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Episode 7 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, features Chapters Eleven – Arthur and Twelve – Introspection. In Chapter Eleven, we reminisce with Arthur Loyal, the Mac Paidin family butler, as he remembers the day he is notified that …
Episode 6 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, features Chapters Nine – Cliff Notes and Ten – Uncle Earl & Aunt Lizzie. In Chapter Nine, we join Sir Edward and his captors on the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. In …
Episode 5 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, features Chapters Seven – Deception and Eight – The Portal. In Chapter Seven, Thaddeus O’Brien notifies Inez Mac Paidin of Arthur’s visit to Ethan and together they devise a plan for …
Episode 4 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, features Chapters Five – The Telescope and Six – The Dark Cabal. In Chapter Five, Bart and Jack try to determine the cause of Jack’s recent visionary experience when touching the …
Episode 3 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, features Chapters Three: Ethan and Chapter Four: Eaves Dropping. In Chapter Three, we’ll learn more about how Sir Edward Mac Paidin crafts the magic teleportation hats and sends his trusted servant, …
Episode 2 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, features Chapter Two: Edward. In Chapter Two, you’ll be introduced to Arthur “Arty” the Mac Paidin family butler, as well as Sir Edward Mac Paidin, Jack’s grandfather. We’ll meet Edward’s two …
Episode 1 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope – Book One in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series, features the Prologue as well as Chapter One: Jack. In the prologue, you’ll be intrigued by a mysterious stranger who appears in the nursery where three small children are sleeping. Chapter …
I’m making the final edits on The Kidnapping King – Book Two in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker series. These touch-ups are the last bits needed before I upload the manuscript to my Amazon author account. The eBook will be auto-delivered to readers who purchased it on Pre-Sale. The Kidnapping King continues the story …
Bart and his magical gifts have been a challenge…until now! The deadline for Book Two is barrelling down on me (August 15th), so I’m busily writing and editing. The completed manuscript for The Kidnapping King is only about a third complete. So, I’m sweating! There’s still so much to write in the next three weeks! …
I LOVE MY LIFE! I want to start this blog post with that statement of fact. But I haven’t always felt that way. On more than one occasion, over the course of my life, I’ve experienced…judgement…or disapproval over the fact that I have done so many things with my career, rather than sticking with one …