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Duck, Duck, Moose Blog Tour
Pink Umbrella Books is excited to announce the Duck, Duck, Moose blog tour, which will run March 20-30, 2018. NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON! About the book: Duck’s best friend Goose is gone for winter and Duck is lonely. The animals try to cheer Duck, but Duck, Duck, Pig is too messy, and Duck, Duck,…
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Coming Soon: The Colorblind Series, by RC Hancock
Pink Umbrella Books is excited to announce the upcoming re-release of RC Hancock’s debut novel, An Uncommon Blue. Hancock’s acclaimed story about a society in which social class is determined by the color of the light in a person’s palm teaches timeless lessons about accepting others despite differences and gaining true self-worth through heroic acts…
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Little Women 150th anniversary anthology open for submissions!
“I want to do something splendid . . . I think I shall write books . . . .” -Jo March, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, 1868 For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott’s March girls. Their escapades and trials punctuated our own childhoods—maybe we weren’t victims of…
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Author Interview: Isabella Murphy
Isabella Murphy’s debut children’s picture book, From Dark to Light, is coming on October 10th. In preparation for her book’s release, we would like to introduce you to Isabella. When did you first start writing? I first started enjoying to write in fourth grade when my teacher had us do creative writing and I wrote “The Dream”.…
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The Manuscript Diet
Looking to whittle down your word count? Here are three simple ways to cut the fat. Eliminate passive voice Remember this from elementary school? Passive voice is the difference between “The boy kicked the ball” and “The ball was kicked by the boy.” In the former, the subject (boy) is doing the action—in this case,…
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Pre-Launch Checklist for Indie Authors
You’ve put in the long hours to craft a book that you are proud of, and it’s almost ready to hit the shelves. So…now what? How do you let people know about it and get them as excited as you are for the release? We’ve created a checklist of tasks you can complete before your book…
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Meet Author and Illustrator Joy Heyer
Pink Umbrella Books is excited to announce that we are working with Virginia author and illustrator Joy Heyer on her children’s picture book Duck, Duck, Moose, which we plan to release in early 2018. We absolutely love Joy’s fun, creative story and whimsical illustrations, and we are excited to share them with you! In the meantime, enjoy getting…
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From Dark to Light Blog Tour
Pink Umbrella Books is excited to announce the “From Dark to Light” blog tour, which will run October 10-20, 2017. Interested bloggers should email us at info@pinkumbrellabooks.com or post in the comments below. About the book: Pumpker, a little boy pumpkin, desires nothing more than to be adopted by a family to make them happy. Planted…
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Pink Umbrella Editing Services
Pink Umbrella Books is pleased to introduce the newest member of our team: Merry Gordon, Chief Copy Editor. A freelance editor and writer, Merry also has nearly two decades of experience teaching English at the high school and junior college level. Merry is a book geek, a Netflix binger, and a connoisseur of all things chocolate. She lives…
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