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Showing posts with label Blues Bones. Show all posts
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Monday, April 22, 2019

Happy Birthday!





Peter Frampton


Happy Birthday to PeterFrampton! @PeterFrampton. One of my guitar heroes. Some of my favorites are Baby I Love Your Way, Penny for Your Thoughts, Do You Feel like We Do, and Show Me the Way!

After seeing him on the Mike Douglas Show, I even modified an old cassette recorder to make a Talkbox using its microphone and part of a water hose! Maybe this explains Max’s love of electronics in my book Blues Bones.

Looking forward to At the Crossroads-Blues Bones II’s book birthday on July 22! Remembering how much I struggled to learn to play Penny for Your Thoughts inspired a major event in book two!

Friday, April 5, 2019

At The Crossroads - Blues Bones II

I Have News!


Many have been asking about Blues Bones Book II. Well, It’s on its way! Leap Books is looking at a release date of July 22, 2019.

At The Crossroads – Blues Bones Book II starts the day after book one ends. Rodney is going to his first practice session with a real band. Rodney knows how to play guitar, but can he learn to play a special song in time for their first gig – a girl’s fourteenth birthday party? In book one, a midnight visit to a graveyard with a dead guitar player’s finger bone may have cured Rodney’s stage fright. He never thought he would need another spell. What harm could a midnight visit to a crossroads do? Find out in At the Crossroads – Blues Bones Book II.

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Join the Fun at Book Market of Sevierville - Oct. 27th.

OCT. 27, 2018 Book Market of Sevierville

Book Market of Sevierville
October 27, 2018. I’ll be at a multi-author event at Book Market of Sevierville! Come out and check out the fun form 11:00am till 3:00.
I will post more information as soon as I receive it.
https://www.facebook.com/BMSevierville/
Book Market of Sevierville
1645 Parkway, Ste. 670
Sevierville, TN 37862
865-428-4981

Friday, May 19, 2017

You Can Go In A Story! Summer Reading Song Video!




What better way to celebrate summer reading than with song and dance! It's here, the new summer reading song video from writer friend, Debbie Dadey, (author of The Mermaid Tales and The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, and others) and me. So, we supply the song, and you supply the dance. Don’t worry, no one will see you. Is your web cam turned off?


Be sure to check out Debbie Dadey's website for some great summer reads and other fun stuff! http://www.debbiedadey.com

Click here and enjoy! Feel free to pass the link on to your friends.


Happy Summer!

Oh, it’s still spring. That’s okay, but summer is on its way. The time of year children are out of school. Time to swim, time to fish, time to hang out, time to be bored! One of the best parts of summer is the Summer Reading Program. Schools have lists available. Local libraries have programs. Some bookstores even have special deals for summer readers. For A List of Summer Reading Programs for Kids That Give Free Books, Money and More, check out this site: https://www.thebalance.com/get-free-kids-stuff-from-summer-reading-programs-for-kids-1356875.

Hey, writers get paid to do what they love, what’s wrong with children getting paid or getting free stuff for doing what they love doing.
By the way, If anyone asks you how to get to Carnegie Hall, just tell them, "You Can Go In A Story!"  See Cassandra Live at Carnegie Hall!

 

Monday, October 10, 2016

SCBWI Book Blast for Blues Bones!

 
https://www.scbwi.org/bookblast-display/?id=421189

 Starting today #SCBWIBookBlast has tons of books for kids and teens you can browse and buy http://www.scbwi.org/bookblast



Check out my SCBWI Book Blast page.

“Dead fingers don’t tap.”

That is one of my favorite lines from Blues Bones.

I am a guitar player, and I love old scary movies. Some writers say to write the book you would love to read.

I did.

 

 





Monday, March 14, 2016

Monday, February 8, 2016

Hello everyone! It's Here!
The awesome cover of my book. 
Available March 7th!

 

Goodreads | Amazon | Smashwords

Thirteen-year-old Rodney Becker has found the perfect cure for stage fright. Voodoo!

Armed with the stolen finger bones of a dead blues guitar player and a mishmash of voodoo spells from the Internet, he and his best friend enter a graveyard at midnight to perform their ritual. Now, all that stands in his way of winning a local guitar competition is the power of RETURN – a side effect of the voodoo that spells disaster for Rodney. 

His cure has become a curse. How else can he explain jamming his finger so bad he can't hold a guitar pick, his part-time dad stealing his guitar, and his mom getting into an accident that could have taken her life? How much is Rodney willing to risk to achieve his dream of being a guitar legend?

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About Rick Starkey:
Rick Starkey is a graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature. His main interest is writing novels for middle grade. Rick has sold short pieces to Highlights for Children including a game, magic tricks, and a short story. Knowing that most writers often wish that they had started their career earlier in life, Rick teaches a basic course for the Talented and Gifted Program (T.A.G.) at Walter’s State Community College in Morristown Tennessee. Rick’s students learn the basics of magazine submissions including cover and query letters, market research, and manuscript preparation. The T.A.G. program is for students grades 5 – 8 and come from seven counties in East Tennessee.
Rick lives in a 200-year-old log cabin in the Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where he and his wife, Betty, own and run Make It Magic, a magic shop and craft store. A day in Rick’s life includes recommending and performing magic tricks for customers of all ages, carving a bear from a log with a chainsaw, and working on his next novel.



Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Round Two

Excited!

Working on second round edits of Blues Bones.

We're getting closer! ‪#‎amwriting‬ ‪#‎amediting‬

Do you love the editing process?