Hello April!

Thank goodness March is behind us. Winter has been rough this year in New England. I am soooooo ready for Spring!

My husband loves to fish, and he's gearing up for fishing season by working on his fly collection. I love all the different colors and textures of the threads. My favorite is the sparkly silver one--I call it the "disco" thread, although I'm not sure fly-fishermen would appreciate that term.

My way to celebrate Spring? Daffodils! I have planted hundreds of different varieties of daffs in my garden, and I can't wait for all of them to bloom.

I'm super happy to announce that LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE got another great review at The Very Hungry Bookworm. Not only did Becca love the book ("What a great lesson for kids!"), she is also offering a give-away. Please stop by to enter the give-away, which includes a paperback book, Licking Lucy lip balm, bookmarks and cards. Thanks Becca!

Hope all of you have a wonderful spring!

Nina

Monday Morning Updates!

1. Lucy got a bath this weekend. Natty, my 10 year old daughter, LOVES to give Lucy a bath. I'm not sure Lucy enjoys it all that much, but she is very nice and fluffy right now.

2. LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE got a super nice shout-out by bestselling author Eloisa James on her Facebook page. Eloisa also has a doxie--an adorable rescue dachshund named Lucy! She said LTWW is "a great book for any short people in your life who love wiener dogs"....YAY!

3. The paperback version of our book is ON SALE for only $7.65 at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.


Happy Week from Nina and Lucy!

Weenie Dogs Can Read, Too!

Huge gigantic thanks to Heidi Reid, owner of Poor Meadows Dachshunds in Maine, for this adorable photo of "Cher" with our book! We adopted Lucy from Poor Meadows five years ago. Here's the story in a nutshell.

We had Rudy, our first doxie, for 15 years. She was the most awesome dog ever! The day she died broke my heart. We quickly adopted another doxie puppy (from Cape Cod) and named her Penny. Tragically, Penny died three weeks later and it was devastating for our family.

I was a wreck. Heidi emailed to let me know she had an adorable ball of black fluff--a surprise long-haired puppy born to two short-haired parents. No one wanted her. Was I interested?

I couldn't zoom up to Maine fast enough to get her!

She looked like a little bear cub. I could barely see her eyes in all the fluff.

Lucy healed our family's broken hearts and became our most loving, affectionate dog.

If you want to see some of the most adorable photos in the universe, check out Heidi's Facebook photo pages. She has tons of puppy pics, including more with LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE!

Lucy is feeling too lazy to read at the moment.

She's hanging out in front of the heating vent with Natty!

Happy Friday!

Nina

Lucy Goes Digital!

Once upon a time, I wrote a book with Sara Pulver. I figured we would release it as a print version, since it never occurred to me that a children's book would be appropriate in digital format.

Then my husband started bugging me. "Why aren't you releasing it as an ebook?"

Me, exasperated: "Duh!!!! It's a kid's book!"

Him: "Duh! Kids read Kindles, kids read books on iPads, get with the program."

So, I mulled over this idea for a bit and decided that yes, kids are hip and happening in the digital age, and that I could totally see a family stuck in a car for 14 hours driving to Michigan for a family reunion, and the kids were in the backseat reading digital books, and one of those kids might want to read about a super hero weenie dog and get a good chuckle.

Hey, hubby is smart!

So I contacted digital formatting master Jaye, who got me in touch with digital formatting master Jayne, who made us the most adorable, creative, cool, totally impressive digital version of LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE! Full color! ADORABLE!

And, I decided to jump start our digital sales with a super low, low price. 99 cents!!!!!

A super sweet, super fun, super heroic weenie dog for only 99 cents?

What a sweet deal!

If you have a Kindle Fire or iPad or other full color tablet, check out this awesome version of LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE for only 99 cents! ------>

PURCHASE KINDLE VERSION OF LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE HERE!

Feeling extremely hip and happening in the digital world,
Nina

Winners!

We have winners for the give-away!

1. Mrs Missive
2. Xha
3. CBrand
4. Little Blue Dot
5. Jackie

Could Little Blue Dot and Jackie please email me at penelope DOT romance AT gmail DOT com and let me know their snail mail addy so I can send the book!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and shared your pet stories with us.

Nina

Free Book Alert! Give-away For LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE!

Hi! My name is Lucy. My mom...

...Nina Clark, decided to write a book about a super hero weenie dog named Lucy. (That would be me). She found a super amazing artist to do the paintings...

...that would be Sara Pulver. 

So far the book LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE...

...has been getting some good feedback. "Adorable." "Fun!" "Sooooo cuuuuuute!" "Lovely." "I think it's funny." And my favorite..."This book smacks of happiness."

...my idea of happiness is a big jumbo pile of doggie treats! YUM!

So, anyway, I told my mom I think we should give away some free copies of our new book...

And she said yes! Hooray!

So, here's the deal. We are giving away five free copies of LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE. All you have to do is leave a comment with your email address, and tell us about your favorite pet! You'll be entered to win the drawing for the books.

In the meantime, I'll be taking a nap. Being a super hero is exhausting.

DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A COMMENT WITH YOUR EMAIL! TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE SUPER HERO PET...DOG, CAT, FISH, WHATEVER! CONTEST IS OPEN THROUGH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 

Have a nappy day,

Lucy

IT'S RELEASE DAY!

After months of hard work, tweaking, fixing, changing, editing, writing, painting, and wondering...it's here! LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE is now available for purchase at Amazon in paperback!!!!!!

YEE HAW!!!!!

Here's the PURCHASE LINK! 

If you're looking for a sweet story about a miniature dachshund with an obsessive compulsive licking disorder who turns into a super hero....then, this book is for you! It's $9.99 in paperback, 32 pages long, in full color, and 8.5 x 8.5 in size. We will also be publishing it in digital format eventually.

This book would make a great birthday gift for a child, a fun novelty gift for someone obsessed with weenie dogs (cough, cough), a conversation starter on your coffee table, or if you're desperate, something to hold up the blinds. Be creative! Thanks to the incredible talent of artist Sara Pulver, this story has come to life. Her quirky, surprising, adorable images are pure magic.

We will have some fun promotional events going on soon. Stay tuned!

Yay!

Yippee!

Woo hoo!

My heart is full of happiness!

Thank you to all of our friends, family, colleagues, neighbors and most especially our super hero pets for their love, support and help with this project.

WEENIES FOR THE WIN!

Nina and Sara