Apart from falling through the ceiling of my daughter's bedroom - yes, it really happened! The Wizard of Crescent Moon Mountain has been selected by Julia Eccleshare (The Guardian Newspapers children's books editor) to feature on Lovereading's Kids section of their website in October.

Whilst details of the review cannot be divulged at present, this
is a massive plaudit for the book, self-published children's books are rarely featured on the site and Julia Eccleshare is a well-respected reviewer of Children's books, giving credence to the story as being a good read.

Other news:

Doodledbooks.com recently sold 20 specially doodled and signed hardback copies in a day. The books featured 'doodles' relating to characters, places or events in the story. Another 40 will be made available via doodledbooks in the coming months. There is potentially a limited edition printing of 40 books being made available in the run up to christmas.

A special thanks to the 42 people who have taken up the gauntlet to review the book, and post their reviews on Amazon, Goodreads etc. The offer of '100 free review copies' still stands, and as such there are 58 free paperback copies available to those open to reading and posting 'fair and honest' reviews.

he school holidays are nearly at their end, it is hoped that the 11 schools who received their 3 free copies will post their verdict on the book in the next few weeks.

More news to follow, over what should an exciting period...