A special thank you to the Reid-Thompson Public Library in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. We all had a lovely time reading to the children and look forward to doing it again. Last but not least, a thank you to the Humboldt and District Kinettes for sponsoring me for the TD Canada Trust Summer Reading Program.
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Hello everyone! It's been awhile since I've posted. A new Freckles book is still in the works but it is slow coming. This is my fault. A lot of my time is being spend on the new business and getting it going. My efforts haven't been in vain though and I am getting it moving forward. I've also begun taking some classes online so I am spending a lot of time learning. I just wanted to let you all know I haven't forgotten about you.
In fact, Freckles and Sherlock have new merchandise out and online through the business website. I also have the books retiring in the systems so that I can put out new editions with better editing. These are slowly coming. Freckles' sixth book is out and on Amazon. Freckles and Stew are doing well as is Sherlock. We are hoping to begin attending events this Spring and by next year, I hope to contact schools for readings once more. I will try to post more regularly and get to updating the websites soon. Thanks for being such loyal fans! Oh!! One last note. Freckles' book # 5 & 6 will be online soon as e-books. You can pre-order until then. Keep an eye out for them on Barnes & Noble, Apple, etc. The price is $2.99 USD. You can pre-order now on Smashwords. These are the new and edited versions. Freckles' book on Amazon Freckles and Sherlock Merchandise Book # 5 - Smashwords Book # 6 - Smashwords We would like to welcome our new illustrator Athena Whitbread. She will begin drawing Freckles the Bunny Series: Freckles' Short Stories, Volume 1 in January. Athena was asked to draw a bunny using Freckles' picture and this was what she sent in. We look forward to seeing the rest of her work!
Visit her page here: http://www.freckles-the-bunny-series.ca/athena-whitbread.html Congratulations Aletha Jasmer! You've won yourself a Freckles the Bunny Series mousepad.
Pre-order Freckles the Bunny Series, Book # 6 now and enter to win a Freckles mouse pad. Deadline: October 20th, 2015.
http://4-Paws-Games-and-Publishing.ca OR http://Freckles-the-Bunny-Series.ca Live story reading with author Vickianne Caswell as she launches her latest book in her "Freckles the Bunny Series." It is entitled, "The Freckle Monster." Freckles is sure she is will win the anti-bullying poster contest. Freckles is very disappointed when she learns Stew wins. With the help of the snobby weasel girls, she shows Stew how mad and jealous she is. Meanwhile, Freckles' lies have caused fighting among her classmates. They start lying, name calling, hitting and more. Will the friends remember why they drew these posters or will they remain bullies? Free entry but we appreciate you getting your free tickets through our link so we can see the head count. Thank you! We are now taking pre-orders for book # 6. The book is just waiting for some edits which were having issues but should hopefully be online by the end of the month. I am taking orders for the book at a sale price (not sure whether we will keep this price or not). You can buy them online @ 4 Paws Games and Publishing http://www.4-paws-games-and-publishing.ca/-childrens-books---picture-books.html Retiring a book isn't easy and that is what I am going to be doing. I've already begun the process for book # 5 and will soon retire the others as well. I want the books to be the best that they can be. Part of that was finding a new editor. A new editor isn't going to fix everything though. I want my books to be published in Canada, with a Canadian ISBN because I am from Canada. I want my books to feel Canadian and that is why I decided to retire my books.
They will be online once again soon. I already have ISBNs available for them and they will slowly be removed and released. I will keep updating you on which books are going down. I don't think they will take all of the old reviews and place them on the new books so I will be sure to move them to the reviews page. This is an exciting time as I start a new company. Unfortunately, it also means my books will slow down for awhile. I know what some may be thinking. It took you a year to get this book out so how much slower can they be? I promise they won't take this long again. I needed time to heal and get used to living in this house once more. I am mostly my old self again and I can write so they will be sooner than this next book was. I haven't forgotten about the other books I was writing either. I plan to fit it all in the best that I can. http://4-Paws-Games-and-Publishing.ca There is a lot to tell. Each series now has gift certificates made for us. They are available for sale on each website as well as 4 Paws Games and Publishing's website.
4 Paws Games and Publishing posted a new video introducing Freckles the Bunny Series. This is the best one yet. My other works will be going through this company only. I am currently working on a new children's book about how to care for a bunny. This one will be done with real photographs. The company already has much of my other works up for sale from photographs to books. Please take a look and see. We are pleased to announce that Vickianne and her books are now under a publishing company. The company still leaves full rights and ownership to the authors while publishing them through the company name and website. Nothing much has changed about the books but there will be some new creations added to the books thanks to this company, which Vickianne owns. The company is currently working on a visual novel game app/program for children to learn about animals and the books while playing for free. If things go well with this release, we will be looking at some paid apps in the future. We look forward to working through the company!
Should a different publishing company come along down the road and shows interest in our books, we will happily see what they have to offer. In the meantime, be sure to check out the company's website (click the image) and like their Facebook fan page! Lastly, please make sure you are not a contest winner. If you are then please contact us about your book/e-book. We usually do not wait over a month for winners to contact us about their books. We still have one e-book and 2 books waiting to be claimed. We have contacted the winners by mentioning them on the site as well as by Facebook (though it may enter the "other" area of your messages). We would like to hold another e-book contest soon so please check and see if you have won. Those e-book winners will now have to receive a new coupon code as the previous one has expired. Simply contact us for a new one. Thank you! Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/4.Paws.Games.and.Publishing 3.
Sherlock the Remarkable Cat Series News Post: 1. Fundraising Forms I have two fundraising options online for organizations. Both equal the same profit but are handled differently. As this is the first time doing this, I always welcome input so feel free to share if these need changes, etc. These fundraising forms are for all the books I have written and not Freckles the Bunny Series only. You can find them here on the website: http://www.sherlock-the-remarkable-cat-series.ca/story-readings-and-fundraising.html 2. Facebook Likes Contest Winners The winner for the 100 Likes contest was Jennifer Sunshine. She won a free copy of the book. The winner for the 125 Likes contest was Tim Smith. He won a free e-book copy. 3. Let's Get Another Facebook Likes Contest Going If we can get 15 more likes on our Facebook fan page, we will have 150 likes. If we can make it there we will have a contest for a free copy of the book and a signed photo of Sherlock (signed by Sherlock's paw print). Visit the page here: https://www.facebook.com/Sherlock.The.Remarkable.Cat.Series Freckles the Bunny Series News Post: 1. Freckles the Bunny Series, Book # 6: The Freckle Monster Illustrations are done and we are getting closer to completing it. We still need some bullying information and editing yet before it is complete. Don't forget that you can still pre-order. 2. Facebook Likes Contest We still need 9 more likes on Freckles' fan page to do another contest. This time we will do 2 free books to one lucky person. The one book will be book 3 (as a small bit of editing was missed) and a book of your choice. Visit the fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/Freckles.The.Bunny.Series 3. Fundraising Forms I have two fundraising options online for organizations. Both equal the same profit but are handled differently. As this is the first time doing this, I always welcome input so feel free to share if these need changes, etc. These fundraising forms are for all the books I have written and not Freckles the Bunny Series only. You can find them here on the website: http://www.freckles-the-bunny-series.ca/story-readings-and-fundraising.html Explaining Options: I am planning to work on a 3rd option for fundraising forms. All options are basically the same in the sense that you make so much profit and sell books. The difference is more of how you do it. 1. Option A This option is for an organization that doesn't want to spend a lot of printing but wants to send stuff to numerous people. A school would be a good example. They want to send home to each student but keep down the costs. This form lacks pictures. 2. Option B This option might be ideal for a person who plans to go door to door, bring the order form along or who plans to leave the form at their work location. An example would be the SPCA. The organization would have a printed copy of all the books (book cover photos included) and would use this to show what is for sale. They would also have a separate order form to fill out who bought what and another sheet to send in. 3. Option C I am going to be working on another option either this weekend or early next week. It will look a lot like a fundraising flyer that has the items (pictures included) as well as the order form as part of the papers. This would be for those who aren't concerned with printing and want to try to get a lot of sales by displaying what is offered while leaving it with the possible buyers. Each website has more details, the fundraising forms, etc. etc. Hi! I know I was supposed to post pictures of the two foster cats that we took in for the holiday. Between last minute Christmas shopping and a death in the family, I just never got around to it. Here are the pictures of the two cuties available for adoption at the Humboldt & District SPCA. One Freckles website update: We have also removed Erika-Elizabeth's Blog page. She is getting older and would prefer to not have it on any longer to keep some of her privacy. You can still follow "Craft Time with Erika-Elizabeth." Author Update: I am in the works of writing a new children's book entitled, "Through the Eyes of a Bunny." It will be less cartoon like then the other stories as it is meant to be seen with understanding and reality. The book will follow a rabbit's life through being bought at a pet shop to ending up in a shelter, to it's final home. I am hoping to not only teach children and parents about rabbits so that they think before buying but also teach them about the right way to care for them. Sadly, rabbits are often a discarded pet. I hope the book will be out for the New Year however I will be working out some of the details once the book is complete. I hope to have some news to share with you before the year is out. Freckles Update: Freckles' book should be coming out within a month or two. We've had to span them out due to Anastasia's schedule and my family moving back into our home. We plan to try and keep the books roughly 4 months apart as before. It will all depend on how long some of these are. Sherlock Update: I am still planning on having a second book out early this year (at least I plan to try). It will definitely be out before the end of this year. Please keep checking his blog or Facebook page for updates. A late Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all those who celebrate! Update! Both cats found great furrever homes.
School and Library Visits School and library visits are free as long as we are currently visiting in your area. Other locations will be required to pay for transportation expenses (pricing will depend upon location). Other options include a Skype reading which is also free. Locations Currently Visiting Free: Annaheim, Saskatchewan Bruno, Saskatchewan Cudworth, Saskatchewan Humboldt, Saskatchewan Lanigan, Saskatchewan LeRoy, Saskatchewan Muenster, Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Viscount, Saskatchewan Wakaw, Saskatchewan Watson, Saskatchewan Freckles and Sherlock's New Pages There are 2 new pages that go into the school visits in detail. Find these on either website. Here are the links:
Freckles the Bunny Series - http://www.freckles-the-bunny-series.ca/story-readings-and-fundraising.html Sherlock the Remarkable Cat Series - http://www.sherlock-the-remarkable-cat-series.ca/story-readings-and-fundraising.html WEBSITE ADDITIONS - FRECKLES
We've added the following new things to the website: * Shown the pages that you once had to find the buttons to get to (we are doing a poll to see if this is easier for our viewers to navigate around). * There is a character page where children can read and learn more about their favorite characters and where they live. This can also be found on Sherlock's website as well but with his characters. * A new form can be found on the Newsletter page. I have not had time to create newsletters lately but I know many want to be kept up to date on the latest books. This new form will keep you from missing book release dates, book sales locations (online and offline), previews, book signings and more! You can even sign up for both series' there! WEBSITE ADDITIONS - SHERLOCK Many people like to be kept up to date with latest events and books. Sherlock's Book Updates Form will keep you from missing book release dates, book sales locations (online and offline), previews, book signings and more! You can even sign up for both series' there! http://www.sherlock-the-remarkable-cat-series.ca/sherlock-book-updates-sign-up-form.html SMASHWORDS SALE E-book prices are down for the weekend on Smashwords. Buy them for $2.99 USD. The Freckles Christmas book is still at $3.50. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/VickianneCaswell |
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