Debbie Dadey's Blog: Congratulations! - Posts Tagged "mermaids"

I've become addicted to Ancestry.com. I've stayed up late and had to set timers to make myself quit. But I found myself giggling as my grandfather's lineage took me back to a long line of Kings of Sweden, a couple of kings of Turkey, and then finally Cleopatra of Egypt! She was my 77th grandmother!
I chuckled because my new Mermaid Tales book, due out May 7th, is The Lost Princess. Maybe I'm a lost princess too!
Okay, I'm not sure how accurate those little leaves are on Ancestry.com, but it sure was fun. If you try it,be forewarned, you'll definitely need a timer to make yourself quit. Now, I must find a good book on Cleopatra.
A Mermaid Tales Sparkling Collection: Trouble at Trident Academy; Battle of the Best Friends; A Whale of a Tale; Danger in the Deep Blue Sea; The Lost Princess

Hope you'll win The Lost Princess. I think the artist, Tatevik, did an amazing job with the cover. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Ga Ga! Yep, that's how I was when I met Mary McDonough (who was Erin on the Waltons) at the Southern KY Book Fest. I loved the Waltons growing up and was sure that I would have at least eight children growing up! (Then I had three and came to my senses.) Mary was so nice and very normal! Her book, Lessons from the Mountain, sounds so interesting. This weekend I'll be at the Albany Children's Book Festival and I'm giggling to think of all the authors I'll get to met. I've never been to this festival and I'm tickled that they will have advance copies of The Lost Princess for sale.

My husband is mad at me because I've been gone the last couple of weekends promoting my books. And I'm going to be at the Hudson Children's Book Festival this Saturday! I wonder if other authors have this problem? I'm excited about the sneak peek release of The Lost Princess, Mermaid Tales #5, but wish my hubby wouldn't be mad!

The kids were sniffing too! With tissue box in hand, I visited a school in New York State yesterday. Evidently the allergy season has landed hard on our area, but thank goodness the kids were understanding. I hope the kids in Watchung, NJ will be too. I'll be visiting three schools there on Monday and then autographing at the bookstore. Hope to see you. I'll be the one with the red nose! http://www.watchungbooksellers.com/ev...

Hope you'll join me today, Sept. 12th, at 1:00 pm Eastern for a live interview about writing, my newest book, and life! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/storiesf...

I always always wanted a horse, as most kids do. I still do! So it was fun for me to write about Echo wanting a horse (a sea horse), but her dream is complicated by her sister. "It's not right to keep wild animals as pets," she says and that starts a debate that gets all of Trident Academy involved. Hope you'll join the debate in the Secret Sea Horse, which comes out today (Mermaid Tales #6). Tomorrow is the last day for the giveaway on Goodreads.

Congratulations to Pam Flynn, Amy Wing, Denisa Howe, Ivana Lee, and Linda Kavanagh for winning copies of The Secret Sea Horse. Your copies will be in your mailbox soon.

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway for Dream of the Blue Turtle. If you are a teacher or homeschool, I hope you'll enjoy my turtle craft ideas on Pinterest and my complete teaching units on website.

If you live near Clinton, NJ I hope you'll stop in to say hi at the Clinton Book Shop today at 4:00.