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Long Overdue Newsletter - August 2022
Quote of the Month "One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world." - Malala Yousafzai * Optional alteration - "One...


Long Overdue Newsletter - July 2022
"You heading back into the office or keep doing the work from home thing?" Quote of the Month Background - This is Bill Hader describing...


Safe Landing - Goodreads, Radio Shows, Bookstores, and More
Couple exciting updates to share about our recently published book, Safe Landing. Safe Landing is now on a book review site called...


Oh Baby It's a Clear Lake: New Book from Vicki Toups Sheaffer and Kristie Kaiser Frudden
Vicki Toups Sheaffer and Kristie Kaiser Frudden release their second children's board book Oh Baby It's A Clear Lake


Long Overdue Newsletter - June 2022
Quote of the Month "Basketball is a beautiful game. If you know the game of basketball, basketball will give you enough to talk about......


Long Overdue Newsletter - Spring 2022
We're mixing things up this month. Calling this our "Spring" newsletter... ... which is a creative way of saying, "We missed April..."...


Safe Landing: Excerpt from Chapter 1 - The Crash
Note - "Safe Landing: A Family's Journey Following the Crash of American Airlines Flight 191" follows three siblings' incredible journey...


Book Editing - The "Tell Me More, Tell Me More" Stage
Unfortunately, the word "editing" is often synonymous with red pen marks. Crossed out words. Missing commas. Because of this, editors...


Long Overdue Newsletter - March 2022
If you heard about Mark Zuckerberg's "Metaverse" and thought, "Yeah, I'd rather just read a book..." you've come to the right place....


Authors, Be More Like Batman. Why "Only in Theaters" still works (and how this applies to books)
The Batman could've opened exclusively on HBO Max. Would've been an effective way to generate new streaming subscriptions. But they chose...


Martin Blackbriar and the Necronomicon | Chapter 1 | Captive
When I woke up, I felt a terrible numbness that followed a bitter cold. I was held in limbo where none of my senses worked. Slowly, my...


Long Overdue Newsletter - February 2022
Quote of the Month "Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever." -Walt Disney Pre-Order "Dad, Our Candy Man" (+...


Introduce Characters like Encanto
The opening scene of Encanto introduces -- by my count -- 14 characters in under five minutes. And they do so while mixing English names...


Long Overdue Newsletter - January 2022
Quote of the Month "Be yourself. No one can say you're doing it wrong." - Charles Schulz New Book! Dad, Our Candy Man Note: Before diving...


Long Overdue Newsletter: December 2021
"How the elf did Santa figure this out?" Quote of the Month "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." - Lee, East of...


Long Overdue Newsletter: November 2021
Giraffe: I was promised a standing desk... Quote of the Month "When I talk to kids and they say, 'How do you become a writer?', well, I...


Long Overdue Newsletter: October 2021
Quote of the Month "There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story ideas seem to come quite...


Martin Blackbriar: From Big Idea to Published Book
With the release of Martin Blackbriar and the Necronomicon, a new Long Overdue book written by T. C. Pendragon, we wanted to take a look...


Amazon KDP: Pros and Cons for Authors
By: Chris O'Brien I'd like to give a quick crash course on Amazon's book publishing platform called, "Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing"...


Long Overdue Newsletter: September 2021
Siblings Jim Borchers, Kim Jockl, and Melody Smith celebrating the release of their Long Overdue book titled "Safe Landing." The three...
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