Maureen Bush

Walking Lia’s Monster

by Lia Harding

My daughter Lia drew this. I suspect if she could order off howweirdcanyouget.com, she’d order a pet monster.

(Lia: It would be great! It would look big and scary but would actually be really friendly).

Lia also drew the hydra for howweirdcanyouget.com. Then Derek added colour and shading.

Maureen

Nexus Ring under new cover

Scholastic Books has purchased the rights to publish copies of The Nexus Ring under a new cover. I searched on the internet, and found it in a Scholastic classroom bookclub collection of fantasy novels for grade 6, “Hero of Another World.” When I get a copy, I’ll post a picture of the cover. (The copy I have right now is easily covered by my thumb. It’s very blue-green – a lake surrounded by trees and mountains – and I think a green ring superimposed on top.)

Maureen

Enter the Contest!

Have any great ideas for magical wonders? Enter them in the contest on howweirdcanyouget.com. It’s meant for kids, and the prize will go to a child, but kidults can send in ideas, too! Let’s see who has the wackiest imagination.

I was shopping for bulbs one day and found a small leather notebook, perfect as a prize for the contest (along with a signed copy of Feather Brain).You can see an image of the notebook on howweirdcanyouget.com.

Maureen

Polishing

The substantive edit to the sequel to The Nexus Ring is finished. Now it’s time for polishing, polishing, polishing. And for working on other stories. My mind is filling with images of witchdoctors and camels. Not together. Although that would be interesting . . .

I found another book I love: Outlaw Submarine, by Philip Roy. It’s been nominated for the Diamond Willow Award, and is a great adventure for elementary school kids.

Maureen

Diamond Willow

And another one! The Nexus Ring has been nominated for the 2009 Diamond Willow, the Saskatchewan Reader’s Choice Award.

Maureen