book's back cover
Just thought I'd put up this pic of the back of our first book ... and then I decided to play with the way it looks.
After all, Mr. Darcy is in love and so are Noe and Cindy ♥
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Showing posts with label books by Noe. Show all posts
Thursday
Mr Darcy back cover
Mr Darcy falls in love
book's back cover
Just thought I'd put up this pic of the back of our first book ... and then I decided to play with the way it looks.
After all, Mr. Darcy is in love and so are Noe and Cindy ♥
book's back cover
Just thought I'd put up this pic of the back of our first book ... and then I decided to play with the way it looks.
After all, Mr. Darcy is in love and so are Noe and Cindy ♥
The Sun Also Shines for me
IT'S OUT! ... THE SUN ALSO SHINES FOR ME
featuring Georgiana Darcy
In this story, we took shy Georgiana Darcy and the undaunted Mary Bennet and made them close friends. (See our previous post about Mary) You may remember, Pride and Prejudice describes Georgiana as being so shy she can barely speak among strangers. Quite likely, after a year of being with her brother and Elizabeth, she would have grown out of that, at least somewhat. Jane Austen says at the end of P&P: “Georgiana had the highest opinion in the world of Elizabeth” and that from Lizzy “her mind received knowledge which had never before fallen in her way.”
You can imagine then, that Lizzy’s sisters Mary and Georgiana would have come to know one another through their new connection. We felt showing these two girls associating and drawing close—in effect drawing strength from each other—would make for a great story. The natural response of their friendship shows us a maturing of each one, bringing them out from the background and allowing them to display what fine qualities lay hidden from our view. Hence, we considered the appropriate title for our new book should be The Sun Also Shines for me, because it does for both of them.
In writing our novel, we did not want to make the characters of Mary and Georgiana so altered from P&P that they would be unrecognizable; rather, we wanted them to be like a relative you haven't seen since the last family reunion ... you know who they are, they're just older and more mature. We aimed for our readers to have a feeling of familiarity with P&P, focusing the light on these two girls who had been hiding in the shadows, as it were. We just know you’ll enjoy it!
It is currently available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle format, CreateSpace, Barnes and Noble, and will soon be available on other book websites as well. (In case you can't tell on your browser, the bold words are links to those webpages)
featuring Georgiana Darcy
Get your copy, hot off the press! Or straight from the digital world, whichever you prefer ;)
You can imagine then, that Lizzy’s sisters Mary and Georgiana would have come to know one another through their new connection. We felt showing these two girls associating and drawing close—in effect drawing strength from each other—would make for a great story. The natural response of their friendship shows us a maturing of each one, bringing them out from the background and allowing them to display what fine qualities lay hidden from our view. Hence, we considered the appropriate title for our new book should be The Sun Also Shines for me, because it does for both of them.
In writing our novel, we did not want to make the characters of Mary and Georgiana so altered from P&P that they would be unrecognizable; rather, we wanted them to be like a relative you haven't seen since the last family reunion ... you know who they are, they're just older and more mature. We aimed for our readers to have a feeling of familiarity with P&P, focusing the light on these two girls who had been hiding in the shadows, as it were. We just know you’ll enjoy it!
It is currently available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle format, CreateSpace, Barnes and Noble, and will soon be available on other book websites as well. (In case you can't tell on your browser, the bold words are links to those webpages)
That middle child!
Miss Mary Bennet
We chose Mary Bennet as the main character of our second novel because of where she falls in the Bennet family. I had been doing some reading on "middle child syndrome" and it struck me as a wonderful opportunity to give a voice to those people that are so often ignored or easily swept into the background. You could say my feelings
about this subject were personal, because the individual for whom I have the
greatest respect and high opinion of, my dear wife, is a middle child like Mary.
The
more I thought about how amazing my good wife is, therefore, the more I
considered what potential there must be in the fictitious character Mary
Bennet, who had the tenacity to study diligently and read extensively,
something she did for the sole purpose of bettering herself. And this in the
face of a family of siblings each pursuing, in one way or the other, the
pleasures and advantages to be found at the time. In addition to this, Mary had
the will to excel at the piano by constant practice, even without the stated
advice of someone like Lady Catherine; it seems she received no encouragement
from anyone in the family for that matter. I asked myself, why would Mary not
improve with the passage of time? Certainly seeing the events in her family’s
life would have undoubtedly caused her to think seriously about what she wanted
to do herself. So I set about giving Mary a life of her own.
In the
writing team of Noe and Cindy, the imagination to come up with a story is from me,
but Cindy contributes the touch that makes it more worth reading. We both look forward to the release of this book in the very near future and hearing what you think of it!
You may want to read:
The Middle Child Syndrome
The Secret Powers of Middle Children
Middle Child Syndrome - keep scrolling down on this one
What are the effects of middle child syndrome?
You may want to read:
The Middle Child Syndrome
The Secret Powers of Middle Children
Middle Child Syndrome - keep scrolling down on this one
What are the effects of middle child syndrome?
Sunday
Coming soon ... our new novel!
We are excited to inform all lovers of Jane Austen fan fiction that we will very soon be releasing a new novel about Mary Bennet and Georgiana Darcy. This is a follow up to our first book, Mr. Darcy falls in love.
The story takes place more than a year after Darcy and Elizabeth are married and proceeds from the notion that Mary and Georgiana have developed a friendship based on their shared interest of playing the piano as well their similar feelings toward social gatherings.
We developed the characters based on what Pride and Prejudice tells us about the two girls, so you will find Mary and Georgiana recognizable except for what could reasonably be expected in the way of personal growth with the passage of time.
This tale was born from Mary's unique personality among the Bennet sisters. In Pride and Prejudice, there is an inkling of Elizabeth Bennet's angst about the options available to women of the time; in our novel about Mary, we have been able to take that further and make it the driving force of the story. Even now, two hundred years later, women are still confronted with obstacles in their pursuits just because of being female. This makes the story resonate with today's modern women.
Stay tuned for further posts on the new book, including its title.
Noe
The story takes place more than a year after Darcy and Elizabeth are married and proceeds from the notion that Mary and Georgiana have developed a friendship based on their shared interest of playing the piano as well their similar feelings toward social gatherings.
We developed the characters based on what Pride and Prejudice tells us about the two girls, so you will find Mary and Georgiana recognizable except for what could reasonably be expected in the way of personal growth with the passage of time.
Stay tuned for further posts on the new book, including its title.
Noe
Wednesday
"Mr Darcy falls in love" now in print
We've been working on this print copy for a little while
and are happy to announce it's now available!
We'll post about the self-publishing process on CreateSpace one of these days, I just had to get this on here today.
Click here to: *Buy the book on CreateSpace*
and are happy to announce it's now available!
We'll post about the self-publishing process on CreateSpace one of these days, I just had to get this on here today.
Click here to: *Buy the book on CreateSpace*
Friday
No, no ... the green one!
Remember this scene?
In the 1995 BBC/A&E version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth, there is a scene where Darcy, while being assisted by his servant, is getting dressed to go see Elizabeth at the Inn in Lambton. The servant is holding up various coats, but Darcy insists, "No, no, the green one."
We really like that scene in the movie (sorry, couldn't find the exact picture of it anywhere), because Darcy shows he's excited to see Elizabeth, but turns out he gets there just after she has received some bad news from home.
Interestingly, he seems to have on the same green coat in an earlier scene when he goes back out to see Elizabeth on the grounds of Pemberley, before she has a chance to leave. He's very keen on looking good then too, and that green coat was the perfect choice. Perhaps it was his favorite color ... or favorite coat!
It was for this reason that I wanted to have him wearing a green coat on the cover of my book, Mr Darcy falls in love. But as you can see, our cover has Darcy wearing a purple coat with blue collar instead. Why not the green one, you ask? Well, as you can see, there is already a great deal of green in the grass and trees. I felt putting a green coat on Mr. Darcy would not make him stand out as he should. Of course, that meant I had to pick another color, and giving it some thought, I settled on purple to convey the idea of his wealth. I realize this is a bit cliche, but it was my second choice.
Therefore, if you are a real P&P aficionado, I hope 'you will acquit me of cruelty' in regard to the cover design of Mr Darcy falls in love for that purple coat, but please do give me some little credit for getting Pemberley in the background!
In the 1995 BBC/A&E version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth, there is a scene where Darcy, while being assisted by his servant, is getting dressed to go see Elizabeth at the Inn in Lambton. The servant is holding up various coats, but Darcy insists, "No, no, the green one."
We really like that scene in the movie (sorry, couldn't find the exact picture of it anywhere), because Darcy shows he's excited to see Elizabeth, but turns out he gets there just after she has received some bad news from home.
Interestingly, he seems to have on the same green coat in an earlier scene when he goes back out to see Elizabeth on the grounds of Pemberley, before she has a chance to leave. He's very keen on looking good then too, and that green coat was the perfect choice. Perhaps it was his favorite color ... or favorite coat!
It was for this reason that I wanted to have him wearing a green coat on the cover of my book, Mr Darcy falls in love. But as you can see, our cover has Darcy wearing a purple coat with blue collar instead. Why not the green one, you ask? Well, as you can see, there is already a great deal of green in the grass and trees. I felt putting a green coat on Mr. Darcy would not make him stand out as he should. Of course, that meant I had to pick another color, and giving it some thought, I settled on purple to convey the idea of his wealth. I realize this is a bit cliche, but it was my second choice.
Therefore, if you are a real P&P aficionado, I hope 'you will acquit me of cruelty' in regard to the cover design of Mr Darcy falls in love for that purple coat, but please do give me some little credit for getting Pemberley in the background!
Here's a first sketch of Mr D in his green coat:
The one we chose for the cover is much better:
Sunday
MR DARCY falls in love -- book release
Quietly, so as not to call a lot of attention to himself, Mr. Darcy walked into Amazon Kindle ebook room last Sunday, March 17. Of course, someone of that great stature can’t really go unnoticed, and sure enough, many people grabbed ahold of him right away...
It is with great PRIDE, and not just a little PREJUDICE, that during this 200th anniversary
of Jane Austen's most loved book, I announce the release of a companion book:
of Jane Austen's most loved book, I announce the release of a companion book:
We look forward to hearing any thoughts you have on our book, and hope all of you readers will take a moment to rate and review the book there on Amazon. We do plan to get it in print format and make it available on more venues, but that’s where he sits right now.
In going over the book ourselves, I must say as editor, I’m a bit put out at myself, because I already found some mistakes I should have seen... mostly punctuation, one misspelled word so far, but regrettably, also one incorrect statement that I’m sure was my fault, not Noe’s. Let me know if you catch that.
I do plan to correct those errors in a future upload, but maybe all of you who have purchased this first edition should keep that copy, since once it becomes super famous, it just may be worth a lot !! LOL
Thank you for reading what noeandcindy.write !
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Tuesday
The Juan book is published!
We're happy to let you know we have published our book on Amazon Kindle!
If you've been reading the segments here on the blog, you're familiar with Juan and Increda, as well as the other characters mentioned in the book. But you were left hanging, so to find out how the story ends, please "pick up" your copy soon ~
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Thursday
New Sarah's World book coming soon!
We are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of our new kids book, Sarah’s World: The summer to remember. It is a compilation of our three previous Sarah books (Sarah and Pcee, Sarah looks out the window, and The Nickname) along with the addition of two new stories and an introductory prelude.
The introduction takes us to school with Sarah, and there’s just a couple of days left before summer begins. This brief view at school gives us an idea of the kind of student Sarah is and shows her excitement for the summer to follow.
In the introduction, we also see Sarah’s pleasant family life. This first look at her family shows how encouraging, supportive and loving her parents are, and sets the tone for the stories in Sarah’s World. There is real fun to be had by young ones as they are given the freedom to explore and do things under the watch-care of loving parents.
We’ll keep you informed as to when it is available on Amazon Kindle.
Thank you for reading what noeandcindy.write !
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Tuesday
About "Sarah's World: The Nickname"
This book Noe wrote was also an idea of mine from my childhood friendship with Margaret, introduced in our second book Sarah’s World: Sarah looks out the window.
As I remember it, Margaret didn’t like her name, mainly because of Dennis the Menace and his friend he was always calling “Dumb ol’ Margaret”!
Now, I can completely understand that, as I’m sure you can too. But she couldn’t come up with a different name to be called that everyone liked... she tried Meg from the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, but no one liked that name back then, so none of us would call her that.
Actually, all I ever called her when she and I were able to see each other was Margaret. "The Nickname" for her came along after she moved away... we had both promised to write each other, and I think on my very first letter to her, it just came to me -- Margie was a perfect name for her! I guess her family thought so too, because I remember her writing back, excitedly telling me that’s what she was now called, everyone in her family loved it. We eventually lost touch, but I’m pretty sure that nickname stuck with her.
My name is also a nickname for a longer kind of odd name. I was only called that “birth certificate” name when someone was looking for the kid that did something wrong -- there were six kids in my family and I was rarely the culprit. But hey, Mother was an equal opportunity parent, so we all got our full names hollered once in awhile!
Anyway, as a result of it being odd, my only being called that name when I might be in trouble, and the fact that no one knows me by that name, I don’t like the new rules saying we all have to go by our “legal” “birth certificate” names these days... because really, names mean a lot to us, and that’s why I included this at the end of the book:
I hope you enjoy reading our book. It reminds me of my childhood and that dear friend, Margaret... um, I mean, Margie!
As I remember it, Margaret didn’t like her name, mainly because of Dennis the Menace and his friend he was always calling “Dumb ol’ Margaret”!
Now, I can completely understand that, as I’m sure you can too. But she couldn’t come up with a different name to be called that everyone liked... she tried Meg from the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, but no one liked that name back then, so none of us would call her that.
Actually, all I ever called her when she and I were able to see each other was Margaret. "The Nickname" for her came along after she moved away... we had both promised to write each other, and I think on my very first letter to her, it just came to me -- Margie was a perfect name for her! I guess her family thought so too, because I remember her writing back, excitedly telling me that’s what she was now called, everyone in her family loved it. We eventually lost touch, but I’m pretty sure that nickname stuck with her.
My name is also a nickname for a longer kind of odd name. I was only called that “birth certificate” name when someone was looking for the kid that did something wrong -- there were six kids in my family and I was rarely the culprit. But hey, Mother was an equal opportunity parent, so we all got our full names hollered once in awhile!
Anyway, as a result of it being odd, my only being called that name when I might be in trouble, and the fact that no one knows me by that name, I don’t like the new rules saying we all have to go by our “legal” “birth certificate” names these days... because really, names mean a lot to us, and that’s why I included this at the end of the book:
Dedicated to everyone that is called another name they love besides their legal name,
because even though it’s not the name on a birth certificate, a nickname is really you.
I hope you enjoy reading our book. It reminds me of my childhood and that dear friend, Margaret... um, I mean, Margie!
Thank you for reading what noeandcindy.write !
cindy
Monday
More Pcee illustrations!
We've been working on some more illustrations for Sarah and Pcee... just need something to liven that book up! We plan to go to Amazon and update the book with these illustrations sometime, but that's another project for another day.
Here's this one, after Sarah brings Pcee in to her
"aquarium without water."
Hey, we're mentioned on Squidoo :-)
(scroll down under "First Those for Kindle")
Noe (with a little help from Cindy)
copyright ©2012
copyright ©2012
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Friday
About "Sarah looks out the window"
We really enjoyed doing this book. I had an idea of Sarah having her cousin come stay for the summer, the way our cousins used to do when I was young. Well, sometimes it wasn’t all summer, and sometimes we were all staying at our grandmother’s house, but still ... seems that’s missing in a lot of young people’s lives these days.
For a time at the trailer park my uncles owned -- which they named after me: Cindy Acres! -- a lot of families in the military would live there instead of on the base. That way they could have a little more “normal” family life, I guess. Anyway, we got to be friends with many of these families, and one of them had a daughter the same age as me, with another daughter the same age as my sister. Margaret was my friend there for two summers, and we played together when we’d go visit my grandmother on weekends during school and in the winter.
Margaret was so cute and funny, with a great sense of humor. I loved her laugh, and so did she, actually. When she got a new cassette player, we had so much fun listening to our own voices on playback -- little did we know, you really sound different to everyone else than you do to yourself! But Margaret especially liked to laugh and play that back over and over, silly girl!
Noe wanted to use the idea of Sarah and her cousin Margaret in his second book of the Sarah’s World series, Sarah looks out the window. And he’s always been interested in birds and knows which is which, not like me! He sees one and asks, did you see that Mockingbird?... or Redheaded Woodpecker, or Red-winged Blackbird and so on. Of course, I hardly ever do, I’m not as keen-eyed as him.
Anyway, taking these two subjects, he put them together into such a cool story! And we self-published it on Amazon Kindle, but this time added a bunch of illustrations, unlike our first one, Sarah and Pcee. I love the way Noe is able to draw his own ideas of what Sarah would look like, how her yard would be, the decorations in her room.... even the expressions of the birds’ faces! Guess you can tell, I’m no artist ...
We also took advantage of the fact that, in an ebook, you can add links to websites with more information, so we looked around for some good ones and put the links at the end. It makes such a nice addition.
If you haven’t had a chance to get this book, please do -- I know you’ll like it ~
For a time at the trailer park my uncles owned -- which they named after me: Cindy Acres! -- a lot of families in the military would live there instead of on the base. That way they could have a little more “normal” family life, I guess. Anyway, we got to be friends with many of these families, and one of them had a daughter the same age as me, with another daughter the same age as my sister. Margaret was my friend there for two summers, and we played together when we’d go visit my grandmother on weekends during school and in the winter.
Margaret was so cute and funny, with a great sense of humor. I loved her laugh, and so did she, actually. When she got a new cassette player, we had so much fun listening to our own voices on playback -- little did we know, you really sound different to everyone else than you do to yourself! But Margaret especially liked to laugh and play that back over and over, silly girl!
Noe wanted to use the idea of Sarah and her cousin Margaret in his second book of the Sarah’s World series, Sarah looks out the window. And he’s always been interested in birds and knows which is which, not like me! He sees one and asks, did you see that Mockingbird?... or Redheaded Woodpecker, or Red-winged Blackbird and so on. Of course, I hardly ever do, I’m not as keen-eyed as him.
Anyway, taking these two subjects, he put them together into such a cool story! And we self-published it on Amazon Kindle, but this time added a bunch of illustrations, unlike our first one, Sarah and Pcee. I love the way Noe is able to draw his own ideas of what Sarah would look like, how her yard would be, the decorations in her room.... even the expressions of the birds’ faces! Guess you can tell, I’m no artist ...
We also took advantage of the fact that, in an ebook, you can add links to websites with more information, so we looked around for some good ones and put the links at the end. It makes such a nice addition.
If you haven’t had a chance to get this book, please do -- I know you’ll like it ~
Thank you for reading what noeandcindy.write !
cindy
Tuesday
My opinion only ...
Ok, here goes another post you'll either strongly agree or disagree with!
Our son is grown and we have no grandchildren yet, so we don't have to "worry" about finding good books to read to a young one... and I am so glad about that. Being the writers that we are of the Sarah's World series books, we can't help being interested in books for young people, though.
These are a few I've seen recently; I have not read them and don't recommend them:
These are a few I've seen recently; I have not read them and don't recommend them:
(Noting where I saw the books and got the info)
From Barnes and Noble (B&N Exclusive Edition), under Best Sellers section
The Serpent's Shadow -- for kids ages 9-11 years, 4.5 stars
He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos. The Kanes' only hope is an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon, but the magic has been lost for a millennia. To find the answer they need, the Kanes must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician who might be able to lead them to the serpent's shadow . . . or might lead them to their deaths in the depths of the underworld.
From Amazon
The Amulet of Samarkand -- for kids age 10 and up, 4.5 stars
Nathaniel is a magician's apprentice, taking his first lessons in the arts of magic. But when a devious hot-shot wizard named Simon Lovelace ruthlessly humiliates Nathaniel in front of his elders, Nathaniel decides to kick up his education a few notches and show Lovelace who's boss. With revenge on his mind, he summons the powerful djinni, Bartimaeus. But summoning Bartimaeus and controlling him are two different things entirely, and when Nathaniel sends the djinni out to steal Lovelace's greatest treasure, the Amulet of Samarkand, he finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion.
From Barnes & Noble
The Rising -- for teens ages 14-17 years old
“Will keep teens who are undaunted by its 600 pages on the edge of their seats. Interweaving the stories of Jamie, Dracula, Frankenstein, and a mysterious man wandering the American desert, this book is closer to the elaborate works of Stephen King than many vampire novels marketed to teens.”—VOYAJames Bond meets Dracula in this epic saga of one boy and a ton of weapons versus the world's oldest evil—vampires as you've never seen them before!Sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter's life was violently upended when he was brought into Department 19, a classified government agency of vampire hunters that was formed to deal with a little problem . . . known as Dracula.
Now why do you want to let your kids read books like these? This kind of book has been out for ages, they aren't anything new. There sure seems to be more of them now, however, and with darker themes and more hideous characters. Shouldn't reading be relaxing, entertaining, and educating (but fun)? Noe recently posted "The right magic" and in there talked about make-believe and the kind of imagination that is good for all of us, young and old.
I do hope parents and authors will really think about what young people are reading, and give them good stuff to stimulate their minds and hearts. Hopefully Noe will one day put his pen to paper on a book for teens... that would be great!
Here's an open letter from one of our friends to some of her friends, to let them know about our Sarah's World books:
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to introduce you to the childrens book series "Sarah's World" which is written and illustrated by my personal friends, [Noe and Cindy].
I wanted to share with all of you this wonderful series. You'll never have to second guess the information or lessons being taught in these stories. No magic, monsters, or anything else unsavory here.
Please pass this along to absolutely everyone you know! These books can be given as gifts to young ones we care about. We need all the help we can get to mold young minds toward wholesomeness in this rotten system!
One is interactive with educational links; it's awesome!
They have just begun this endeavor and are up to three books now, so get your little ones in on the beginning of "Sarah's World".
Well, like I said, you're gonna either agree or disagree with this post, but hopefully it gave you food for thought. You can leave a comment if you want, of course.
Thank you for reading what noeandcindy.write !
cindy
Monday
Thank you!
We want to thank everyone who went to Amazon and got our
Sarah’s World: Sarah and Pcee book free over the weekend!
The response was great, we really appreciate it!
Sunday
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Friday
Sarah and Pcee new illustration
As promised, here’s Sarah in her backyard, finding her new pretty caterpillar:
Don’t forget …. get your free copy of our e-book Sarah’s World: Sarah and Pcee …
available Sat. July 28 & Sun July 29 on Amazon Kindle.
available Sat. July 28 & Sun July 29 on Amazon Kindle.
Be sure to tell all your friends to go get their free copy too!
Click the link here beginning Friday night at midnight (Sat.12:00 am) thru Sunday night 11:50 pm.
Click the link here beginning Friday night at midnight (Sat.12:00 am) thru Sunday night 11:50 pm.
Thursday
Sarah's World illustrations
When I started writing Sarah and Pcee, I didn’t have in mind doing any illustrations, because as I have commented on another post, my abilities as an artist are limited. And on top of that, I just wanted to get the story out. So this book has only the cover as an illustration, but we included links to websites that have lots of photos on them.
However, during the process of self-publishing this first book on Amazon Kindle, we were asked: Is this part of a series? We decided we should answer yes; in the course of writing Sarah and Pcee, other stories had come to mind, but if it had not been for that question, we might not have pursued it.
Cindy had been urging me to do illustrations, but I thought, “This is coming from someone who has trouble drawing stick figures, so naturally she thinks I draw good enough to illustrate!” Well, when we were doing our second Sarah’s World book, Sarah looks out the window, I intended to put in pictures that we found on the Internet, but was just having trouble finding good pictures that were public domain -- free to use -- or just the right pictures.
It was then I decided to see if I could draw the pictures we wanted, well enough to let the whole world see. The scariest part to me was trying to draw the girls, Sarah and her cousin Margaret. That book has 7 illustrations, and we think they came out pretty good!
The third book, The Nickname, was going to be a much bigger challenge, because the girls would have to be in different places: the Ice Cream shop, on the swingset, and hardest of all -- looking in a mirror. The 6 illustrations in this book have more to them than the last, and Cindy says I’m getting better and better. Maybe so...
Anyway, that’s really the main reason why our first book did not have any illustrations and the other two do. I have drawn some to go with it, and maybe I’ll post one for you to see here on the blog soon.
Noe
However, during the process of self-publishing this first book on Amazon Kindle, we were asked: Is this part of a series? We decided we should answer yes; in the course of writing Sarah and Pcee, other stories had come to mind, but if it had not been for that question, we might not have pursued it.
Cindy had been urging me to do illustrations, but I thought, “This is coming from someone who has trouble drawing stick figures, so naturally she thinks I draw good enough to illustrate!” Well, when we were doing our second Sarah’s World book, Sarah looks out the window, I intended to put in pictures that we found on the Internet, but was just having trouble finding good pictures that were public domain -- free to use -- or just the right pictures.
It was then I decided to see if I could draw the pictures we wanted, well enough to let the whole world see. The scariest part to me was trying to draw the girls, Sarah and her cousin Margaret. That book has 7 illustrations, and we think they came out pretty good!
The third book, The Nickname, was going to be a much bigger challenge, because the girls would have to be in different places: the Ice Cream shop, on the swingset, and hardest of all -- looking in a mirror. The 6 illustrations in this book have more to them than the last, and Cindy says I’m getting better and better. Maybe so...
Anyway, that’s really the main reason why our first book did not have any illustrations and the other two do. I have drawn some to go with it, and maybe I’ll post one for you to see here on the blog soon.
Noe
"Sarah and Pcee" free this weekend!
Our first book of the Sarah’s World series is going to be available this weekend:
Sat. July 28 and Sun. July 29 .... for FREE!
We’re very proud of this book, which is about a young girl named Sarah who is curious about the world around her, and like every kid her age, she’s fascinated with all kinds of things, including bugs! She watches in wonder as her caterpillar friend, Pcee, goes through changes she didn’t know were possible.
This Kindle e-book is interactive, with links to websites about the kind of caterpillar Pcee is and the butterfly it becomes, with videos to watch also!
Here’s another link to our friend Caleb’s website all about Monarch Butterflies, with the answer to this interesting question: How to determine the sex of a Monarch Butterfly.
Be sure to tell all your friends to go get their free copy this weekend!
Click the link here beginning Friday night at midnight (Sat.12:00 am) thru Sunday night 11:50 pm.
Sat. July 28 and Sun. July 29 .... for FREE!
We’re very proud of this book, which is about a young girl named Sarah who is curious about the world around her, and like every kid her age, she’s fascinated with all kinds of things, including bugs! She watches in wonder as her caterpillar friend, Pcee, goes through changes she didn’t know were possible.
This Kindle e-book is interactive, with links to websites about the kind of caterpillar Pcee is and the butterfly it becomes, with videos to watch also!
Here’s another link to our friend Caleb’s website all about Monarch Butterflies, with the answer to this interesting question: How to determine the sex of a Monarch Butterfly.
Be sure to tell all your friends to go get their free copy this weekend!
Click the link here beginning Friday night at midnight (Sat.12:00 am) thru Sunday night 11:50 pm.
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