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Crystal Kite Award voting now open. So…read any good exovet fiction lately?

Voting for the Crystal Kite Award presented by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) is now open. Winners announced in May.              Sooooo, if you happen to be a voting member, liked Zenn Scarlett and wanna vote for it,  … Continue reading

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“Where can I order Under Nameless Stars right now this very instant?” So glad you asked…

(Or: wanna know what you’re getting yourself into? Maybe leave a rant– I mean, review on Goodreads? Scroll down, Earther.) Buying Info: North American Print & Ebook Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | BarnesandNoble.com | IndieBound.org UK Print & Ebook Amazon.co.uk | … Continue reading

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So, this book you keep going on about…. is it actually any good?

    “An exciting and worthy follow-up to Zenn Scarlett, with an assortment of loveable new characters… Under Nameless Stars was a perfect blend of action and adventure, character development and humor. Schoon once again proves how inventive he is … Continue reading

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The physical thing arrives. Has mass. Has heft. Is a book.

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Zenn visits Books Bones & Buffy for a chat. Plus: animal pix!

The Under Nameless Stars Blog Tour bus pulls into the spacious campus parking lot of Tammy Sparks’s hangout for an interview and some photo-bits from the Schoon farm. Join us! Blog Tour & Giveaway: UNDER NAMELESS STARS – Interview & … Continue reading

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…and for those keepin’ track: the Scheduled Stops of the Under Nameles Stars Tour Bus! (OK, there’s no bus… Just a tour.)

Drop by one of the very fine blogs who’ve been coerced into… ermm… who’ve invited me to drop by and ramble on about Zenn Scarlett’s new adventure: 10 March: Strange Chemistry 11 March: Troubled Scribe 12 March: My Bookish Ways 13 … Continue reading

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Feelin’ lucky? Huh? Are ya, Earther? Then enter now to “Name a Nameless Star” and win free books too!

Here’s the deal: Strange Chemistry is givin’ away my books and more to mark the launch of Zenn Scarlett’s new adventure, Under Nameless Stars. So, you’re gonna wanna enter the contest below to be in the running to win copies … Continue reading

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Hey, Earther! Read the first pages of Zenn’s new adventure: Under Nameless Stars. Clickety!

In Zenn Scarlett, our young heroine barely survived the plot to destroy the Ciscan Cloister exoveterinary clinic where she’d hoped to complete her novice year of training. Now, instead of her usual routine of caring for the Cloister’s menagerie of … Continue reading

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Reading from & signing Zenn Scarlett at Barnes & Noble at the Arboretum in Austin, TX, Feb. 28th. Join us!

If you’re in the Austin area on Friday, drop by & say howdy. Starts at 7 pm, and goes till the last citizen wanders off to stand in line at the Starbucks. I’ll read a little, scribble in some books and then chat … Continue reading

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Zenn’s next adventure looms… How can you tell? Blog Tour Banner!

Book two of the Zenn Scarlett series launches into the star-sequined cosmos in April. And the banner above proves it. Details on the tour stops to follow. Excited. And very. So, can you pre-order this electrifying little package of off-world wonderment right this second … Continue reading

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