Word Books

 

If you didn't get enough words yesterday, check out these sources!

Filled with words for children by grade level, Children's Writer's Word Book will fill your hours with the joy of words that kids will understand. It helps authors discover which words editors would accept for stories for specific age levels.

If you're just looking for a lot of words quickly without the distraction of meanings found in dictionaries, check out Webster's Instant Word Book (35,000 words) or Louis A. Leslie's 20,000 Words for Stenographers, Students, Authors & Proofreaders. I used both books professionally in an office setting long before computers were in common use. They served as spellcheckers for office workers, dividing the words correctly into syllables for line breaks.

Words, words, and more words! Sometimes finding the right word is just a matter of thumbing through a book filled with words.

 

Are you a Word Nerd? Most authors are, and I'm no exception. Give me a dictionary, thesaurus, or book of any kind, and I will search out words. I love words I don't know, words with multiple definitions, or words used in amusing or unusual ways! If you want to celebrate National Word Nerd Day with me today, just grab a crossword puzzle, a word game, or a dictionary and savor the joy of words!

PS - You can actually do that any day of the year. You don't have to wait until January 9th comes around again! 

Rereading Christmas Books!

 

So many Christmas books! I have a special collection of favorite books that I bring out each year to reread!

Interview in The Columbian Newspaper!

 If you subscribe to The Columbian, the local Vancouver, WA newspaper, check out the article about local Clark County authors in the Friday, December 12th edition. Guess who is mentioned! There is a lovely picture of both of my books and a few comments from my interview.

If you'd like to buy a copy of my books, you can find locations online at debcushman.com.

I'll be at A Christmas Bazaar at Clark College tomorrow, Saturday, December 14th from 9 am - 4 pm!

Frigg Mini Book

 

New Activity in the Nadavir Kids Club! Directions and printouts for making a mini folded book will be available in the clubhouse! I’ll send details in my next newsletter on Sunday, December 15. Your kids can use these directions for making a Frigg's Journey to Anasgar mini book or their own imaginative little books with one sheet of 8.5"x11" paper! Sign up at my website for FREE access to the Nadavir Kids Club, including a monthly newsletter announcing each new activity!

Release Day for Ping's Mystery in Pixiandria

 It's release day for Ping's Mystery in Pixiandria! I'm so excited to share Ping's story with the world. Click here for more information!

IT'S TIME! Ping's Mystery in Pixiandria is now up for preorder and the paperback is available for order at Barnesandnoble.com! I'm still awaiting approval from Amazon for the print copies (paperback and hardcover), but it should be any day now.

Ping's Mystery in Pixiandria releases officially on December 3, so if you preorder an ebook, it will show up on your Ereader on Wednesday! This suspenseful sequel to Frigg's Journey to Anasgar, part of the Chronicles of Nadavir series, weaves fantasy with powerful messages about resilience, belonging, and problem-solving. Read it on its own or as part of the larger series.

Adding to the excitement is the $0.99 sale on Frigg's Journey to Anasgar, the first book in the series!

Ping's Mystery in Pixiandria

https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/8eba5a8e-add9-11ef-820b-5f9f28beb6ef

Frigg's Journey to Anasgar

https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/6835f100-2b97-11ed-b4fe-275b7c8e545f