The first three chapters of The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom are currently available on the Facebook page of Walden Pond Press. Click here to see how it all begins — for free!
Monthly Archives: April 2012
From the Mixed Up Files of Middle-Grade Writers is a wonderful blog the focuses on the vast and rich world of literature that falls between books with a reading level posted on the cover and books with swear words. It’s also the site of my very first interview for The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom. In this Q&A, you will learn about my character creation process, hear about my sympathy for witches, and discover the dangers of reading-while-walking.
In this exclusive Hero’s Guide excerpt on the blog, Mod Podge Bookshelf, you can be introduced to tween princess Lila, the only of Hero’s Guide’s heroes not to be based on a pre-existing classic character. Once again, the excerpt is accompanied by awesome artwork by Todd Harris.
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom has received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly, who says, “Healy’s fast-paced debut is overflowing with suspense, humor, and carefully developed characters. Healy injects age-old characters and fairy tale tropes with a fresh, contemporary sensibility, resulting in a crowd-pleaser with laugh-out-loud lines on nearly every page.” Full text of the Publisher’s Weekly review is posted on the Reviews page of this site.
Head over to You Know, For Kids to read the wonderful recommendations, reviews, and commentary from dad-blogger extraordinaire, Myles McDonnell. Whether you’re looking for books, TV, music, or movies, you’ll find fantastic suggestions, laid out for you with spark and panache. Oh, and there’s a very nice review of The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom there as well.