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Announcing the Flag Design Contest Winner!
Congratulations to Brianna Ford for her winning entry of the fictitious ASU flag, which will be featured in The Revisionary. I want to thank all the participants for their outstanding designs. It was an honor to share your creativity with my website readers. Here’s some extra exciting news! My editor and I were so impressed with the submissions that we’re going to publish the runners-up in a special spread in the back of the book. All participants will have their names and designs in print. Having these Alpha Omega Academy students be part of my book makes it all the more special to me. Thank you again to all who submitted…
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Pre-Order The Revisionary, and Receive a Special Gift!
The Revisionary for Kindle is now available to pre-order for a limited time. When you pre-order on Amazon.com, you’ll receive the e-book at a discounted price and an opportunity to receive a free bonus feature, a prequel of Portia’s story called A Cord of Three Strands. To receive your copy, forward your Amazon order confirmation to freebookforpreorder@gmail.com. Your Kindle copy of The Revisionary will be delivered on June 6. At that time, the print version will also be available for purchase. Art Contest Winner – To Be Announced! I’ll be announcing the winner of the Alpha Omega Academy art contest tomorrow. Tonight is the last day for voting, so if you haven’t voted yet,…
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Flag Design Contest: Vote for Your Favorite!
What teacher doesn’t enjoy seeing her students’ creativity? I sure do! I’m privileged to teach English for Alpha Omega Academy and invited our middle and high school students to design their version of the ASU pennant (the fictitious flag of the dystopian society in my new young adult novel). Today, I’m posting their designs here for you to vote on your favorite. The winner’s name and design will be published in The Revisionary, available for pre-order next month. Below are the submissions, and I’m honestly glad you’re choosing the winner and not me! They are all outstanding and meet the submission guidelines: to design a flag that includes a child, scroll, and olive…
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4 Countdowns for YA Fiction Fans
We Americans like a good countdown. We count as the ball drops on New Year’s Eve. Students (and teachers) count the days to summer break. Couples count their calendars for the “big day” or a baby’s arrival. In Florida’s Space Coast, people visit Cape Canaveral and wait hours for a front row seat at a shuttle launch. (To date, I haven’t experienced a launch first hand, but the pictures look incredible.) Maybe you’ve never seen a rocket launch either. However, if you’re a fan of young adult (YA) fiction, I’d like to invite you to a “launch” of a different kind for my upcoming release, The Revisionary. Countdown #1: The Revisionary Cover Reveal I can’t…
