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Stone Man And the Trail of Tears By Charles Suddeth Print ISBN 9781939844620 EBook ISBN 9781939844637 $12.95, 6x9 trade paperback, 162 pages Juvenile Fiction:  Boys & Men/Legends, Myths, Fables-Native American/Historical-United States-General Release date - October 8, 2019 Driven to Stone Man’s trail... After U.S. soldiers attack twelve-year-old Tsatsi’s Cherokee village, his family flees to the Smokey Mountains. Facing storms, flood, and hunger, they’re forced to go where Stone Man, a monstrous giant, is rumored to live.  His family seeks shelter in an abandoned village, but soldiers hunt them down. Tsatsi and his sister Sali escape, but Sali falls ill and is kidnapped by Stone Man. Tsatsi gives chase and confronts the giant, only to learn this monster isn’t what he seems. Their journey is a dangerous one. Will Tsatsi find the strength to become a Cherokee warrior? And will they ever find their family? Congratulations to Charles Sudd...

Happy July to all writers! And Happy July 4th to Americans. Thank you to Alex Cavanaugh for starting the Insecure Writers' Support Group, where we support and befriend writerly peeps. I'm excited to be a co-host this month along with  Erika Beebe, Natalie Aguirre, MJ Fifield, Lisa Buie-Collard, and Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor! Congratulations to Ellen Jacobson (The Cynical Sailor) for her new release, Poisoned by the Pier (Molly McGhie Cozy Sailing Mystery #3). I'm reading it now and it's a lot of fun! Molly's husband is trying a fad diet involving rutabaga--this is not going to end well. Are you entering the 2019 IWSG Anthology Contest ? The genre is middle grade historical adventure/fantasy. I was fortunate to be part of Masquerade: Oddly Suited , Dancing Lemur Press's young adult romance anthology, and I met some wonderful IWSG authors in addition to working with a publisher featuring fast, clear communication. What a pleasure! I encourage you...

It's been a thrill getting to know a new group of authors who wrote short stories for the upcoming anthology, Masquerade: Oddly Suited . I love their fun marketing ideas, like sharing puzzle pieces of the cover over the weekend before the cover reveal today. The anthology features young adult romance with a masquerade/mask theme. Dancing Lemur Press specializes in speculative fiction, and I believe many of the stories are fantasy, paranormal, or supernatural. The cover certainly has an other-worldly feel! My story, Behind the Catcher's Mask , is void of green monsters but does contain young love between a softball pitcher and baseball catcher: Fast-pitch softball is Andie Wilson’s life. She’s a fierce pitcher hoping to score a college scholarship, and she hates the annoying distraction of cocky baseball players crashing her high-school charity game. But she doesn’t anticipate the impact of one baseball player: Colt Turner. As Colt stares at her through his catcher’...