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Happy Holidays 2013

Happy Holidays to all my fans, family members, and friends, however you choose to celebrate!

Personally, I celebrate both the Winter Solstice and Christmas, and spread my celebrations over a week to combine the two.

However you celebrate though, I hope your celebrations are filled with love and happiness!

Degu Days Duo pre-released

I've pre-released my "Degu Days Duo" series.

“The Degu Days Duo” is a short series of just two books telling the story of two different days in the lives of Jacob, Jasper, Jenks and Joshua – four degu brothers who live in a cage together. The stories are told from the point of view of one of the degus, so read on and see the world from the point of view of a small and furry rodent!

The degus in question are my own degu buddies, and they're from Jenks' point of view.

Yes, these are the ones I mentioned writing as part of NaNoWriMo this year.

Kero Celebrates Christmas

Kero's World, Book 6: Kero Celebrates Christmas

Genre: Animal Stories - Pets - Dogs/Holidays - Christmas And Advent.

Description: "Christmas is here, and with it comes snow and Santa Paws – whoever he is. What will Kero think of the snow? Will he be able to make sense of all the holiday activity? And will he be able to stay up long enough to catch this mysterious Santa Paws?"

"The “Kero’s World” stories are all about the adventures of a West Highland White Terrier named Kero; read his stories, and see the world from the point of view of a little white dog."

Published: 3rd December 2013.

ISBN: 9781301781553

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Kero Goes To Town

Kero's World, Book 5: Kero Goes To Town

Genre: Animal Stories - Pets - Dogs

Description: "Kero’s very excited to find he’s going to town with his humans. He’s sure there must be loads of great things to do there, after all the humans go there all the time. But what kinds of things can a little dog do in town? And will it be as much fun as he thinks it will?"

"The “Kero’s World” stories are all about the adventures of a West Highland White Terrier named Kero; read his stories, and see the world from the point of view of a little white dog."

Published: 17th November 2013.

ISBN: 9781301736898

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Kero Celebrates Halloween

Kero's World, book 4: Kero Celebrates Halloween

Genre: Animal Stories - Pets - Dogs/Holidays - Halloween

Description: "Something strange is going on, and Kero doesn’t know if he’s more confused or frightened. All he knows for sure is that the humans are calling it Halloween. Will Kero be able to make sense of this Halloween thing? Or is it just too scary and confusing for a little dog to understand?"

"The “Kero’s World” stories are all about the adventures of a West Highland White Terrier named Kero; read his stories, and see the world from the point of view of a little white dog."

Published: October 31st 2013.

ISBN: 9781301689095

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Smashwords Interview

Check out the interview I did on Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/interview/toriz

The Leaf Monster And Other Children's Poems

The Leaf Monster And Other Children's Poems

Genre: Children's Poetry

Description: "A random collection of poems of different lengths and styles, all of which are written with children in mind. Themes include family, animals, and special occasions (among others)."

Published: 23rd September 2013.

ISBN: 9781301265008

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Snowball The Oddball Kobold

Snowball The Oddball Kobold

Genre: Fairy Tales And Fables

Description: "Snowball is a white kobold; something so rare that the other kobolds in his tribe won’t accept him as a proper kobold. In fact, they delight in making poor Snowball’s life miserable. But Snowball is determined that some day he’ll show them that there’s nothing wrong with being a white kobold.

One day, in Snowball’s tenth Winter, something strange comes to the mountains where Snowball and his tribe live. The kobolds want to know what it is, but with their red-brown colour they’ll be spotted much too easily in the snow. Only Snowball, with his white colouring, has a chance of investigating without being spotted. Could this be Snowball’s chance to prove he’s a useful member of his tribe and finally be accepted as a proper kobold?"

Published: 2nd September 2013.

ISBN: 9781301855421.

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Asha's Big Adventure

Asha's Big Adventure

Genre: Fairy Tales And Fables/Fairy Tale And Folklore Adaptations

Description: "This is the story of a little girl who loves exploring, a hungry wolf, three brave little pigs, three nervous goats, a troll with a toothache, and three misunderstood bears.

Based on the author’s own takes on three well-known fairy tales, “Asha’s Big Adventure” tells the story of a little girl named Asha who ignores her parents’ warnings about going exploring in the woods near where they live. Asha soon finds herself getting lost, being chased by a hungry wolf, unable to cross a bridge because of a grumpy troll, and proven guilty of breaking and entering by an angry family of bears."

Published: 12th August 2013.

ISBN: 9781301755868

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Books available to pre-order

Thanks to a new feature Smashwords has, four of my upcoming books are available to view samples of on Smashwords, and - if they aren't already - will soon be available to pre-order on sites such as Barnes & Noble and Apple.

Those books are:

"Asha's Big Adventure" which is due for release on August 12th 2013.

"Snowball The Oddball Kobold" which is due for release on September 2nd 2013.

"The Leaf Monster And Other Children's Poems" which is due for release on September 23rd 2013.

"Kero Celebrates Halloween" (Kero's World, #4) which is due for release on October 31st 2013.

For more details on the books, find them via my Goodreads profile at http://www.goodreads.com/toriz or my Smashwords profile at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/vie...