily and Jasper are supposed to stay out of trouble while their parents search Ebb’s study, but his mansion is full of distractions. A Tesla generator thrums in the basement. Prismatic electrimals drift lazily around walls resembling underwater reefs. Then Oscar, a fuchsia-plumed flying seahorse, leads the siblings to a secret room, where the mystery of their uncle’s disappearance deepens. They’ve never seen Ebb without his golden necklace, yet there it is, with a curious coin dangling from it.
That night, Lily's careful examination of the coin yields unexpected results. To her surprise, it transports her to the Moon Realm, the setting of Uncle Ebb's bedtime tales. Lily is thrilled to meet the horse-sized, leonine Rinn and the lunamancers of Dain. But something is wrong. The inhabitants of the moons are no longer allies, and the heroic characters from the tales either don’t exist or are known only as myths. Worse, one of the moons appears to be dead, haunted by an evil villain named Wrengfoul. And no one seems to know what’s become of Ebb.
Illustrated by Carolyn Arcabascio. Volume One of the The Moon Realm Series.
Gold medal winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award for pre-teen fantasy.
"The Moon Coin is a fine and adventurous read for young adults, highly recommended."--Midwest Book Review
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Telling a wicked good tale is a talent, but making it sound believable is a gift. Even as young teens, Lily and Jasper Winter still love their uncle's bedtime tales. But they don't believe, as they once did, that the tales he spins are true, or that his fantastic paintings are from places he's actually been . . . that would be childish.
Now Uncle Ebb is missing.
Lily and Jasper are supposed to stay out of trouble while their parents search Ebb’s study, but his mansion is full of distractions. A Tesla generator thrums in the basement. Prismatic electrimals drift lazily around walls resembling underwater reefs. Then Oscar, a fuchsia-plumed flying seahorse, leads the siblings to a secret room, where the mystery of their uncle’s disappearance deepens. They’ve never seen Ebb without his golden necklace, yet there it is, with a curious coin dangling from it.
That night, Lily's careful examination of the coin yields unexpected results. To her surprise, it transports her to the Moon Realm, the setting of Uncle Ebb's bedtime tales. Lily is thrilled to meet the horse-sized, leonine Rinn and the lunamancers of Dain. But something is wrong. The inhabitants of the moons are no longer allies, and the heroic characters from the tales either don’t exist or are known only as myths. Worse, one of the moons appears to be dead, haunted by an evil villain named Wrengfoul. And no one seems to know what’s become of Ebb.
Illustrated by Carolyn Arcabascio. Volume One of the The Moon Realm Series.
Gold medal winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award for pre-teen fantasy.
February 12, 2014
Washington DC Book Signing
This was taken right after an Imagine, Write, Repeat presentation. Here I’m talking to one of the students while signing Moon Realm books. It was a smart crowd, filled with lots of good questions. The signing ran over a bit, but luckily the parents were very gracious. The librarian asked if I’d be interesting in coming back to run a writing workshop!
Eastern High School library, Wash. DC, Friday 31, 2014
Eastern High School library, Wash. DC, Friday 31, 2014
December 26, 2013
The Moon Coin has cracked Amazon's top 20 bestsellers (in their Free store) for the second day in a row.
The Moon Coin has cracked Amazon's top 20 bestsellers (in their Free store) for the second day in a row. It's the only middle grade novel there, which I find very curious. If you or someone you know loves epic adventure fantasies, go grab a copy before the promotion ends!
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Ki...
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Ki...
December 25, 2013
The Moon Coin climbs to #1 on Amazon's Children's Fantasy Books
#1 in Children's Fantasy Books.
#1 in Action & Adventure
#2 #1 in Dystopian
#3 #1 in Coming of Age
#5 #1 in Sword and Sorcery
#4 #3 in Children's eBooks
(currently ranked#925 #39 #21 16 in the entire Amazon free store)
Gibbering Gnome Press is giving away The Moon Coin for free on Kindle this year. To get your copy, click: Here.
#1 in Action & Adventure
(currently ranked
Gibbering Gnome Press is giving away The Moon Coin for free on Kindle this year. To get your copy, click: Here.
December 24, 2013
Illustration and Excerpt From The Moon Coin
From Chapter Twenty of
The Moon Coin
, by Richard Due
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December 23, 2013
Illustration and Excerpt From The Moon Coin
From Chapter Nineteen of
The Moon Coin
, by Richard Due
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