Archive for June, 2007
Here is this month’s coloring page. To download the printable pdf go to Magical Child and join the mailing list. Previous pages are archieved for list members. A new page gets mailed out about once a month.
The new, revised hardcover version of "An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child" and the all new "Aidan's First Full Moon Circle" are now available for pre-order: Through amazon.com Aidan's First Full Moon Circle; An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child or direct from me on magickware.com. If you make your purchase through Magickware, the books can be autographed to whomever you like. Just let me know who in the comment form on check out. Pre-order both books from Magickware at the same time, mention this blog, and I’ll send them to you for with free shipping as soon as they are ready.
Sneaking a look at Aidan’s book cover
Posted by: Lyon
June 10th, 2007 >> Books, Cover Design, New Releases
I have been sketching out the perfect cover for my new book Aidan’s First Full Moon Circle I finally arrived at a sketch I am happy with today. I still see some tweaking I want to do but I will most likely be laying color this week. The book will be published as a hard cover volume. The size is a nice 8″ X 8″, small enough for tiny hands but still big enough for nice sized images. It’s past my bedtime, so I will keep this brief, since my brain tends to turn off around 9 PM most evenings.
Aidan and his parents have been solitary witches for as long as he can remember. At the rising of the Harvest Moon, his family is invited to a local coven’s Full Moon Esbat celebration. Aidan is jittery about joining a Circle full of strangers. While he is enjoying himself around the bonfire, the High Priestess and his mother cook up a plan to get him involved in the Harvest Moon ritual. Aidan learns he is an important member of the Pagan community. Plus, when reading the story, children can help Seamus the squirrel gather enough acorns for the coming winter by finding where they are hidden within the captivating illustrations. An enchanting, fictional tale of a Wiccan nighttime gathering, Aidan’s First Full Moon Circle will engage young readers with magical images while showing them what they can look forward to during an Esbat Circle.
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Where does the time go?
It’s over amonth since my last post and it’s not that I haven’t had tons to write about, it’s that I have had tons to do!
When I returned back from my mid-May appearance there was some awesome news awaiting my in the huge pile of mail that accumulates while I am gone. May’s issue of New Age Retailer had a round up of children’s titles. The editors chose 14 books to feature and GUESS WHAT??!!! My first book An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child Magical Child Web site was among the few gracing the article’s pages. I am so excited!!. The only trouble is the feature had the old publisher’s contact information and there are currently no books to be had at any of the distribution outlets. I am fixing both problems by throwing money at them! (Yeah right…) Next issue of New Age Retailer will have a display ad for Magical Child and I have a new publisher bringing the book out in hardcover format, with all the pages in color! Since the book is to be re-released, I took the opportunity to fix some of the typos that made it through on the first go round. I also editted the text a whee bit, as well.
The new book will be larger (only slightly) but, wait for it, I will be selling them at the same exact pricing as the old, paperback version.
My fall schedule for this year is booked nearly solid, so I warned my boss that I planned to cut back on my hours. I must say he was less than please, but I have been nagging him to find additional help since the other designer left a year ago.
This month looks to be incredible full even though I will be home the entire time. My eldest step-son is getting married on the 23rd and I am doing the mother in law to be thing for his wifey to be. She was here today with her mother picking up assorted goodies for the big day and then they went off for the fitting of the wedding dress. My Rabbit is so not girly-girl at her current incarnation that I can hardly imagine doing such things with her at all. She is way too much like me, Gods have pity on us both. Hopefully we won’t kill each other before she goes away to college in 6 years or so.
