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How many moments do we miss? A joke told by a buddy with slashing panache that leaves you breathless. A month later you can’t even remember the setup, much less the punch line. Or the moment your six...
View ArticleWin the Shirley Link series!
It’s time for a giveaway! You can enter to win both books in the Shirley Link series, to be delivered before Christmas. Shirley Link & The Safe Case and Shirley Link & The Hot Comic are both...
View ArticleShirley Link gets some Parents.com love!
Emily Neuburger over at Parents.com runs the Everyday Fun blog. She wrote about Shirley in a recent post, and it made my year! ”Shirley Link is a new girl detective series that my daughter is crazy...
View ArticleContest for kids! Win the entire Shirley Link book series.
Loading Entry-Form… … Welcome to a New Year, my friends! This will be a good one with a number of Shirley Link books slated for release, including the next edition in the series, Shirley Link & The...
View ArticleLike mysteries for kids? Try Shirley Link & The Treasure Chest Chapters 1 & 2!
The Shirley Link mysteries for kids has a new volume! I love writing mysteries for kids, so I hope you enjoy the first two chapters of my upcoming middle grade book, Shirley Link & The Treasure...
View ArticleDoes advertising on Goodreads work? (Part 1)
Does advertising on Goodreads work? My first step into their self-serve ad system shows promise. I know there’s interest in the writing community about advertising on Goodreads, so I thought I’d share...
View ArticleShirley Link & The Secret (a 150 word story)
Shirley Link was at the end of her rope. In fact, she was just one tight grip away from falling off of it. As she contemplated the waves below, frothing like they couldn’t wait to eat her up, she...
View ArticleShirley Link & The Safe Case has won the Book of the Day award!
I was delighted to wake up and see that Shirley Link & The Safe Case had won the Book of the Day award over at Indie Book of the Day! Writing is a tough business, so anytime my peers take notice,...
View ArticleShirley Link is FREE on Kindle 5/16 and 5/17
Shirley Link & The Treasure Chest, the third book in my Middle-Grade Mystery series, is out. But the real good news is that today and tomorrow it is FRREEEEEeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeee …. So go to Amazon...
View ArticleSherlock Holmes & The Safe Case
“Now I must gamble.” Sherlock’s eyes focused on something no one else could see. Numbers and data and a nose for human nature washed over a single slight sound that he’d heard three seconds prior. He...
View ArticleWin ‘Shirley Link & The Treasure Chest’ softcover book on Goodreads!
Shirley Link & The Treasure Chest is her most exciting adventure yet. Tantalizing clues, buried treasure, and pirates; the story has it all (if I do say so myself). From meeting Mrs. Smiley, to...
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Email Address After years of finding ways to reach out to you, I’ve settled on a newsletter. Facebook and Twitter are fine for what they are, but I just love email. Yes, really. Writing an email vs....
View ArticleShirley Link in 3D!
Thanks to my dear friend, illustrator-extraordinaire Nathan Fox, you can now see Shirley in 3D! I recently wrote a blog post about Nathan’s excellent 3D illustration tutorial. I joked that I could make...
View ArticleShirley Link & The Black Cat: A growing up story
Our hometowns leave an impression. They help us define ourselves, for good or ill. My hometown of Santa Fe, NM was like a faceless fifth member of the family. I alternated between hating it and loving...
View ArticleCreating a book cover: Shirley Link & The Black Cat sketches by Robin Hoffman
Creating a book cover is a bit like mixing potions. There are definitely tried-and-true characteristics of a good cover, but there are also a thousand different types of covers that look great....
View ArticleShirley Link & The Black Cat is a buck for 24 hours
If you haven’t picked up the latest Shirley Link book, Shirley Link & The Black Cat, then now’s a good time. The Kindle ebook is a buck, today only. I’m trying out the new Amazon Countdown Deal...
View ArticleShirley Link & The Treasure Chest is #1 on Amazon! Thank you!
I wanted to post a quick thank you for your support in making Shirley Link & The Treasure Chest the #1 free Kids Mystery book on Amazon! The book is highly rated with 13 reviews and 4.8 stars, so...
View ArticleDoes advertising on Goodreads work? (Part 1)
Does advertising on Goodreads work? My first step into their self-serve ad system shows promise. I know there’s interest in the writing community about advertising on Goodreads, so I thought I’d share...
View ArticleShirley Link & The Ghost of Christmas Presents
I miss Shirley! I’ve been working so hard on The Camelot Kids that she’s had to have some adventure all on her own. I’ll get back to her soon in a book titled Shirley Link & The Party Poopers, but...
View ArticleWriting three books at once is not a good idea
Something has to give. I’m just not sure what yet […]
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