On a Lighter Note -

New color page from Owl Skate, e-book creation vids.

After all the posting about the Hachette and Amazon dispute - press (sidebar) - and stress about the Oregon Book Awards, I've been coloring!

I've had a few days to kick back - no, not really - but my duties to create some color pages for kids felt a lot more like play than work. I've been making videos for a series Create a Picture E-Book on Youtube; and, someone suggested colorbook pages. I thought, "What a great idea!" So far, I've made two download-and-print color pages from the character development color sketches in the videos.

If you have kids who like to color, skateboard, or love animals and nature, check out these new pages for some fun viewing and coloring: Kids-Explore-Nature, Urban Explorer, Portland.  You'll also find silly and not-so-silly animal matching games, word games, and hidden pictures, and art activities for kids.

OBA Stress and a Prequel

I am, maybe, the dumbest entrant to the Oregon Book Awards.  I knew I was going to enter this year, long ago, yet I am battling the admission information and requirements to the very last.  Ho hum, I'm so dumb - is a little song I wrote this week.  So, I was thrilled when I learned about Kindle pre-orders.  About to finish the third book in my vampire trilogy.  I can upload without worries that there won't be a link to go with my effort like Painting the Castle for the cover - The Nebulizer Potion and the Electric Compass.

Another reason to smile: I now have books for sale at Smashwords.com.  Something I have thought about getting done for a while, now.  So, far, I have The Quill Pen Killer and The Faerie Ring Dance uploaded.  I like the site and all it offers me, as an author.  Please feel free to comment about your experience as a reader, reader-author, too.  Smashwords also offers pre-orders, so when all the hectic OBA duties are done, I will be able to upload more series books as the site distributes to Nook and popular book sellers - even libraries.

Wondering what my entry is going to be?  See its new Facebook page for information.  Page likes always appreciated.