Mr Carlson's class was very forgiving, but I felt like I had to make it up to them. Witness some awesome pictures they drew in preparation:īut on the day we were set to Skype. So this year we had our annual Skype visit lined up, and Mr. C! Here's a picture I drew of him last year as a zombie: I love Skyping, especially for teachers as awesome as Mr. Case in point, a few weeks ago, I had a Skype visit planned with the great Eric Carlson ( a Minnesota teacher who has read Peter Nimble to his class for the last three years. My wife and I recently had a new baby, which means I have momentarily become terrible at organizing my schedule. I cannot wait to share this story with the world. Also, it has way more monsters! The book will come out Spring 2016. but it is not their story. The tone is darker and the stakes are much higher. Peter Nimble and Sir Tode are a major part of the story. Sophie Quire is technically a companion to my first novel, Peter Nimble & his Fantastic Eyes - but it is also a standalone story with a different hero set in a different world. The combined books are in many ways an examination of what it means to live in a world that has lost its sense of enchantment. But every time I got to that point, I thought of Sophie - mending books in a city that no longer read stories - and I knew I had to finish. Two years is a lot of time for most writers, but for me it was a sprint that very nearly broke me. More than a few times, I considered abandoning the book altogether. This book has been without question the most difficult challenge of my career. I am delighted to announce that after more than 4,000 hours of writing, Sophie Quire & the Last Storyguardis finished!

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