Tag: children

Book is Published!

Update: It seems that writing the story is not the hardest part, it is getting it out there. What’s happening? Not much I think but there is work being done in the background that I am not aware of. The eBook will take a couple of months before it shows up because there is a backlog and it takes time according to the publisher. For now, the book is just another title in Amazon’s massive children’s book category. I do see that booksellers have “one in stock” signs but not sure if that is a strategy to move the book or it is being bought. I’m telling myself be patient and it will work itself out if it was meant to be. You know how you want things to MOVE, that’s where I’m at right now!

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I see it online but I can’t believe it yet! Anyway, it is on Amazon and other online booksellers but I don’t think you can order it yet. According to publisher, it is going to take a week or two to right itself out.

“The Excellent Adventures of Honey & Hubie.”

In the meantime, they are working on stocking the book. All I can tell you is that the cover looks good, it is very colorful, and stands out enough to catch a child’s eye. The characters look inviting enough for a child to want to read it and I don’t think they will be disappointed once they do. However, I am my own worst critic so I think, it could have been better! That’s coming out of a perfectionist’s mouth!

I hope it does well, fingers and toes crossed!

Terror in Manchester

Shortly after 10.33 pm last night, just after the conclusion of American singer and pop idol Ariana Grande’s concert, a man in a suicide vest with a bomb strapped to it detonated an explosive device killing 22 people and injuring more than 50 people.  Most of the dead were children. They are known as “soft targets.”  Police are treating the incident as a terrorist attack.

We’ve seen this scenario often enough.  Remember the Bataclan in France?  On Friday 13, November 2015, three heavily armed men got out of a black Volkswagen Polo and entered the concert hall, three hours later, the carnage included 90 dead and many many critically injured among the victims.  In December 2016, a lorry driven by a Tunisian man drove into a crowded Berlin Christmas market killing 12 and leaving 48 injured.  Again, there was sorrow and anger at the senseless killing of so many and again, the country involved had to stand tall and not flinch at the slaughter of so many innocents.  German author, Anne Wizorek, said it best during her speech to the people gathered to pay their respects at the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin.  “We need radical solidarity.  We have to stand together and not be torn apart.  We cannot let the hate and the fear have a platform.”

So, here we are again, shocked beyond belief at the senseless and horrific killing of so many, including children.  It should have been a night of fun and unforgettable memories.  Instead, many will carry images of people strewn around like rag dolls and blood  and body parts splattered everywhere.  Furthermore, for the dead the memories have stopped for all eternity.

Evil has a name, it is called terror.  This kind of terror will happen over and over again and stopping it will be like looking for a “needle in a haystack.”  Even if they do find a way to stop it, knowing when and where the next attack will take place will be a guessing game.

That is the scary reality.