Rebecca M. Douglass, Author

It's here at last! Help yourself to the hors d'oeuvres, get a mug of hot cocoa (hey, this is a kids book! Stay out of the adult beverages!), and join the party. I got the box the day before Thanksgiving. The excitement of opening a whole box of my books never grows old. Stinky and Stinklet are excited there are now three books all about them. (Shh! I haven't told them that the books are mostly about the people of Skunk Corners). In honor of the great occasion, the skunks are hosting a special giveaway--the new ebook for two lucky winners! a Rafflecopter giveaway And for today only--contact us to purchase ANY of our books directly (signed!) and we'll pick up the shipping costs.    Purchase links: Kindle Paperback B&N Smashwords iTunes

I'm pleased to share that The Problem of Peggy: The Ninja Librarian Book 3 has come back from all the editors and beta-readers, and progress is happening once again. I expect to complete edits--mostly minor--in the next few weeks, before sending it out for a final edit and proof-read. The cover is also nearly done--except that part where I remembered I needed a blurb for the back cover, for advertising, etc. I've obviously waited too long between books, to be forgetting that sort of thing! I'll be doing a cover reveal in a couple of weeks, and if you'd like to participate, drop me a PM. By then I should have all the pre-order stuff set up, and have polished that all-important blurb. The cover was a struggle this time, but I think among us (that would be my cover artist, Danielle English , my co-worker Laurie, and yours truly) we came up with a good one. It will be a match for the first two, so that the trio (oh no! have I written a trilogy? I might have to write a four...

In a nice collision of discouragements to a new story, not only did Terribleminds.com not give us a writing prompt this week, but the Ninja Librarian was out backpacking and only got home late Wednesday. Somehow, with all the other chores, a new story didn't get written. So...how about a sneak preview of The Problem of Peggy, i.e. the Ninja Librarian #3? This is from Chapter 1, and is about 2000 words. Trouble Brewing With nothing much for entertainment in Skunk Corners, everyone came to the spelling bee. They couldn’t all jam into the schoolroom, so we all trooped over to Tess’s, where the barroom had more space. Johnny agreed not to serve anything stronger than sarsaparilla while the kids were there, and we got down to some serious spelling. Eunice Reeves was up, trying to spell “procrastination,” when I slipped out the door for some air and a trip to the privy. Tom and Tess between them were running the spelling bee, and doing a fine job of it.   I finished what I went out to d...

Just for fun...a little excerpt from the 4th of July in Skunk Corners, as the author is very busy just now and is already late with this post :D  It's a little long, being a whole chapter from The Ninja Librarian , but it's good reading for this holiday! THE NINJA LIBRARIAN AND THE GLORIOUS FOURTH, PART II I have seldom enjoyed a meal as much as I did that Independence Day picnic.  I sat with Tommy and Peggy, and it would be hard to say which of us ate the most.  I’d never have believed kids their size could stow away that much food, though some of it may have ended up in pockets for later.   Across from us, the Ninja Librarian ate with a restraint I could scarcely imagine.  Either they teach an awful sort of self-denial wherever he learned to be what he is, or he’s a far better cook than I am. Or maybe not all those widows had given up.   I was distracted from the thought by the appearance of another dish of potato salad.  By the time we’d taken care ...