Moon Realm Swag

Here’s a pic from my nature light studio

(more commonly referred to as: the porch).

A sampling of what I’m taking to the Baltimore Book Festival next weekend.

Read Full Post »

THE DRAGONDAIN

The Dragondain Now Available on

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes

..

..

The Chronicles of Narnia meets Game of Thrones

Precocious reader to adult: 304 paperback pages, 85,000 words, full-color illustrations. Book one of the Moon Realm series.

..

When Lily and Jasper’s uncle disappears, Lily must search for him in the most unlikely of places: the fading realms of her childhood bedtime tales.

Gold Medal Winner of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award.

..

It’s the middle of the night, you need to send your brother to the Moon Realm, and he won’t wake up. So you improvise. . . .

When a confused Jasper awakes, he’s convinced he’s dreaming. But by the time he meets Greydor, Jasper understands that this is no dream. In fact, persuading the King of the Rinn to work with the men of Dain to defeat their common enemy is a nightmare. Then there’s the other side of the coin: convincing Tavin and Dubb that saddling a Rinn isn’t certain death. (“It’ll be fun!”) And perhaps even a greater worry: can he make friends with Dubb’s daughter Darce before she punches his lights out?

Lily has problems, too. There’s a little mousie scratching in her closet. Or at least, it sounds like a little mousie. Oh, and her second confrontation with Curse, and trying to form her first peerin. (Don’t you have to be from Dain to do that?) And where’s Ebb?

One thing’s for sure: now that Lily and Jasper have entered the Moon Realm, nothing can ever be the same again.

Illustrated by Carolyn Arcabascio. Volume Two of the The Moon Realm Series.

..
..

Two chapters formatted for ePub, Mobi, or PDF.

Please share these files with your friends. Enjoy.

..

The Dragondain

Now available in paperback and ebook.

Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes iBookstore.

..

Paperback Edition

On Sale at Amazon

Click HERE.

,,

❍

..

 The Moon Coin

Book One / A Moon Realm Novel

Now available in paperback and eBook.

..

Amazon, Second Looks Books, and Back to the Books.

..

Paperback Edition

On Sale at Amazon

Click HERE.

..

Available for E-Readers:

Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes iBookstore

..

❍

..

Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,

A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink^® The Moon Realm^®

Read Full Post »

Cover Reveal: THE DRAGONDAIN

Cover Reveal for Book 2 in the Moon Realm Series

..

..

eBook version available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Paperback edition to follow later this year.

..

❍

..

Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,

A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink^® The Moon Realm^®

Read Full Post »

Preview: THE DRAGONDAIN / A Moon Realm Novel

Book Two / A Moon Realm Novel

..

The tale continues . . .

..

..

..

Two chapters formatted for ePub, Mobi, or PDF.

Please share these files with your friends. Enjoy.

..

The Dragondain

Book Two / A Moon Realm Novel

Now available in paperback and ebook.

Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes iBookstore.

..

Paperback Edition Regularly $12.99

On Sale at Amazon

20% Off

Click HERE.

,,

❍

..

 The Moon Coin

Book One / A Moon Realm Novel

Now available in paperback and eBook.

..

Amazon, Second Looks Books, and Back to the Books.

..

Paperback Edition Regularly $12.99

On Sale at Amazon

20% Off

Click HERE.

..

Available for E-Readers:

Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes iBookstore

..

❍

..

Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,

A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink^® The Moon Realm^®

Read Full Post »

The Dragondain are coming!

The first two chapters are almost ready as a free preview.

Illustrations by Carolyn Arcabascio.

..

..

❍

..

Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,

A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink^® The Moon Realm^®

Read Full Post »

The Moon Realm: A Place Where Worlds Almost Collide

Nine Moons Make a Realm

..

Now available in Paperback!

The paperback edition of THE MOON COIN is now on sale at Amazon and Second Looks Books!!!

If you want a copy, and you’re local to Second Looks Books, and it’s easiest for you to drop by the store, then by all means do so. Otherwise, please order it through Amazon. It’ll cost you the same amount, but your purchase will go toward the book’s ranking. If you want it signed and/or inscribed, then click on the “add gift options after you “Proceed to checkout” and entering the info in the window provided. You can also send me a separate email with that info if that’s easier for you.

For a higher quality video, click HERE.

..

2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Gold Medal Winner

Tales, unlike stories, never lie. You see, a tale is an account of things in their due order, often divulged secretly, or as gossip. Would you like to hear one? —Lord Autumn

Uncle Ebb was so good at telling his tales of the Moon Realm that sometimes it sounded like he’d been there himself.

As children, Lily and Jasper listened raptly to his bedtime tales of a place where nine moons swirled around one another, each inhabited by strange and wondrous beings: magical lunamancers; undersea merfolk; wise birds; winged dragons; and Lily’s favorite, the heroic, leonine Rinn.

There was only one rule: don’t tell a soul.

But now, years later, Uncle Ebb is missing. Lily has learned the secret behind the tales, and soon Jasper will too. But there’s one big problem. You see, something terrible has happened in the Moon Realm. . . .

Featuring twenty-two stunning full-color illustrations by Carolyn Arcabascio. Volume One of the fantasy adventure series The Moon Realm.

..

❍

..

Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,

A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink^® The Moon Realm^®

Read Full Post »

The Moon Coin Print Edition Book Cover

“Tales, unlike stories, never lie. You see, a tale is an account of things in their due order, often divulged secretly, or as gossip. Would you like to hear one?”

—Lord Autumn

..

Click the image above to enlarge or HERE to download a PDF.

..

Here’s the final cover. The book measures 7.5″ x 5.5″, has 3″ flaps, and an inch spine. It’ll will weigh in at 304 pages. Should be ready by June.

2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Gold Medal Winner

Preview: The Moon Coin.

Six chapters formatted for ePub, Mobi, or PDF.

Please share these files with your friends. Enjoy.

..

Paperback and eBook now available:

Amazon and Second Looks Books.

..

Click HERE to Read Reviews of The Moon Coin.

..

❍

..

Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved.

..

Gibbering Gnome Press, A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink^®

The Moon Realm^®

Read Full Post »

Typesetting THE MOON COIN: The Print Edition

These are some screen shots from CS Indesign 5.5.

..

When I was working on the eBook version of The Moon Coin, I was very limited in what I could do. Since then, Amazon has introduced a new Kindle .Mobi format that promises a slew of new features, including embedded fonts. After I finish evaluating what that means for users of older kindles, I may adopt that new format later this year. Similarly, Apple has recently introduced iAuthor, a new proprietary software program to build their ebooks. It also promises a slew of new features.

..

First up, a presentation shot.

Click HERE or the image directly above to enlarge.

..

Here’s a detail shot of the graphic elements in the header.

Click HERE or the image directly above to enlarge.

..

Here’s a detail shot of the graphic elements in the footer.

Click HERE or the image directly above to enlarge.

Read Full Post »

The Howling Turtle Interview

Howling Turtle

Click HERE or the image directly above for the Interview.

Read Full Post »

The Joys of Sick, or, Knowing When Your Book is Finished

I reached one of my favorite book-writing milestones today. I’m sick of my book! Don’t worry. It’s mostly temporary, I hope, and it happened at just the right time: seven years and about twenty-five editing passes in. (If I’d gotten sick of it earlier—trust me—I’d be seriously depressed.)

What did I do to celebrate, you ask? Well, yesterday, as the printer in my hallway was still warming down its jets (ink-low lights blinking furiously), I slid into the Post Office just ten minutes before closing time, slapped a delivery conformation sticker on my handmade cardboard box, and sent it roaring off to Carolyn Arcabascio, the illustrator extraordinaire for The Moon Realm Series.

Sure, The Dragondain still needs more work, but I’m looking forward to being truly ill? during the final read-through and polish. 😀 I’M SO HAPPY!

Read Full Post »

Howling Turtle Reviews THE MOON COIN

Click HERE or the image directly above to read the review.

Read Full Post »

ForeWord Reviews Reviews THE MOON COIN

“The Moon Coin is a beautifully written fantasy novel, perfect for middle graders to pore over themselves or as a bedtime story for younger kids. The descriptions of everything, from Uncle Ebb’s electronic fish-bird hybrids to the fanciful creatures Lily meets in the Moon Realm, are so rich that the action instantly comes alive for the reader.” —Molly Horan of ForeWord Reviews

Click HERE or on the image directly above to read review.

Read Full Post »

Courtney’s Book Nook Reviews THE MOON COIN

Click HERE or the image directly above to read the review.

Read Full Post »

Brazen Broads Book Bash Get Their Rave On

Brazen Broads Book Bash review The Moon Coin.

Click HERE or the image directly above to read the review.

Read Full Post »

A Sampling of First Pages

Some first pages, featuring illustrations by Carolyn Arcabascio.

You might not want to read the chapter text below the illustrations too carefully. I don’t think you’ll find any huge spoilers, but you could pick up on some cool bits that you might not want to know beforehand. 🙂

Click HERE or on the image directly above to enlarge.

Click HERE or on the image directly above to enlarge.

Click HERE or the image directly above to enlarge.

Click HERE or the image directly above to enlarge.

Click HERE or the image directly above to enlarge.

Click HERE or the image directly above to enlarge.

For the curious, these are iPad 2 screen shots that I later stitched together with Pixelmator 2.0.1.

..

❍

Preview: The Moon Coin.

Six chapters formatted for ePub, Mobi, or PDF.

Please share these files with your friends. Enjoy.

2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award winner for pre-teen fiction: Gold.

..

Paperback and eBook now available:

Amazon and Second Looks Books.

❍

..

Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved.

..

Gibbering Gnome Press, A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink^®

The Moon Realm^®

Read Full Post »

Say Hello to a Gibbering Gnome

Carolyn’s been busy. Now all I have to do is find a type font fit for a Gibbering Gnome.
..

Gibbering Gnome Press,

A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink^®

Read Full Post »

Rambling Bookmarks Reviews THE MOON COIN

..

Click HERE or the image directly above to read the review.

Read Full Post »

Little Red Reads Revews The Moon Coin

..

Click HERE or the image directly above to read the review.

Read Full Post »

Carabosse’s Library Reviews The Moon Coin

Click HERE or the image directly above to read the review.

Read Full Post »

Carolyn Arcabascio’s Behance Portfollio

Click HERE or the image below to see some

illustrations from Carolyn’s Behance portfollio:

She put some illustrations up from The Moon Coin, too. Click HERE to see them.

Read Full Post »