Well I got a semi-fat looking envelope from our publisher today and thought it might be a check or even two as I anxiously opened it…but alas it was only a review passed on from Midwest Book Reviews. Don’t get be wrong, it’s a great review and we’re so stoked we’ll probably frame the darn [...]
Alex is a 13 year old Ethiopian street child and his story is here - The journey of hope towards freedom for Alex Rod from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The journey started May 12th, 2006. Alex is waiting to be united with his new family…… link, click and visit!
http://alex-roadtofreedom.blogspot.com
I hope everyone has a great three day weekend planned; I know I’m going to enjoy it!
I hope to get the majority of my latest short story, Megalania, done by next week and am glad for the time off. I’m having alot of fun writing it; it’s about the now sunken continent of Sundaland, which [...]
I’d like to thank Mrs. Goodman and her first and second period 11th grade English Classes for having me today to talk about the business of writing. It was great fun and the students asked many interesting questions which I hope I answered thoroughly. It’s surprising how fast a 45 minute class goes when you’re the one [...]
Bookpleasures.com reviews:
The Other Side of Yore
Author: J. Lyon Layden
Illustrated by: Kenny Savage
ISBN: 978-1-60145-122-4
What do you get if two friends decide to write and illustrate a children’s book together? The Other Side Of Yore answers this question with it’s beautiful illustrations and enchanting storyline. This is very much a mixture between The Hobbit and [...]
Well I’ve been busy like a beaver this week and just now got time to peak up into my dam and scrawl out a quick blog post.
I’m designing a slew of traditional beaded shaker-style kitchens for a new subdivision in Richmond Hill, as well as a couple of custom kitchens for two beautiful new homes on Wilmington Island, [...]
Thanks to everybody who was kind to an animal this week, and especially to those who were being kind to frogs and other amphibians by buying a copy of my book, “The Other Side of Yore.
For two more days the deal’s still on, and if you buy a copy on any online book store Kenny [...]
I always love to hear stories about animal heroes, and would like to congratulate Winnie the Potbelly Pig for saving a family and their home from a fire…even if she did lead her owner to it only because she was cannibalistically hungry for the burning hambone that had initiated the flames in the family’s kitchen:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=3D73A04B-D1E4-4382-9347-0EE0F7EAF96E&f=00&fg=copy>1=9951
Last night I [...]
Hi Folks!
Be Kind to Animals week is May 1 through 6 or May 6 through 13, depending on what organization you harken to, but to us it’s Be Kind To Animals TWO Weeks because we’re celebrating BOTH of them!
For the first two weeks in May, we will be donating a full %50 of all royalties from online [...]
The following song was written about our little book by one of Amazon.com’s top 100 reviewers, Amanda Richards, who hails from Georgetown, Guyana (South America)
A Frawg he would a hunting go
(To the tune of “A Frog He Would A’Wooing go”)
Frawg sailed in a tortoise shell, mm mm, mm mm,
A gath’ring spores and medicines,
And selling his [...]