The painting and layout of the last cover for the Magora series is completed. Holly and her friends enter the world of Sandaria, a desert city that has not been completed.

The cover shows Holly looking from a cliff to the unfinished city of Sandaria. It is finished on the left side while the right side is only sketched out, showing big patches of white. Holly's friends Brian, Rufus, and Amanda are...

I am currently working on the cover for the sixth and final MAGORA book, A WORLD BEYOND. The last book in the children's series will take the reader to the desert city of Sandaria.

I have completed the drawing and have started blocking in the colors. Some of the details are already completed but there is still a lot of detail work to do.

The final book in the MAGORA series will come out soon. So I am working hard to get the cover illustrated. The drawing is already completed, and I will start painting soon.

The 6th book in this fantasy children's book series, A WORLD BEYOND, will take Holly and her friends into the land Santima.

Hopefully I can get the cover and layout done quickly so that the book will come out by the end of this y...

Last weekend the winners of one of the largest literary awards has been announced. "The Language Thieves" won the silver medal among thousands of submissions in the READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS. It is my first young adult book that won an award, this time in the "Young Adult Mystery" category.

Check out the winners here on the Readers' Favorite website:

https://readersfavorite.com/2019-award-contest-win...

The Book Lovers Box by Crystal Watanabe contains MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY in September. Starting tomorrow 15 books in this category will be included in the box. MAGORA is featured in this packet. Go to https://www.pikkoshouse.com/box

These are the books that are included in the box:

1. The Gallery of Wonders by Marc Remus (99c book, FEATURE)

2. The Vacant Realm by Mike Thayer (paperback giveaway)

3. ...

Here are the top ten finalists in the Young Adult and Middle Grade category of the Author Academy Awards. Check out these authors.

This weekend the nominees of the Author Academy Awards were announced. I am happy to say that my novel THE LANGUAGE THIEVES was selected among the top ten in the Young Adult category.

I wish I could be bet at the gala dinner in Ohio in October but unfortunately, I will be travelling at the time already and won't be able to join them.

Watch a short version of the livestream announcement at the Author...