It’s been a year since the 2023 Circle C writing contest ended. Now, for the first time, I am adding Under a Painted Sky to the Circle C Fan Fiction category “Annual Winners.” From there you can click the link to download the PDF file of the interior...

See more character quizzes here >> THIS QUIZ HAS ENDED I thought I’d start the new year out with reviving the character quizzes. Probably not once a month, but perhaps every other month. Send your answers, like always, to CircleCAdventures@gmai...

Read Circle C fan fiction here >> Here are the two continuing stories that fans started in December. Plus, Luca B. gives us part 2 of a point-of-view (POV) story she wrote back in June. I’ve included it here (the old story) if you want to catch...

Everybody knows our Taffy and Dakota. I know you like to read updates, so today is the day. A lot of things have happened over the past couple of months that affect Taffy…. sort of. Painted Acres Ranch moved from Andi Country in CA (I’m not quite sur...

Update! Sophie T. has sent her Circle C special spot to me. So, I figured it was time to completely post a new blog post so all could see. Thanks, and keep ’em coming. Send your photos to circlecadventures@gmail.com Also, a young artist (Kendi) share...

Check out the other What Am I games >> Nice guessing, fans! Out of 114 entries, 87 guessed “the sun” correctly. The second most-guessed answer was “lava,” which I thought was rather clever. Unfortunately, “lava” was not correct. Out of the 87 c...

Read More Author Interviews >> I sent Mr. Redmond the 3 winners names and email addresses, so hopefully you winners will hear from him very soon. He will want your mailing address so he can send each of you a copy of The Box M Gang. Now . . . d...

I’m excited to announce that I pitched an idea to Rachel, my editor at Kregel (my publisher) about taking an unpopular story collection (at least in my opinion) and completely redoing it. Here’s why. First off, the collection is ages-old (nearly 10 y...

Check out the other What Am I games >> 👉 You know the drill! Fill in the Google Form with your answer. As usual, the guessing game runs one week, Thursday, January 4 – Wednesday, January 10 @5pm CT. Winner announced on Thursday January 11. PRI...

Read More Author Interviews >> I’m excited to share my recent “visit” with western kids’ and teens writer, Mark Redmond. He randomly emailed me one day, Come to find out, he’s familiar with the Circle C books for his grandkids. When I found out...