December 1st, 2025: I’m on faculty! Yes! I’ll be presenting as faculty at this year’s WIK conference. My presentation will focus on what has worked for me as far as marketing my books and what hasn’t, and hopefully sharing some insights with my fellow children’s book authors. I’m super excited Read more
I am very proud to be a contributor to this amazing book by women lawyers, published by #GAWL (Georgia Association of Women Lawyers), founded in 1928. The ebook is on sale today, with hard copies availabe 3/29. All net proceeds of book sales benefit GAWL’s programs and services, which serves Read more
As all serious, semi-serious, and even hobbist writers know, you can put your writing out there for years, and see it blow away in a sour gust of hot air caused by a million sighs of the unimpressed. That’s why even the slightest encouragement, be it a five or four Read more
https://drjreads.blogspot.com/2020/06/an-interview-with-author-kam-karem.html I was super luck to have educator Dr. J. interview me for his blog, Dr. J Reads! You can read the interview by clicking the link above. Dr. J. is a maybe a bigger marvel fan than I am. You can learn more about him and the other books Read more
June 5th, 2020 is World Environment Day. The UN Environment Program (UNEP) organizes this every year to encourages people to be aware of the environment and to take positive steps for its protection. This year’s theme is ‘Time for Nature. The website expresses it beautifully: The foods we eat, the Read more
June is writing contest month for Southern Breeze, the Georgia/Alabama/Coastal Florida region of the Society for Book Writers & Illustrators. Throughout the months of May and June, we’re sponsoring manuscript swap events all over the region. These are free events, open to the public. Simply notify the host you’re coming, Read more
We all know Saint Patrick’s Day was Sunday, but did you know this week has another important “Green” day? Thursday, March 21, 2019 is the annual International Day of Forests, and it’s hard to get greener than that. In 2012, the United Nations established this day with its purpose being Read more
MY STORY’S ORIGIN STORY My book, Ranger Nader & The Sunstruck Phantom is a revenge book. It was inspired by two other stories. The first is my Grandpa Karem’s family history. As per Gramps, his family came from a tiny town located on the tip top of a very high Read more