what a day!

It’s so nice waking up to good news and today it just kept coming…

Reading While White is focusing on #OwnVoices for the month of September and I have the incredible good fortune of being the first featured author! Sam Bloom tagged me on Facebook and I had to rub the sleep out of my eyes when I saw “sublimely written” in his post. Allie Jane Bruce wrote this fantastic review of A Hand to Hold: “At once developmentally appropriate and exquisitely written, with a story that anyone experiencing separation will appreciate (especially those on the lookout for books about loving and caring fathers), A Hand To Hold is a much-needed book.”
Then I heard from the good folks at Tilbury House letting me know that Melena’s Jubliee was featured in the Children’s Book Council’s “ Hot Off the Press ” column for September: “This unique online bibliography features anticipated bestsellers, either recently released or forthcoming, published by CBC members.”
Another email from Tilbury followed a moment later sharing Publishers Weekly’s review of Melena.
In May Shelley Diaz at School Library Journal asked me to submit copies of The Door at the Crossroads for review and it was featured in this month’s YA Xpress column! There’s a mix-up in the plot summary but I’m still grateful that my self-published book was not just included but integrated into the column with traditionally published books.
Rich in Color posted news of their giveaway today! Enter to win one of 3 copies of The Door at the Crossroads and then share your thoughts about #Zettasbooks so we can discuss them together at the end of the month!

All in all, this has been an excellent start to the new month! And Mercury’s retrograde! I’ll be heading to Minnesota soon; you can find my public events listed at the website of one of my excellent hosts, Sarah Park Dahlen. She even made up a reading list to introduce folks to Zetta’s “greatest hits”…feeling very blessed.