About
DeborahRiley-Magnus is an author and The Author Success Coach. She has a twenty-sevenyear professional background in marketing, advertising and public relations asa writer for print, television and radio. She owns a small Author SuccessCoaching business focused exclusively on publicity, marketing and promotionalsolutions for authors.
Deborahproduces several pieces weekly for various websites including her authorwebsite http://deborahriley-magnus.com/and a writing/author support website called Whispers of the Muse, http://whispersofthemuse.org/ She also writes an author industry blog, http://rileymagnus.wordpress.com/and teaches online and live workshops as an Author Success Coach. TheAuthor Success Coach website http://theauthorsuccesscoach.com,is currently under construction.
Herfirst fiction, an urban fantasy entitled Coldin California, was released by ireadiwrite Publishing on June 15, 2011.
Shecan be followed on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/deborah.rileymagnus, and Twitter, http://twitter.com/rileymagnus.She belongs to several writing and professional organizations and is a memberof the WriteSEX blog group, http://www.writesex.net/ as themarketing, promotions and publicity expert.
Thisyear she has two novels and one non-fiction coming out. The Author Success Coach: Strategies for Author Success in a TurbulentPublishing Landscape is scheduled for release in September, 2011.
She has lived on both the east and west coast ofthe United Statesand has traveled the country widely.
Description
<p>Does your child have ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)?</p><p>Meet David, one of award-winning author Sherrill S. Cannon's "Classroom of Kids," who manages his ADHD with the help of classmates.</p><p>David discovers ways to cope with his hyperactive brain, while learning how to calm and soothe his ADHD. Solutions include setting daily schedules and following simple rules that regulate behavior. His teachers and therapists encourage using the computer for academic advancement, and to establish a pattern for study as well as for occasional recreation. David not only learns self-control and communication skills, but is able to fit into the classroom and make friends.</p><p>Once again social values are emphasized in the author's latest illustrated children's story, and classroom friends from previous books are featured. In fact, David has been part of the class for a long time!</p><p><strong><em>"David's ADHD</em></strong><em> is a timely topic for parents and children. A story in rhyme that demystifies ADHD. It explains a youngster's behavior in terms of his inattentiveness and impulsivity and how it impacts those around him. A sensitive way of creating understanding for children with ADHD and their families."</em> - <strong>Dr. Valerie Allen, licensed school psychologist</strong></p><p><strong>Author Bio: </strong></p><p>Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won 76 awards for her previous 11 rhyming books. She is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. The author has been called "an absolute master of rhyming" and "a modern-day Dr. Seuss."</p>
Story Behind The Book
To explore redemption for a vampire, one must recreate the mythology, and thus, "Cold in California" is the first of the "Twice-Baked Vampire" series. Of course, it had to have humor too, right?
Reviews
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">“Spend
some time with twice-baked vampire, Gabriel and you’ll not only discover a new mythology,
but a new world called COLD IN CALIFORNIA.”</span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span> </span><span> </span><em>~ Joe Wilson</em></span></p>
<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';" class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span> </span>Writer/Director
of “Vampire Mob”</span></em></p>
