The good side of getting things wrong is that it enhances rather than detracts from learning. It’s how we challenge our children to learn to do things differently. Learning from mistakes helps develop wisdom and good judgment.

  A dung beetle named Steve! He's #2! This book. It attracts kids, adults, and teens. In fact, when at events people walking by with absolutely no reason to buy a book, see Steve and it's all over. They just have to know what's inside. POO of course!  Adults buy this book just because of the dung beetle jokes on the back. Two teens bought it because their little brother was named Steve! A school in Wyoming liked it so much that they bought one for every single student in the school and had me come and visit for two whole days. You simply can't miss with the word POO on every single page and the kids don't even realize...

Going for a walk? Take the workbook! You never know what sort of wildlife you may see along the way! A bee, a bug, a dog, a cat, a cow, a bird, perhaps even a porcupine?  A porcupine is a bit unlikely unless you’re walking in the woods. In which case the wildlife you might encounter is endless! How about the zoo or an aquarium?  Perfect. All sorts of animals there, and you could probably fill this entire workbook in a day! However your family might like to move along a little faster so perhaps choose 5 or 6 of your favorite animals, study them before you go and observe them at the zoo! Don’t forget to draw a picture...

There's lots of information being put out there for authors about advertising and promotion. Some advocate mortgaging your last dollar to advertise on Amazon, others suggest social media, while others take the time to promote locally and often.  I'm an advocate of all in moderation, but for the past several years, my friend and fellow author Hayley Rose and I, have hit every local street fair, book event, and author event we could possibly attend within a 200 miles radius. We reached thousands of people and have a solid base of repeat customers as well as new.  Homeschoolers would bring their workbooks to show me what they had accomplished and parents would tell me what great things their kids had...

Here's the scoop on how to help and support an author. All six of these suggestions are great ways to help an author succeed! Even doing one of them is more helpful than you realize. So if you know an author, or enjoy the work they do give them so help! You may be supporting the next #1 bestseller! 

When I wrote Flamboyance and began to visit schools it became evident that teaching language was much easier when entertaining animals came to the rescue.