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Zoey Zigmody and Something Spotty
By Mary E. Gober

Zoey Zigmody is a spunky nine-year old from Mesa, Arizona, who has a nack for getting into trouble and an over active imagination. In this first adventure, Zoey and her best friend, Scottie Gomez, discover something spotty during Spring Break that leads them to the legendary old man known as Mr. Manicotti. Rumor has it he is a wizard and he turns trespassers into porcelain figurines. Are Zoey and Scottie next in line for his collection? Or is it all just a tall tale? You be the judge! Visit ZoeyZigmody.com for more details, gear and upcoming adventures of Zoey Zigmody!

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Cover illustration by Jodi J. Horne, ~Boogarshadow


My book features the beautiful cover art by Meredith Dillman *kyrn

Hello all, my company is interested in commissioning a 3-D Perspective Artist, similar to the infamously talented chalk artist Julian Beever. Here's the scoop:

What we are looking to do is to produce some art, centralized around our water and power themes (I work for a Power company as you can imagine). I'm sure my Art Director could give a better description. However we would like to have some illustrations drawn up on a smaller scale, that we could in-turn scan and make large printed outs off for various locations.

Here is my task to you: Do you know of anyone who can do this that doesn't live far from the Phoenix Area, and would like to do this? I am sure my company would contract this person out for it, but we need to find someone first.

If you know of anyone who can do this 3-D Perspective Chalk/Mural art, please contact me here and we will exchange information I can give to my Art Director.

Thank you for your help.


My book features the beautiful cover art by Meredith Dillman *kyrn

Ello!

I'm still here. Just a little busy working on my second novel of the Mercury Brightman(TM) Series and hoping for a miracle for the first. If you know any publisher/editors that might be interested, feel free to pass my book along. Thanks! Love ya!

Sorry my book isn't perfect ya'll, but it's mine and I'm proud of it. Thanks to everyone who has ever been supportive of my project.

FYI: Flamers and Trolls are not welcome, and your thoughts will be promptly ignored and deleted. Negativity never served anybody, and does not serve me. Happiness and gratefulness are what matters. Spread light, not darkness. Peace, love, and happiness to all.


My book features the beautiful cover art by Meredith Dillman *kyrn

Eye of the Tiger: Smallville Fan Video
I am a HUGE Smallville fan, and I found this when I went searching for "Eye of the Tiger" on YouTube. This morning I was greeted by the song on TV, as I was trying to rise to greet the day. I was half asleep, and watching an info commercial on work-out videos, and the last song they threw out was a techno-version of "Eye of the Tiger".

It woke me up, to put on my glasses and start my day. My day started with my very own tiger, "Dumbledore" aka: Duba. Duba is my cat, he decided to wake me up at 7:25 am, wondering why I hadn't gotten up for work yet... it's Sunday, Duba...

So after I turned the TV away, I decided I'd wake up to a movie. After several long moments I decided to watch "Josie and the Pussycats," another feline related theme. It inspired me to look into getting a manager: a literary manager.

Since I am not a fan of the horrible process of finding a literary agent to represent me, I thought it might be a good idea to pursue a Manager. 90% of the literary agents I have come across are shady, and untrustworthy. The other 10% are all elitist, and want nothing to do with you if you aren't famous. So you see why I don't like them. I want someone to represent me, and to get my novel off the ground and running, but Manager's need to be paid. Before I get into that, let me explain why a Manager struck me as different. Well it is, secondly, musicians have managers who represent them and get their names out there. So why can't an author. Most publishers say they will only deal with literary agents and not authors directly. Okay, I understand that, but wouldn't a Manager be doing the same thing as a literary agent; minus the law degree. Technically, a literary agent is a lawyer with substantial knowledge of the literary world, and connections. I would rather hire a Manager to promote me, and a REAL lawyer to represent me in legal stuff. Does this make sense? Do I care if it does? No.

But here's the thing... a Manager will be wanting payment. I have no real money to give at the moment to pay them, short of $20 a day. At 40 hours a week, that's $2.50 an hour--$140 a week, whoohoo! Not really enticing, but the idea is the pay would increase with the success of my product. Right now my major goal is not just to sell books, but to sell my book to a real publisher so I can get an editor to help me clean up the first book, and publish a second edition of it through a real publishing label, like The Penguin Group, Random House, or even Scholastic would be nice.

So... anyone interested. LOL. I am half serious. I am not just going to hire anyone off the street mind you, and I want to know that they are going to do everything they can to get me published for real.

Or we can bypass the whole Manager/Agent thing all together, and get a publisher to sign me-- are you one, or perhaps you know someone who is? Will pay a finder's fee, when I have money to do it.


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