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World Building: Fantasy Economics

Oh, how we obsess over the smallest details in our books. It all needs to feel cohesive to readers. But does it really? Building a believable economy for your fantasy world is good. Infodumping it and turning your book into a treatise on economics? Not so good.

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Book of the Year!

The Grand Canyon edition of my Who Pooped in the Park series was just awarded 2026 Book of the Year Award in the Fun Educational Nature Books category by Creative Child Magazine!

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Announcing My 21st Who Pooped Book

I’m excited to announce that I just signed the contract for my 21st Who Pooped in the Park book: the first all-new book in the series since Central Park. It will cover three parks: Badlands National Park (South Dakota), Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota), and Makoshika State Park (Montana).

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After the Writing’s Done

Okay, the cover is done and the interior pages are done. Time to sit back and chill, right? No. Now comes the headache of getting the book ready for release. Here are my experiences with the paperback, hardcover, and ebook, all across the distribution world.

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Book Cover Evolution

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about book cover design over the years, and even written a few blog posts about it. For my newest book, The Bounds of Magic, I decided to document the process. Hopefully, it will interest my readers and be informative for new authors.

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Bounds of Magic Release Events

My new fantasy novel, The Bounds of Magic, will be released April 7. We have three launch events scheduled around Red Lodge and Billings. I’m still in the process of setting up the book tour for this spring, so keep an eye out for events in your area.

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