Every year I create a Halloween themed coloring competition for my children's picture book, Rumble's First Scare. I love handing out the coloring sheets to delighted children as they give Rumble a hug or pat on his head. This year the winner's will have a choice of a...
Once the writing, editing and revisions are complete, we have another choice to make regarding our novel. Do we want or need illustrations within the book or just the cover? This decision can be determined by the genre, such as children's books but also the type of...
Rumble is at it again, wanting his followers to color a picture of his pets for some extra special prizes! This year you can choose from a T-shirt or a unique Rumble hat to go with your signed copy of Rumble's First Scare. Download the attached picture, colour it in...
Every year I run a coloring competition for my children's picture book, Rumble's First Scare. After choosing the picture for the competition, I have to decide on what the prize will be that accompanies a free copy of the book. In past year's I have given hand-made...
Oxymoron - a figure of speech with words having incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect As writers we are constantly playing with words, choosing the perfect word to best describe a situation or character. Utilizing our word knowledge and consciously...
I asked permission to be involved in this blog hop mainly because my monster isn't that scary! Rumble was inspired by a Halloween prompt run by my writers circle. I could have gone down the route of scaring the 'you know what' out of my readers but decided to flip the...
Here is the winner of Rumble's competition. Justus was absolutely delighted with her book and hand puppet, just in time for Halloween.Of course Rumble was insistent he was in the picture too! The presentation was made at Words in the Park, which is a very busy fun...
Well I’m back to the grindstone but feeling relaxed and regenerated after a wonderful long weekend. The drive to Saskatoon took five hours and my companion, Linda, kindly drove all the way (although I did volunteer). For those of you who do not know, I live on the...
Let's have some fun with the kid's...get them to color in Rumble for a chance to win a copy of Rumble's First Scare and a limited edition hand puppet. Just in time for Halloween. All the details are here - follow the link....