From the introduction, “A Letter from Marica to you” I hope you make some new friends here at Miss Missy’s School! Before you begin reading the story, though, I must tell you something. Some of your new friends have foibles— minor shortcomings. Gilbert likes to say, “As someone once said…” and then quotes a famous
Rowling’s October children’s book, The Christmas Pig, another international best seller, sold over 60,000 copies in just its first week. Seen on The Internet I have tried to find data on initial sales of self-published children’s books that had no pre-publication publicity or serious money post-publication marketing. I have failed. Not that it matters. Miss
has asked me to let you know that I’m on Instagram as @missmissysschool. Install the app to follow my photos and videos. My Marketing director is Miss M. She’s very creative! Can’t wait to see what she’ll come up with. She said, “Can you send me a pic from then and one from now? We’ll
If you have been so kind as to have ordered Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, and have received it, please do me the additional favor of writing up a short (positive!) review where you purchased the book. If you’ve not yet ordered it, please click on over
Enter the exciting world of a self-published author! Now that the holidays are fading into the rearview mirror, and my dining room table is cover in all manner of Christmas dishes and such just waiting for me to put away, it’s time to get serious about the second phase of my so-called Marketing Strategy. So
Cute as a button, aren’t they? Robin Ball Designs You know what would be a fun thing to do? By a card, or get the 6-card boxed set (there are several different themes). Order Miss Missy’s School. And then give a young friend the book with a card written to him or her. What a
Just a reminder that my children’s book– that grownups will enjoy, too– is out in hard cover and paperback. Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School is available from all the usual places. More importantly, it’s available from Independent Booksellers! Support your local book store. Go to Indie Bound
There was no actual book thread at Ace of Spades Headquarters this morning! How am I supposed to steal content if there’s no content to steal? Hum. Maybe I should look for a book. Let me see what I can come up with. Meanwhile, enjoy some art from Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack
First in a long line of stuffed animals based on the characters in Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. (Hey– I can wish upon a star.) [Preview the first three chapters, and order the book at the link.] It’s Tiger! Originally published on January 13, 2021 Daughter C &
Christmas morning on Farther Along Farm with Miss and her pack– including Tiger the Cat! Personal aside– reading words you’ve written from a book is a very different experience from reading words on a piece of paper or on a screen. Preview the first three chapters of Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of
Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School (pg. 106) Click to preview and order Miss Missy’s School. In case the illustration doesn’t look familiar…
This is a work in progress. I needed to get some sort of web presence out there. I’ve owned the domain name since May, but have been wrapped up with other things. Finally figured out how to present just the essentials. Sample art Book Preview– “Dear Readers,” (introduction), the first two chapters, and sample from
Dear Readers– Long ago when I was acquainted with retailing, the Grand Opening of a store was preceded by the Soft Opening, which in turn was preceded by an Open by Invitation Only event. Typically, a couple of weeks before the Grand Opening, employees invited a small number of friends and family for an evening
I must say, it was a weird feeling seeing that. I set Saturday as the Distribution date, so it’s not available yet. And if you click on it there’s just a generic cover. This is for the hard cover– the paperback is still being processed. But steps in the right directions! I’ve also come to
As I’m sure you are all wondering what’s become of Miss Missy’s School, here’s an update. Last week, Daughter C got me the– are you ready for this?– watercolor paintings (!) that are the full color illustrations for the book. I took them to the professional copy place in town and had them scanned as
This is the map of Farther Along Farm that I drew for Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School. Daughter C has sent me the watercolor painting which are the illustrations. (Wow!) And so I asked Kat if she’d mind doing some things in Photoshop to bring the map up to
As we approach the publication (finally, I hope) of Miss Missy’s School Book I: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, I thought it might be fun review how this project got started. I’d need to do more research than I have time for right now, but below is one of the earlier conversations
The crowd at the conference didn’t include a lot of parents, but it did have many friends. I gave a brief (10 minute) presentation introducing Miss Missy’s School: Book I A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, as both a story and a book concept. Knowing the group as I do, I know they’ll
As part of the marketing strategy for my new book, Miss Missy’s School: A Pack of Farm Dogs Starts a School, I’d like to introduce– or in some cases, reacquaint– you to Missy and Rocky. I’ll be posting several short short stories about them, and a character called ‘Marica,’ outside the context of the book.
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