Join us on Con-Tinual for a fun conversation on K-Pop Demon Hunter with Elizabeth Davis, @alkaplanauthor.bsky.social, and host @jpnettles.bsky.social! www.facebook.com/share/p/17Nx...

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My Mysticon Schedule Mysticon is only a few weeks away. January 23-25, 2026 Holiday Inn Tanglewood Roanoke, VA Here is where you can find me: Friday, January 23 4:00 PM - Author Signing Table A 6:00 PM - Poisons, Plots, and Potions: Inside the Apothecary Diaries BOARDROOM Step into the intrigue of…

Con-Tinual: KPop Demon Hunters Here is a great way to start the new Year! Join us for a fun conversation on KPop Demon Hunters with Elizabeth Davis, A. L. Kaplan, and host James P. Nettles III! Con-Tinual: KPop Demon Hunters

Registration for #Balticon is open! Guest of Honor Jim Butcher (Dresden Files) Current full weekend adult rate is $75.00 The rate is half price for ages 13 - 25 and all active duty #military Under 13 are free with an adult. @balticon.bsky.social #sci-fi #gaming #cosplay www.balticon.org

Star Touched is on Sale at Bookshop.com Run on over to Bookshop.com and pick up a copy of Star Touched. They also have Dragon's Hanukkah and Mark of the Goddess

Parking for Dragon’s Hanukkah Book Launch For those of you coming to the book launch today, there is a pubic parking lot off of Main street. Turn up on Center Street. Take the staircase down to Main Street. The Last Word Bookstore is across the street. (116 Main Street, Mount Airy, Maryland)…

Dragon’s Hanukkah Book Launch Today at 4:00 PM! I'm looking forward to seeing you at the Dragon's Hanukkah book launch. There will be donuts and another Sour Cream vs Apple Sauce poll! Sunday, December 14, 2025 4:00- 5:00 PM The Last Word Bookstore116 S. Main StreetMt. Airy, MD 21771

I’m on A Book Finds You! Podcast Recording this podcast was fun. Thank you MWA and Rob Jolles. You can listen here!

Ruth Glick 5 stars A little dragon takes us on a charming journey through the fun and serious aspects of the Hanukkah holiday. I loved the author’s appealing drawings and I was glad to have her recipe for the potato latkes at the end of the story.

More Fantastic Reviews of Dragon’s Hanukkah Elisabeth Lang 5 stars A happy story and includes the recipe to make latkes together – recommend Loved the sweet drawings and the inclusion of the recipe, so can use with the book to make latkes together. A happy story on building family traditions.

Great Review of Dragon’s Hanukkah 5 stars All Three Grandkids Enjoyed it! I LOVE THIS BOOK and am happy I bought it! The illustrations are gorgeous as is the color palette. The story is informative and meaningful.

Sour cream vs Applesauce How do you eat your latkes? I took a vote today at the Hanukkah Shuk and here are the results. Sour cream: 43 Applesauce: 87 We'll see what the votes say next week at the official book launch. Hope to see you there!

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New Redbubble Design: Happy Hanukkah In honor of Dragon's Hanukkah, I have a new Redbubble design. Order now to have it in time for the holidays

Dragon’s Hanukkah Book Launch We are having a celebration... for Dragon’s Hanukkah December 14, 2025 4:00-5:00 PM The Last Word Bookstore116 S. Main StreetMt. Airy, MD 21771 Come join the fun. Meet the author. Then head over to the Menorah Lighting event in the Railyard (1 N. Main St.) at 5:00 PM. 

Come to the Shuk December 7, 2027 Looking for a great holiday gift? Come to the Hanukkah Shuk at Temple Isaiah I'll be there with my books, jam, and other fun stuff December 7, 2027 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM 12200 Scaggsville Rd. Fulton, MD 20759

New BE WHO YOU ARE Design I have a new BE WHO YOU ARE Design on Redbubble. It is also available on long sleeve and sweatshirts. These make great gifts! Remember Only you can BE WHO YOU ARE

Introducing: Dragon’s Hanukkah! It’s Hanukkah, and Dragon is helping his family celebrate. I had a great time not only writing this little story, but illustrating it with watercolors as well.

Here is your last clue

Here is another hint Put the pieces together.

Something special is coming Can you figure out what?

Looking for something to do November 23rd? Come to Books and Brews Union Craft Brewery 1700 W 41st St #420 Baltimore, MD 21211 Over 18 wonderful local authors! Grab a drink and buy some books. Or a bite to eat from Carroll and Son Fine Foods. I'll be there with books and fig jam. Both make…

Looking for that perfect gift? Books make excellent gifts and I have several to choose from. If you're game for something to wear, visit my Redbubble Shop. They have a 50% off sale going on right now!

USDA Statement Violations This is the banner on the USDA website. “Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued…

No Kings Day: A Day of Love and Support of the USA Constitution On October 18, 2025 I exercised my constitutional rights by participating in one of the demonstrations around the country. I was one of over 7,000,000 people in around 2700 protests around the country. Columbia, Maryland had more than…

Carroll County Farmers Market Author Day November 1, 2025 Come To The Carroll County Farmers Market November 1, 2025 8:00-2:00 I'll be there with my books and a few other special items. Carroll County Agriculture Center700 Agriculture Dr.Westminster, MD 21157

Gremlins: Presented by Con-Tinual It's time for holiday horror as we revisit the 80's glory of the Gremlins franchise with Jack Cullen, Amy Kaplan, and host James P. Nettles III! You can watch it HERE!

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: James and the Giant Peach Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl I was surprised to learn this book has been challenged. Yes, it has scarry things, but so does life. In the end, James finally finds the home he deserves. I…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: A Wrinkle in Time Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle I read this book in collage as an assignment. It was a lot of fun. My daughter really liked it as well. While not banned, it has been challenged several times. It…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: The Call of the Wild Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books The Call of the Wild Jack London This is a fantastic book that depicts the brutality of life during the Alaskan gold rush. At its heart, it is a story of survival. I read all the sequels as well.…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: A Farewell to Arms Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemmingway War sucks and this book shows it well. I read this in HS. A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: The Golden Compass Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books The Golden Compass Philip Pullman Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger.…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: The Complete Perseposil Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books The Complete Perseposil Marjane Satrapi My daughter recommended this one to me. It is a graphic novel, but not for kids. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: Of Mice and Men Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Another story I read in HS. They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: Brave New World Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books Brave New World Aldous Huxley Hard to believe, but this was another HS read. I really appreciate my school more now than ever before. Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature,…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: Lord of the Flies Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books Lord of the Flies William Golding I read this one is HS and it was an eyeopener into human nature. We had some great discussions in class. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: The Hunger Games Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins My daughter suggested I read this one and I loved it. It does have a lot of violence in it, but so do most dystopian stories. It’s a great opening for discussion with…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: Water for Elephants Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books Water for Elephants Sara Gruen When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus…

The stakes are high and the time is now. Trump's militarized crackdown on dissent is a threat to our very democracy. October 18 we stand against authoritarian overreach and we send a LOUD message: #nokingsinamerica #NoKings #NoKingsDay Find and event near you.

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: To Kill A Mockingbird Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee This was another book that I read in HS. I’m beginning to wonder what they are using now. I really enjoyed this one. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read: The Handmaid’s Tale Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood Here is another very relevant book. I didn’t read this one until earlier this year. Margaret Atwood is a visionary. In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future,…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read 10-8-25 Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books Animal Farm George Orwell George Orwell has the distinction of having two great books on this list. And yes, I read this one in HS. A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read 10/7/25 Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books 1984 George Orwell Another HS classic read. 2+2 does not =5 This one really stuck with me and feels even more relevant today. A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment where war is peace freedom is slavery and…

Banned And Challenged Books I’ve Read 10/6/25 Exercise Your Rights: Read Banned Books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury I remember reading this on in H.S. and thought it would be a good book to start with. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed…

Book Review – Gold Dust Gold Dust, by Catherine Assaro, is the second Dust Knights novel. This is an exciting standalone story with a large cast of characters that centers around the Undercity kids who have joined the Raylicon Olympic team and their teammates. There is Bahaaj, a retired and…

Never Forget: 9/11/2001

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Come the the Baltimore Book Festival I’ll be at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association table most of the weekend. Say hi and pick of some new books.