Time to dust off the pages of this blog and bring it back to life! I started this blog in 2012. Now, after a long journey and many amazing adventures, I have a new one to tell you about. As you can see from the title, I have become a flower because I’ve blossomed. Blossomed to become, once again, a published author, but this time with a four-book-contract. (I would have put a million exclamation points after that last sentence, but there are so many exclamation points to come, I don’t want to bog you down and tire you out with exclamation points! Ok, just one more. 🙂 )

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Along with his boss, Darcy Luna, from Fly on the Wall Inc,, GEORGE’s first mission is in the Himalayas to find a lost camera from 1924. If he finds the camera, it will change history.

The best part of writing GEORGE’s character is exploring his understanding of how humans think and feel. And when he comes across an ethical dilemma in book one, the stakes raise even higher.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VRCLKd2cd-8

At first, when I pitched the idea via email to Susie Brooke from PIP Kids (Phoenix International Publications) in June of 2022, I had low expectations. Most agents had ignored or dismissed the idea, and I felt a little weary. My flower petals were awfully droopy.

But the next day Susie emailed me back, saying that they were very interested, and after corresponding for months, in the fall of that year, when she was promoted to Publisher, she handed me over to Kathy Broderick, Senior Executive Editor. After sample chapters and more chats, I signed my contract in April of 2023.

PIP Kids has five imprints, but GEORGE the Flybot series is published under Sunbird Books. PIP is a licensed publisher for Disney and Nickelodeon, and over the last few years they have been expanding their list with original content. GEORGE is their first CB series. I truly do feel honored. Truly, truly.

This is the beginning of my story. There’s so much more that has happened, so much more, but I will post in small increments and give you little bits of my amazing journey and adventure.

Book one of GEORGE the Flybot is my sixth published piece since I have began this long writing journey. And I feel so grateful. I really do! (Had to add one more exclamation. It deserves to be there. 🙂 )