Category Archives: Young Adult books

SELF-HARMING

Posted on August 29, 2018 by

SELF-HARMING by young girls   This is a copy from The Guardian’s article about mental health in the UK and the trend of young girls for self-harming: Quarter of Young Girls in UK have self-harmed. My novel Guardians’ Betrayal came … Continue reading →

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PRINTED AND DIGITAL BOOK LIVE NOW

Posted on October 28, 2017 by

GUARDIANS’ BETRAYAL is now LIVE Just this week I received my author copies of the new book about a fictitious family in crisis. The story is about an adoptive family and starts seven years after the adoption of the two … Continue reading →

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HOW TO HELP YOUR WRITER-FRIEND SELLL BOOKS.

Posted on October 22, 2017 by

HOW TO HELP YOUR WRITER-FRIEND SELL BOOKS. Do you have a writer in your circle of friends? Very likely! How you can assist your writer-friend with selling books? The Amazon “predator” (the seller with the monopoly for selling anything online) … Continue reading →

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SELF-HARMING IN TEENS

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

SELF-HARMING IN TEENS My new novel GUARDIANS’ BETRAYAL deals with the issue of self-harm, among others.  This post delves into this issue a bit deeper, as many children nowadays deal with emotional injuries that may lead them to self-harming. The … Continue reading →

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GUARDIANS’ BETRAYAL

Posted on October 17, 2017 by

Kelowna, British Columbia Local author writes book about teens and adoption. Kelowna resident Johanna Van Zanten released GUARDIANS’ BETRAYAL, a novel for adults and teens about a fictional family with adopted children whose difficulties threaten to tear them apart. Johanna … Continue reading →

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GUARDIANS’ BETRAYAL

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

Photo credit: Vladimir Velociraptor Vukmirovich GUARDIANS’ BETRAYAL. My next book is about ready for publishing and in the next month Bookbaby will produce, design it, and publish digital and printed versions. It is generally recommended to put a manuscript aside and … Continue reading →

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BETWEEN THE STACKS

Posted on January 1, 2014 by

BETWEEN THE STACKS Vern was an awkward boy, built square, as wide as he was tall, a pale-skinned boy and very shy. Each time he was called on in class and met the teacher’s demand for a certain fact, I … Continue reading →

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RESULTS of WHAT’S ON PAGE 25?

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

The Blog Hop gave me some interesting responses from blog hoppers and a few new readers, hopefully. The winner will get a free copy of my book and a one from the other 24 authors, PLUS the high end Kindle … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Book Review Please, rate this essay with stars above. In the book publishing world book reviews seem to have taken an inordinate position in the self-publishers’ arsenal of market strategies. How else is anyone going to decide to buy this … Continue reading →

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NEXT BIG THING BLOG HOP

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

I’ve been tagged in The Next Big Thing Blog Hop. If you haven’t heard of it, it is a chance for authors around the world to say what they’re working on. The gracious Lynn Schneider, author of Perigee Moon tagged … Continue reading →

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