Dear ,

Whew! We successfully survived end-of-school exams and activities and are ready to face the summer.

I'll probably wind down a bit on the writing / social media front because I need a good dose of vitamin D (=sunshine), but things are well under way for some exciting September-December launches.

• My narrator, Andrew Dickson, is working on the Ben Archer and the World Beyond audiobook.
• Megastar is in the editing phase.
• And, lastly, some exciting news for my worldwide audiences: the first three books in The Alien Skill Series will be published in GERMAN, FRENCH and SPANISH! Stay tuned for more information on that...

I think all this writing news, graduation parties, Canada Day (July 1st) and Independence Day (July 4th) celebrations deserve a little treat.

I'M GIVING AWAY 6 BOOKMARKS.

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THE GOOGLE FORM TO ENTER THE CONTEST.

I'LL ANNOUNCE THE 6 WINNERS

ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ON JULY 5TH.

GOOD LUCK! :)

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What's up in the neighbourhood?

This is my office setup for the summer where I actually GET WORK DONE. If you don't believe me, you just wait and see! I also promised a veggie garden update but my veggies are barely starting to break through. All my plants are still alive, though, so it looks promising. I can even keep an eye out for critters and bears from my new work-space, so it's a win-win situation!

This summer, we plan on visiting family and friends and relaxing in anything that contains water (pools, lakes, oceans, rivers...). What are your plans for the upcoming two months (raeknightly@gmail.com)?

July 2023 reading list

The Legend of Creepy Hollow by Shana Gorian

A weekend in New York State spells trouble for the kids when a vengeful ghost on horseback tears across the countryside under the light of the moon.

Noah’s got his hands full, although he doesn’t mind the freedom that a weekend at the Murphy’s apple orchard offers. He’s got farm chores to do and a geocache to locate—an extra credit assignment that might be his only chance at raising his failing history grade.

But when its GPS coordinates point toward a massive corn maze smack in the middle of a popular fall festival, the hunt becomes a lot more complicated than he’d imagined, especially when the gang learns of the vengeful nineteenth-century ghost rider haunting the fields.

And then, of course, there’s his tongue-tying crush on the Murphy’s thirteen-year-old granddaughter. Don’t even get him started on that.

Dreamland by Barry S. Brunswick

A world of imagination. A child of prophecy. With evil on the horizon, can he save a wondrous land?

For as long as he can remember, Eric has always had vivid dreams. When the lines start to blur between sleep and reality, he and his parents begin a desperate hunt for answers. But after he slips into a coma, Eric enters an amazing enchanted dimension where he’s forced to fulfil an ancient destiny and defeat a nightmarish enemy.

Discovering he possesses incredible powers, Eric begins a punishing training schedule with an eccentric queen to ready himself for battle against his dangerous foe. Faced with aliens, dinosaurs, and vicious gargoyles, this young hero must master his gift quickly if he’s to defend the realm from a terrible fate.

Can Eric destroy the coming doom and rescue a kingdom of magic?

Peace Keeper's Passage by Wayne Meyers

Everyone seems to be against him. Can a boy no one wants become the hero the world needs?

Hofen Heimstatten can’t take much more. Abused by his stepfather and bullied by his classmates, the young loner yearns for a place to belong. So when he’s adopted into the justice-enforcing Peacekeepers Guild a year early, he believes he’s at last found a home.

Prohibited from learning the special martial arts skills until he’s older, Hofen is stunned when the senior apprentices treat him just as poorly as his former peers. But when he stumbles across dark forces plotting to disrupt their idyllic society, the friendless youth resolves to teach himself the forbidden lore to protect himself and his people… even if it risks expulsion.

Has Hofen got what it takes to rise to the moment?

Space Pirate Reunion by C.G. Harris

Being a space pirate can be complicated…

Ben and Lois are closer to reuniting Bubbles with her long-lost alien mother, but just because they're closer doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy. They must face off against an army of spiderbots, killer mushrooms, and a colossal cave monster the size of a '69 Buick … and that’s just the warm up!

Buttercup finds herself in mortal peril and our dynamic duo have no idea how to save her.

So it leaves a big question hanging out there; Will Ben and Lois conquer these outrageous obstacles to save Buttercup and achieve the most epic reunion in the galaxy?

Happy summer and happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians!

Rae