The Mystery of the Golden Ball is Available for Pre-Order.The twins are back. On September 15, 2020, Pen & Quin take on their next mystery. You can be one of the first to read all the action by pre-ordering your copy today! The twins are looking forward to the beginning of the school year and the Friendship Cup international soccer tournament taking place in their hometown of Boston. When new student and Brazilian soccer star Mariana joins the school team, suddenly the twins’ are challenged on and off the field. Then the Golden Ball trophy, awarded to the best soccer player in the world, is stolen and the twins know they have to take the case. They just didn’t expect an international mystery to land in their own backyard. Now Pen & Quin have to choose: help their team win the soccer tournament or help their new friend find the stolen trophy and escape the theives who took it. Soccer, art and technology collide in Pen & Quin’s second international mystery. Available for pre-order from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. |
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Book Cover Reveal Monday!
It’s Book Cover Reveal Monday! Check out this amazing cover for Pen & Quin: International Agents of Intrigue – The Mystery of the Painted Book.
I’m excited to show you the cover for the first book in my middle grade mystery series Pen & Quin: International Agents of Intrigue.
The Mystery of the Painted Book will be released April 30th by Vinspire Publishing. And here’s the amazing cover!
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5 Great Reasons to Attend the Arkansas SCBWI Conference this June
Although Arkansas is the proud host of quite a few writing conferences, the Society for Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) conference is the only major conference in the state focused specifically on writing for children. Here are my top 5 reasons for attending the conference!
Although Arkansas is the proud host of quite a few writing conferences, the Society for Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) conference is the only major conference in the state focused specifically on writing for children. Here are my top 5 reasons for attending the conference!
The conference will host two editors and one agent from New York publisher Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic and Waxman Leavell Literary Agency. This is an easy way to get your work in front of editors and agents. That’s a BIG deal, and it’s not easy to accomplish.
This is a great opportunity to meet other writers from around the state. Writing can be a hard, lonely business. Use this conference to connect with other children’s writers in Arkansas and stay in touch throughout the year.
The conference is being held in the Butler Center in downtown Little Rock right in the River Market District. Spend a weekend in the capital and enjoy what downtown Little Rock has to offer.
The Arkansas SCBWI conference is NOT intimidating. This isn’t your overcrowded, get lost in the shuffle kind of conference. We’re a small, friendly group of writers looking to support one another. You will have the chance to speak with other writers, and you’ll get to chat with the industry professionals speaking at the conference as well.
Other conferences can be so full of writers that it’s hard to meet anyone, let alone talk personally with the editors and agents. Not so at the Arkansas conference.
Become a better writer. In the end, that’s what we’re all looking for, and the conference sessions will help every writer get better at every aspect of writing, from working on that book to pursuing publication and everything in between.
The Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Arkansas will hold its annual conference June 16-17 in Little Rock. Find out more information at scbwi.org or on Facebook SCBWI Arkansas.
I’ll see you there!