**BOOK BIRTHDAY + GIVEAWAY + WINNER**

Dear Reader,

It's an exciting BOOK BIRTHDAY for Author McCallum Morgan. You met him last week when he shared about his writing journey and inspiration for his first book, A HOLE IN THE ICE. (Random.org has picked a winner TBA at the end of the post. Today is the official release date of the sequel, A HOLE IN THE SEA and McCallum is giving away two autographed copies of his new book:
Check out the Facebook release party for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/529259667240305/   
Rafflecopter giveaway:
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/67e36af22/ 

Summary of A Hole in the Sea:
Parsifal and Balder are trapped on the arctic ice after Lady Vasille and Lord Keazund vanish into the Sea. The magical Compass shows Parsifal dire warnings of storm and mermaid. Unable to resist the hole in the ice, the two friends [plunge in and] find themselves cast adrift on an otherworldly Sea filled with myth and dangerous monsters. Guided by Dioktes, a strange old man of doubtful motives, they come to the Port, a floating city of wreckage ruled by a desperate rabble. Lady Vasille has designs upon the Port and upon all of the Sea and will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted Compass. If Parsifal isn’t careful, he and his friends will be caught up in her schemes once more. But it’s hard to be careful when you’re trying to survive.





Author McCallum Morgan talks about writing the sequel, A Hole in the Sea. . .

        The sequel was really fun to write. I was really into the characters by now and they came naturally to me, almost as if they were telling the story themselves. I’d plotted out vague events long before I got around to writing the book, so the rough draft came rather fast; but I still had to work on fleshing out the emotional plot (thank you again, Clara). Figuring out the deeper storyline seems to be the hardest part for me. At least that was true in this series, because I’d plotted out the overarching action beforehand and hadn’t meshed it with a solid emotional storyline from the beginning.     

Like my first book, I drew inspiration from those old games of make-believe that my brother and I so enjoyed. The new, monstrous character of Wilma Jones first originated in some long-ago pirate adventure. She was originally Wilma Jean, the name that popped into my head when an old scrap of wood shaped like a claw (if you used your imagination) came into my hands. She’s half-crustacean, so it seemed only natural to wed her to Davy Jones. Thus we have the parents for the nightmarish Tan Noz (named after some coastal British goblins). If I remember correctly, the Tan Noz are actually leftover evidence of my brother’s plotline from the game we created that inspired the books.

One of the most exciting things about the sequel happened as I was getting it ready for Little Bird Publishing House. I was given an opportunity to turn a song that’s sung by the new character Fou into an actual song! I hope to have it available as a free download on my website: www.mccallumjmorgan.weebly.com, but I’m not sure when it will be up.

THE LUCKY WINNER of a HOLE IN THE ICE is:

     ************MARGARET BRUETSCH***************

             !!!!!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS, MARGARET!!!!!!! 

Margaret, please e-mail me (claragillowclark(at)gmail(dot)com with your mailing address, and your book will be on its way to you soon!

Please join the Birthday Party and stop by McCallum's FB page or click on the Rafflecopter link below for a chance to win a Hot-off-the-Press paperback of A HOLE IN THE SEA.

Check out the Facebook release party for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/529259667240305/

Rafflecopter giveaway:
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/67e36af22/ 

Thanks for stopping by! Next up is the Award Winning Author/Illustrator, the amazing Suzanne Bloom!