Let’s take a look behind another header on the Byways Books! Say, have you noticed the change that occurs from book to book depending on which brother’s adventure is featured? My illustrator and I worked out that little detail (among others) even before the first book in the series released. Continue reading BYWAYS: Behind the Header
You listen to me, sprat. The twelve mountains are miraculous places, and their Keepers are venerable souls at the pinnacle of their craft. The acclaim of every master sculptor reaches to the farthest corner of the four continents!”
—MEADOWSWEET by C. J. Milbrandt
Good Backup. Cover illustrations are all-important when it comes to digital books (and Hannah Christenson does an amazing job with the Byways series). But print editions need that little extra: back covers. Take a look at the details we included on the flip side of every Byways Book. Continue reading BYWAYS: Back Covers
This is a slender volume I picked up at the library. Two chapters in, I knew I was in kindred spirit territory and ordered my own copy. A Nearer Moon by Melanie Crowder is Continue reading #amreading: A Nearer Moon
I’m continuing a series of posts that offer a peek behind the Byways header. On a related note, do you recognize the four creatures it features? From top left, circling clockwise, they are Continue reading BYWAYS: Behind the Header
From the author of The Twistrose Key. I love finding out that an author who wrote a story I enjoyed has a new book coming out. Since Tone Almhiell charmed me with her world-building in The Twistrose Key, I pre-ordered her latest middlegrade adventure, which is due to release in August 2016. Can’t wait to be carried back to the world of Sylver!
Snobbish airs, grandiose words, foppish clothes—Aurelius didn’t deviate one bit from his usual presumption.
—HARROW by C.J. Milbrandt
I love the Byways header, which features some of the magical, mythical creatures inhabiting Libery’s wild places. It adapts its hues to suit the setting. It shifts like a Changer to show which brother’s story you’re holding. (You noticed that, right?) AND, it blocks a good portion of Hannah Christenson’s cover illustrations. So I thought you might enjoy a peek at unseen things. Over the next several weeks, I’ll show you what’s going on behind the scenes. Continue reading BYWAYS: Behind the Header
Big batch of books went out to GoodReads winners this morning. Have you had luck signing up for their giveaways? I have three Byways titles in their giveaway queue Continue reading GOODREADS: Giveaway Winners
Two years ago today, the Byways series was “born on the 4th of July.” On Your Marks: The Adventure Begins kicks off a three-way storyline that follows the courses of three brothers. Ewan, Zane, and Ganix take sibling rivalry to new lengths as they race each other across their homeland. While Liberty isn’t anything like the USA, each book in the unfolding tale takes its cue from one of the fifty states. That educational twist sets these children’s chapter books apart, proving that learning can be all kinds of fun.
Stowaways. Runaways. Royalty. Rogues. Magic. Mischief. Luck. Learning.
C. J. Milbrandt 