On May 4th (yes, Star Wars Day!), due to what I can only assume was a clerical error on someone’s part, I was named on of this year’s five Wisconsin Teachers of the Year! Self-deprecating comments aside, this is really a great honor, although I think less about what I’ve done as a teacher (although …
A couple years ago (yeesh–where has the time gone!) Whitnall Middle School was nice enough to have me in to run some Writers Workshops and give presentations for the students. A few weeks later, the librarians who arranged my visit reached out and asked if I’d be willing to record a couple short lessons to …
Nope, I have not been resting on my laurels. Mostly because I have no laurels on which to rest. I had to sell them to buy eggs, and not many of them at these prices. Anyhoo, I currently have a children’s picture book (as opposed to an adult’s picture book, which should totally be a …
Recently I’ve gotten several questions from people wanting to know what I’m working on, if I have any books coming out, and if there will be any more Dreadful Fairy books, so I decided to finally get off my duff and write a post. (Actually, I guess I got on my duff to do that …
Almost a year ago, Whitnall Middle School was kind enough to invite me to be their writer-in-residence for a day, which included several writers workshops for the kids and presentation to all three grades. In the lead up to that day, their librarians asked if I would be willing to record a promo or two …
I’m honored to report that Yet Another Dreadful Fairy Book has won honorable mention (basically second place) for the Council for Wisconsin Writers’ Tofte/Wright Children’s Literary Award! In addition to a small cash prize, the award comes with a one-week residency at the Painted Forest in Valton, Wisconsin, which will be a great opportunity to …
For those of you who have asked what Quentin Q. Quacksworth, Esq. looks like (since he, of course, refuses to show up to any public events related to Those Dreadful Fairy Books), here he is in all his whiskery glory. This picture was taken right after he won that Blabby Award for Narratorial Excellence for …
Well, Yet Another Dreadful Fairy Book is out in the world and it has been my pleasure over this first week of its release to host a book launch party (complete with home craft project) on Wauwatosa Public Library’s Children’s Department’s Facebook page and do a reading/book talk/Q&A with Mystery To Me Bookstore via Crowdcast. …
I’m excited (but also a little sad) to announce that today the third and final installment of Those Dreadful Fairy Books, Yet Another Dreadful Fairy Book, is now available in stores and from online retailers and anywhere else you can get books! When I wrote A Dreadful Fairy Book four and a half years ago, …
…until Yet Another Dreadful Fairy Book, the third and final (maybe?) of Those Dreadful Fairy Books will be in stores, popping up in mail boxes, and on library shelves! To tide you over, enjoy these awesome illustration from the book by my partner-in-crime, Adam Horsepool.
Jon Etter 