Kevin is now taking bookings for the 2024-2025 school year!
Kevin is an energetic and informative speaker who engages with your students on a level that excites and informs their writing and story telling abilities to new levels.
His interactive presentation will leave students and teachers excited to read and write across the curriculum. Students leave more confident in their voice and ideas, and teachers learn methods to encourage even the most reluctant writers.
This is an opportunity unlike any other author presentation you've experienced!

I'm proud to announce the arrival of our newest book, R.C. Duck, Private Eye. This book was tremendously fun to write.
I challenged myself to put Rex in a book (R.C. stands for Rex Cameron) and I wanted it filled with puns. As it turns out, most of them are egg and chicken puns. The story itself emerges in bits and pieces as I brainstorm, the who,what, where, when, why, and how a thousand times.
Rex worked another miracle with the illustrations by inserting the characters into actual photos. I was not sure I was going to like it, or the fact that the story isn't just on a farm, like I imagined, but he certainly pulled it off beautifully. Once again I am reminded to trust his instincts and let him manage the art and layout.

While you're here, check out our fundraiser information!

Funding a new book is always tricky for the self-publisher. One needs to spend enough money to reduce the per-piece cost (in hopes of making a profit on sales) while understanding that, as the per-piece cost is reduced, the volume of books, and thus the grand total, goes up. This creates quite a dilemma of economics, as the bank continues to insist I make a mortgage payment each month as well.

Kickstarter is a crowd funding site that has helped many independent authors publish their books by essentially offering books and other rewards in return for financial support toward a set dollar goal. It can also be viewed as pre-sales with bonuses.

We have initiated a project for The Whisper Stone on Kickstarter at: http://kck.st/16uZQ5l

Click the link to view the book tr

I  am sending out review copies of The Dragons of Pan Gu and hope to be hearing from reviewers soon. Chasing Watermelons received some wonderful reviews that have definitely helped sales to the library market.
The difficulty comes in finding reviewers that book buyers (of all kinds) respond to, that are also affordable to the independent publisher's bottom line. Unfortunately, some reviewers, like Kirkus, charge huge amounts to review a self-published book ($425 or $575 for express). And, I haven't seen separate fees for picture books, which take about 1-2 hour to read and review. We produce between two and three QUALITY books each year, so those prices start to feel more like extortion than reasonable fees for a service.  Publishers Weekly is another effective reviewer however that does not cost an arm and a leg. They don't promise a lengthy review, just a blurb, but they do feature the best submissions for a full review... so if the book really is as good as you think, no problem! The cost: $149.  This is much more reasonable considering the service provided and the results obtained.  The websites don't include a fee structure of any kind for  traditional publishers...
My favorite reviewers are those who do it for the love of reading and the free book they receive, and who also have a large enough following that the review can translate into sales. These combinations are tough to find, but worth the effort.

The Dragons of Pan Gu is officially on sale! Buy one today!

Our first chapter book, The Whisper Stone, should be available in August. It is a wonderful tale about a young boy and a summer spent on his grandfather's farm. The reviews I received  from peers were extremely encouraging.  I'll be writing a curriculum to go with it so it can easily be used in schools too. 

Keep writing and sharing!

The most frustrating part of publishing is waiting for the finished books to come back from the printer!  The Dragons of Pan Gu should arrive any day now.
In the mean time, Rex had a baby boy!  Now we have to see what this does to his illustration time.  I keep thinking about how much work we could get done if we didn't have day jobs as well...
Rex is working with a wonderful artist from Kendall College to get our first chapter book published in July.
I am working with some self-published picture book authors to include in our special-marketing catalog in 2014.
One thing I would like help with myself: What is the best/easiest way to take an existing picture book and convert it to an ebook for Amazon and B&N? I'll take any help I can get.
I also want to point out that Chasing Watermelons got a wonderful review in Publishers Weekly.

Lots and lots of good news!
The Dragons of Pan Gu is at the printer and will be available to ship to you by the end of the month!  Show support and pre-order signed first editions at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1590909946/the-dragons-of-pan-gu
March was a busy month at the schools. I did full day presentations at six schools, and half day presentations at three schools.  The kids were great, and participated wonderfully.
I am currently fleshing out a new story called No Dragons Allowed!  I expect it will take a couple months to finish, but will share it here when I do.
And finally, Rex and his wife, Sophiarry, had a baby boy on Tuesday! Bohdi White is sure to inspire greater work in us all.