All Things Books and Publishing

After I found out why Amazon did what they did I decided it was time to take a stand.

Beginning October 9th Mary and Yvonne Move to a new time and day. Friday at 11AM ET- To jump start the show we will be discussing our authors covers, how I crete them and the reason behind it.

Along with all the other ways to listen to our podcast - you can now carry it with you on audible. So you can listen anywhere.

Winter is coming, and Bleu is still a little bird with untested wings.

He has to fly south. That is the rule of the season. But flying is frightening when the nest has always been enough.

What Bleu does not yet know is this: he is already loved. Already protected. Already cared for. Courage is not something he has to invent, it is something he grows into, one beat of his wings at a time.

When the cold finally lifts and Bleu returns north for summer, he does not keep that gift to himself. He gathers the new little birds and teaches them what the journey taught him: how to leave, how to trust, how to come home.

A tender story of first flight, belonging, and the quiet bravery of passing love on.

Parent-facing line
A picture-book journey about courage, care, and the gift of teaching what you have learned.

From friendship and parenting to marriage, work, and the twists and turns of a career, these are stories about the things we all recognize: the moments that make us laugh, the ones that bring a quiet “ahh,” and those wonderfully unexpected moments that stay with us.

These are stories for the fun of telling. Stories to share with friends. Stories to enjoy around a campfire at night. Stories for a quiet afternoon, a bedtime read, or whenever you need a little break from the noise and demands of everyday life.

Some will make you laugh.
Some may bring a tear.
Some might remind you of someone you know.
And some will simply make you feel good.

In Oakhaven, magic belongs to mothers.
Every son is taken at fourteen — claimed by the iron warlords and hollowed into weapons.
The mothers are told it is the price of balance. They are told to endure.
Matriarch Anaya has endured for decades.
But her youngest son carries a living green magic the warlords cannot see… and the hunters are already coming.
This time, the mothers will not merely endure.

On this podcast Mary and I showed some of our imprints and our authors covers and how they came to be.

Best seller lists. Every author wants to be on one. The thing is, those lists are not real. Like every thing else in life that has status, they are bogus. They are scewed and made up using false numbers. Today Mary and Yvonne discuss this and why lists are not important.

When the wheel of history turns… which side will you choose?

A young man and his new bride step off the ship into the Colony of New Haven, Connecticut, hearts full of hope. Ethan dreams of building a life with his own hands — of owning a wagon-wheel shop where honest work can carve out a future. Sarah stands by him, ready to build a home and a family.

But the air is already thick with unrest.

The colonies have grown weary of paying tribute to a distant English King. “Taxation without representation” is no longer a whispered complaint — it is a cry for freedom. Loyalists and Patriots draw lines in the dirt. Families are torn. Neighbors become enemies. And Ethan, Sarah, and their loved ones stand trapped in the middle.

Will they remain true to the crown of their homeland…
or will they risk everything to become Patriots?

What are they willing to lose?

In a time when every spoke of the wheel could decide a nation’s fate, one couple must decide where their loyalty — and their future — truly lies.

The Other Side
A sweeping historical drama of love, loyalty, and the birth of a nation.

In this city, sorrow is fuel.

Once a year the collectors come. They take the weight you cannot carry and leave you lighter, emptier, and certain nothing was ever wrong. The streetlights burn all night on the salt of those stolen griefs. No one remembers the harvest. That is the point.

Then the age comes when a citizen is taken and never returned.

One hand still stained with ink. One truth that refused to stay buried. One crack in the architecture they built from silence.

The lights will not last. The forgetting will not hold.
What was taken will be spoken. What was bound will break.
And at the edge of the world, the next chapter is already being written.