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    Tukaa’s Tale Paperback & eBook

    August 30, 2024

    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

    August 19, 2024

    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…

  • My books - Writing

    I finished Tukaa’s Tale

    August 18, 2024

    I finally did it! Tukaa's Tale has been completed and is now in proofreading mode. I can't express how excited I am because for the longest time, the unfinished book sat on the shelf while life got in the way. It was only recently that I picked it up again, determined to finish it by giving myself a deadline - midsummer 2024. And now I'm happy to say I accomplished my goal.

  • Books - My books - Sci-fi

    Audio File? – The Story of Q

    April 25, 2024

    I've been thinking about creating audio versions for the Story of Q trilogy and came up with a possible AI voice. Of course, I had to make a few alterations to the text to make it flow better, then had to come up with creative spelling (phonetics) for the main character's nickname, Rache. The AI read it as "Ratch". Hmmm, so I tried Raych, but she still pronounced it the same. Ah, back to the drawing board. Finally, tried Raech. Bingo, that worked.