• My books - Writing

    Tukaa’s Tale Paperback & eBook

    The paperback and eBook versions are now available on Amazon. If you read the book, please leave your review on Amazon, etc. If you’re not into writing reviews, even a sentence or just a star-review is greatly appreciated, especially since I’m an independent writer and depend on reviews to get noticed. Thanks! The book is a spin-off from my tween sci-fi trilogy, The Story of Q, and is told from the perspective of Tukaa, the talking tree, featured in book two, Misha Goes Missing. Tukaa, an elder and mentor, enjoys sharing his memories with Inkaa, a promising apprentice, and by…

  • Books - Children - commentary - Media - Psychology

    Every person their book

    I ran across a blog a while ago and rediscovered it tonight, rummaging through my inbox. How appropriate, I thought, since I just finished writing Tukaa's Tale, a spin-off of The Story of Q, my tween trilogy. It appears that too many recent books fall short of young people's expectations, causing them to lose interest in reading. Authors (libraries are guilty too) have taken the joy out of the equation and placed it on the back burner. Instead, their focus lies with dealing with today's issues - child abuse, failed relationships, war., etc. While we may want our children to…