Category Archives: Books

Bish Denham’s Spider Hair and New Book!

You’re in for a treat today. Meet Bish Denham, author of Anansi and Company.  Don’t you love that do? She did it herself. It goes with her new book about Anansi, the trickster spider. About Anansi and Company How do you … Continue reading

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Faery Swap Blog Tour

Psssst! Susan Kaye Quinn, one of my favorite authors, has published her first book for middle grade kids. Check it out! I think you’ll be as impressed as I am. March 3rd – March 21st A little about Faery Swap… … Continue reading

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Cover Reveal For Our Next Book, Legend of Monster Island

“Tween the Weekends is a monthly feature hosted on Emblazon. This is an opportunity for writers and readers to promote tween literature, that age bracket squashed between middle grade and young adult.” This month I’m excited to reveal the cover of our upcoming … Continue reading

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CassaStorm is Here!

Alex J. Cavanaugh is stormin’ through cyberspace on a huge book tour to launch his third book, CassaStorm, released today, September 17th. He’s answering a different interview question at well over 160 sites, plus doing regular interviews and guest posts on other … Continue reading

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Giveaway For Librarians and Teachers!

Attention teachers and librarians! The Emblazoner’s New Catalog – filled with great middle grade and tween titles your students and patrons will love – is coming soon! To celebrate, we’re holding a giveaway of stuff you can use: gift cards … Continue reading

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Topics For Speaking At Schools

“Tween the Weekends is a monthly feature hosted on Emblazon. This is an opportunity for writers and readers to promote tween literature, that age bracket squashed between middle grade and young adult. You can review a great tween book, post about writing for … Continue reading

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Darth Vader Fans?

Do you collect Star Wars memorabilia? Do you have a Darth Vader speakerphone? George and I visited my brother and his family last month. He showed us his office, and I noticed the Darth Vader speakerphone, vintage 1983. He demonstrated … Continue reading

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Today – One-Day Freebie Promo – Children’s Ebooks

We’re still celebrating the launch of Emblazon’s new site and we’ve got some awesome freebies for you! Today, August 1st, the Emblazon group of tween writers is offering numerous eBooks for free. Help yourself to as many as you’d like! … Continue reading

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Sizzlin’ Summer Freebies

Mark your calendar for Thursday, August 1st. A few of the Emblazon authors (we write for tweens) have scheduled a promo day together and priced some of our eBooks for FREE. This is a one-day event, so be sure to … Continue reading

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Walk Two Moons – My Favorite Tween Book

Today is the first Tween the Weekends post, hosted by the Emblazon website here. “Tween the Weekends is a monthly feature hosted on Emblazon. This is an opportunity for writers and readers to promote tween literature, that age bracket squashed between middle grade … Continue reading

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