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, Arthur Loyal, with a hat, on a mission to retrieve his grandson, Ethan. In Chapter Four we'll meet Ethan Mac Paidin,...
Episode 2 in this live reading from The Golden Telescope features Chapter Two: Edward. In Chapter Two, we are introduced to Arthur "Arty" the Mac Paidin family butler, as well as Sir Edward Mac Paidin, Jack's grandfather. We meet Edward's two estranged, adult daughters, and Jack's aunts; Inez and Clara Mac Paidin. We watch as Edward's evil daughters try to deceive their father into teaching them how to make and use the magical hats. When their...
Episode 1 - This first live reading from The Golden Telescope features the Prologue, as well as Chapter One: Jack. In the Prologue, we observe as a mysterious stranger magically materializes into a nursery where three small children are sleeping. He snips a clipping of hair from each of the children, placing them into envelopes, before vanishing into the night. Chapter One introduces us to our protagonist, 12-year-old Jack Mac Paidin, and his...
Bart and his magical gifts have been a challenge...until now! The deadline for Book Two is barreling 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! And adding to the pressure is the fact that we've decided to relinquish our commercial workshop space, since we're doing most of our...
The Hunger Games book series senior editor to work on Book 2: The Kidnapping King. I have some good news and some bad news. First, the Good News: I've been keeping this under wraps for a couple of months now, but with all this social distancing and stay-at-home stress, I thought this might be a good time for a REVEAL! So, here it is: The Senior Editor who worked on The Hunger Games series expressed an interest in working with me on Jack and the...
BOOK ONE in the JACK and the MAGIC HAT MAKER series. Anyone who loves magic, mystery, and time-travel will love this first installment in the new 9-book series about 12-year old Jack Mac Paidin and his adventures in time and space. Twelve-year old Jack Mac Paidin’s life is miserable. His parents are dead, and he’s stuck with his heartless aunt and uncle, who make him live in the cold, dank basement. Then his life takes a crazy turn when he...
Update and significant changes to the way the story starts and some core character changes for Book One: The Golden Telescope in my Young Adult Fantasy Fiction series: Jack and the Magic Hat Maker. Beta-Readers - Visit THIS PAGE for a link to where you can sign up to receive new chapters as they come available for review.
