SO IT'S HERE . . . RYAN AND ESSIE AT LAST

Ryan and Essie is now available in paperback and ebook. I've been writing Ryan and Essie since I was 8 years old, and finished it 2 years ago, so it feels like a very long time since the process started. My thoughts are "finally!" rather than any feeling of suddenness, even though the release has sneaked up on everyone, including me. The books are not yet linked on Amazon, but I do know you can get the ebook for free if you purchase the paperback from Amazon.

This is my first print publication in 4 years and it's good to have one of my books once again in print form. After reading and reviewing many books over the last few years, I've opted for a simple, non-fiction type of design-more like a book about the fun of science than a middle-grade novel. This gives you a hint to the content. Very much for fact-oriented people, even though the storyline is one of my most unusual.

Because the book is so hot off the press, if you'd like to review Ryan and Essie, shoot me your email in the comments and specify whether you'd like print or ebook. Print copies are limited and on a first-come first-serve basis. And just a reminder:

REVIEW MEANS YOU REVIEW ON YOUR BLOG, AMAZON, AND PREFERABLY ONE OTHER SITE SUCH AS GOODREADS.

Review does NOT mean you send me an email with your "thoughts." That's a waste of my money in sending you the book.

More about the story . . . it's set in the very near future, just at a date in which civilian passengers going up into space has become common.
The story of how Ryan and Essie went into a great new world--and what they did there . . .

All his life, 11-year-old Ryan has dreamed of becoming an astronomer--but not, it turns out, of actually going into space. When a public event brings a complete stranger named Essie to the observatory his father directs, she bounces into Ryan's alcove.

Ryan's life will never be the same again. And neither will the lives of a whole lot of other people.