A review of Marylin Bos’s mystery novel, The Stray Pitch, appeared in last month’s issue of Midwest Review of Books: Small Press Bookwatch. “The Stray Pitch is an intriguing novel of the women’s baseball league and the 1950s. Young Wendy is hired into the league, despite her lack of skill; her true purpose is not… Continue reading Review — The Stray Pitch
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Review — King Biscuit
Mention of Michael Loyd Gray’s latest young adult novel, King Biscuit, will appear in the February issues of Midwest Review of Book: Children’s Book Watch. “With a drive for stardom, we grow up and learn so much so fast in the process. King Biscuit is a coming of age novel from Michael Loyd Gray as… Continue reading Review — King Biscuit
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King Biscuit by Michael Loyd Gray
This month Michael Loyd Gray’s King Biscuit has the honor of being the highlighted title in the young adult category on Independent Publisher’s website. This title was released by Tempest Books, an imprint of Skywater Publishing, earlier this year. Summary: In King Biscuit, Michael Loyd Gray returns once again to his fictional burg of Argus, Illinois (the… Continue reading King Biscuit by Michael Loyd Gray
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Blurb — King Bisuit
“It’s 1966. The Beatles have taken over the airways, Star Trek is in its first season on NBC, and 389,000 American troops are stationed in Vietnam. In Argus, Illinois, sixteen-year-old Billy Ray Fleener is facing a different kind of struggle: he is learning what it means to be a man. With a style that is… Continue reading Blurb — King Bisuit
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Blurb — King Biscuit
“With King Biscuit, Michael Loyd Gray bores deeply into each of his characters, shoving aside all extraneous elements until we are left only with their humanity.“ —Monique Raphel High, author of Between Two Worlds
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Blurb — King Biscuit
“Billy Ray had glimpsed the world outside Argus in books, on TV, and from firsthand accounts of people who’d escaped the gravitational pull of Argus and ventured out into the Great Beyond the Horizon. He longed to sail into the Winds of Chance to see where they deposited him. And so, dear Reader, read King… Continue reading Blurb — King Biscuit
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Testimonial — FishingKids
Blake has an amazing eye for layout and design. He has assisted our company, FishingKids, in the creation of three books, with more in the works. Blake has been exceptional to work with! —Megan McCarthy, Creative Director of FishingKids
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FishingKids
Our FishingKids project is moving along quite well, and we’re beginning to see the initial sketches. Here are the mock up of the cover (fonts not final). And an interior spread . . . Along with some fun art, we’re calling out informational text and illustrations. They are shown as notebook entries, drawn and written… Continue reading FishingKids
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Can You Survive
Flat Sole Studio has teamed up with Lake 7 Creative to produce a new line of books: Can You Survive? As with many great ideas, this one was imagined over burgers and beer. Ryan Jacobson, founder of Lake 7 Creative, is part of a group of authors I meet up with now and then to… Continue reading Can You Survive
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Can You Survive: Call of the Wild
While the second book in the Can You Survive series, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is printing, reviews for the first book, Call of the Wild, are piling up. You can read some of the reviews on the Ryan Jacobson’s blog. But here are some of my favorite excerpts . . . “The writing is… Continue reading Can You Survive: Call of the Wild