Can I hug you Nook owners out there?

Jinnie Wishmaker has been in the top 50 books for 9-12 year olds for 10 days now! I got back from the holidays and checked on how she was doing at Barnes & Noble, and WOW!

Thank you so much for supporting Jinnie! I am hard at work on Marcus Mender now! I felt SO inspired by Hugo Cabret after seeing the movie adaptation of the novel (I loved both.) I can't wait for Marcus to sort out how he feels about being able to "fix" people as well as things. It will be quite the conflict for a boy who wishes his own life was different.

New Troubled Tweens short story for Christmas!

I woke up a few days before Christmas with the cutest idea for a short story! Mr. Kent, the magic counselor for the Troubled Tweens, has this amazing office with floor to ceiling cabinets in every color. Inside them, he keeps all the objects he made magical when he had powers in the 1960s.

The objects are a trip down memory lane for older readers, and a delight for kids who can imagine how THEY would use such enchanted things. My daughters and I spent one day of the holiday break just brainstorming the magical items in the wall of wonders, and what they'd be for. Nine-year-old Elizabeth came up with the magical lip gloss that keeps your sister from tattling on you!

And twelve-year-old Emily gave us the idea of the magical hula hoop that takes you back in time when you spin it.

You don't have to have a Kindle to read the story. It can be read on a computer or a smart phone or an iPad if you have the free Kindle reader. So go!

I got a lava lamp!

Friend and super-fan Sean came over with a new pink lava lamp a few days ago! Wow! I hope I don't burn my house down, as I worried about in my other post! :)

We had seen these lamps before, of course, but never brand new. It takes almost two hours for the lamp to get going the first time. We took photos every few minutes until the lava lamp started working normally, to show how it got started from factory to real lava!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Interview at Kids Ebook Bestsellers.com

I feel so lucky! Karleen Tauszik interviewed me over at her web site after Jinnie Wishmaker made the top 10 list for downloads at BooksOnBoard.com.

Every Saturday she updates the newest top 10 for all the major ebook retailers. An awesome service!

So go read all about this journey with Jinnie!

Jinnie the #2 Youth/Young Adult Download today!

Just had to post a pretty shiny from Books on Board! Thank you for those who are buying and reading!

Interview with DD Roy at Working Stiffs

The mystery blog for Working Stiffs recently interviewed my about my journey to get Jinnie Wishmaker out into the world. Go see!

I've been thinking about all the mysteries in the book. Here are several:

1. What happened to Jinnie's parents after the protest in Brazil?
2. Why did Jinnie's aunt and uncle send her grandmother away after Jinnie came to live with them?
3. Why are animals acting like they can TALK to her?
4. Why is the fifth-grade bully Bruscilla so mean?
5. And how is it that Jinnie suddenly knows what people want, even if they try to lie about it?

Oh, so many mysteries. I hope you'll come along and find out more about them. Jinnie Wishmaker is available for download for $3.99 at Books on Board.

Pretty shiny promo page at Books on Board

It's so lovely! A whole web page at the monster e-book retailer Books on Board! Quotes from Jinnie Wishmaker! Pretty little bio of little ol' me!

Go see the shiny!

http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?F=000795-roy