Paranormal Central

When I first set up my web site, I titled one of the pages “It’s all about me”. What can I say? After all, I was setting up a site designed to promote my books and me. However, as I have learned, sometimes the best way to get noticed is to let someone else do it for you. It’s called reciprocal promotion. Okay, I just made that up, but it is really something like that. You see, since joining VTB-Writers on the move, I learned how important it is for authors to work together. Collectively, we possess a wealth of knowledge about our industry (particularly the digital side of publishing) and maintain contacts that no single individual can boast in a lifetime of bogging. It is for this reason that we reach out to help others who are in our shoes. By reading each other’s works and posting reviews on social networking sites, e-publishing feedback pages and linking to one another’s home pages, we promote each other in ways no one person can. It is in that spirit that I would like to introduce you to Crystalee Calderwood. Crystalee is, by all accounts, the busiest author in the business. When I Googled her in preparation for this blog, I struck on no less than seventeen pages dedicated entirely to her! Only Michelle Obama returned more page hits than that. But it is with good reason that so much of the web is dedicated to Crystalee. Her reviews shine and her accolades are many. Most of the buzz swirling around this talented author is over her picture book “Angeline Jellybean” about a young girl that only wants to eat jellybeans. The book is filled with marvelous illustrations by Stephen Macquignon, who also collaborated with Rich Aaron on the book "Would a Kangaraffe Make You Laff?", Dana Warren on the book, "Colors" and Ransom Noble on "The Art of Science". You can find Angeline Jellybean on Amazon.com and from the publisher 4RV Publishing, LLC. http://www.4rvpublishingllc.com

Here is a bit more about Crystalee from her blog http://crystaleecalderwood.blogspot.com/

Crystalee Calderwood is a born poet turned children's writer, small town girl turned big city dweller. She moved from Altoona, Pennsylvania, to Pittsburgh, when she was twenty-two years old to attend the MFA in Creative Writing program at Chatham University. It was there she took her first class in writing for children and adolescents, and she's never looked back. As a member of Literacy*AmeriCorps Pittsburgh, Crystalee had the pleasure of interacting with children in the community through the non-profit organization, Beginning with Books. She introduced children to great books in hopes that they would fall in love with them the way she has. In her spare time, Crystalee likes to surf the internet and read YA novels. She spends a crazy amount of time in her own head, formulating ideas for picture books out of things she has overheard throughout the day. She is currently working on a YA novel that takes place in Pittsburgh, and has ideas for two more novels. I just want to say Good Job to Crystalee, and to keep it up. Dr. Seuss watch out!

Angeling Jellybean                  Crystalee Calderwood