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Gary D. Robson

AUTHOR & FREELANCE WRITER

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  • Who Pooped BooksA fun series of children’s books about animal scat & tracks.
    • Acadia National Park
    • Big Bend National Park
    • Black Hills
    • Central Park (New York City)
    • Cascade Mountains
    • Colorado Plateau
    • Death Valley National Park
    • Glacier National Park
    • Grand Canyon National Park
    • Grand Teton National Park
    • Northwoods
    • Olympic National Park
    • Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
    • Rocky Mountain National Park
    • Sequioa & Kings Canyon
    • Redwoods State & National Parks
    • Shenandoah National Park
    • Sonoran Desert
    • Yosemite National Park
    • Yellowstone National Park
  • Nonfiction BooksLocal history, closed captioning, book signings, and much more.
    • Gary’s Guide to Successful Book Signings
    • The Darkest Hour
    • The Closed Captioning Handbook
    • The Very Best of the Red Lodge Local Rag
    • A Tea Journey: Your Personal Tea Cupping Journal
    • Alternative Realtime Careers
    • Inside Captioning
    • The Court Reporter’s Guide to Cyberspace
    • Growing Up on Memory Lane
  • Fiction BooksMyths & Legends and my upcoming fantasy series
    • The Bounds of MagicThe first book in the Tryllevær Saga
    • Myths & Legends of Tea, Vol 1
  • Other WorkCaptioning, freelance writing, nonprofit consulting, and more.
    • Book Signing TipsThe most-read posts on my blog. They inspired my book for authors
    • Freelance WritingMagazine & newspaper articles and more.
    • Closed CaptioningMy captioning talks, articles, and books.
      • Captioning Overview
      • The Closed Captioning Handbook
      • TEDx Caption Talk
      • Caption Engineering
      • Captioning Articles
    • TeaTea books and blog
      • Tea With Gary blog
      • Tea Books
    • NonprofitGrant writing, branding, and communications.
      • Nonprofit Consulting
      • Nonprofit Portfolio
    • VoiceLive and studio voice work & demo reels.
      • Voice Acting Overview
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The Bounds of Magic

The release date for The Bounds of Magic is April 7, 2026. See the “Upcoming Events” page and the “Fiction Books” menu for more.

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2026 Events

I’ll be doing book signings for the Who Pooped in the Park books and my new fantasy novel, The Bounds of Magic, along with tea-related events for Myths & Legends of Tea. I am available for both live and virtual school/library talks as well. Please use my Contact page to…Continue reading “2026 Events”

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Writing

I have extensive experience in all areas of writing. In addition to my books, I’ve written hundreds of articles for…

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Captioning

Closed captioning has been a big part of my life. I’ve acted as a developer, writer, advocate, volunteer, and consultant…

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Book Signing Tips

The most popular topic on my blog seems to be book signing tips. If that’s what you’re hunting for, here…

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Articles…

The Wrong Way to Promote Your Book

26 Jan 201330 Jan 2023
I originally wrote this article for Writer's Weekly back in 2003. It can be seen in its original form on their website. I've placed it here on my blog because…
Education…

Oh, boy! My book is a textbook! That’s good news, right?

14 Jan 20131 Feb 2026
When I wrote about this in 2011, I talked about rights reversion and what that means in an age of ebooks. Today, I'm having more of an issue with the…
Writing

A Square credit card update

27 Nov 201219 Aug 2013
Last April, I wrote about credit cards from an author/bookseller perspective. Since then, we've switched our credit card processing from a major bank to Square running on iPads, and invalidated…
Writing

And the next Who Pooped book is…

14 Sep 201219 Aug 2013
We have a contract for my 18th book in the Who Pooped in the Park? series! This one will be titled Who Pooped in the Cascades?, and will cover the…
Promotion

Customizing presentations at book signings

27 Jul 20121 Feb 2026
Seven years ago, when my first Who Pooped in the Park? book was hot off the presses, I cut one up, scanned it, and turned it into a PowerPoint presentation.…
Promotion

Book signing notes from a bookseller to authors

26 Jun 20121 Feb 2026
Author Mark Liebenow talks about his book, Mountains of Light: Seasons of Reflection in Yosemite at my store a few weeks ago. I've written a fair amount about book signings here…
Writing

Poop Talk at the National Bighorn Sheep Center

10 May 20125 May 2023
I will be doing a book signing and "poop talk" at the National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center in Dubois, Wyoming on Wednesday, July 18. I will read from the Grand…
Writing

A few misconceptions about credit cards

16 Apr 20125 May 2020
"All generalizations are false, including this one." -- Mark Twain When I discuss credit cards at bookselling conventions, or with customers in the bookstore, I hear a lot of absolutes.…
Writing

J.K. Rowling makes her transition to grownup books

14 Apr 20125 May 2020
Publisher Little, Brown has announced that J.K. Rowling's new novel for grownups (The Casual Vacancy), will be released on Thursday, September 27th. The big question on everybody's mind seems to be,…

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