Authors, Kai Strand & LA Dragoni

 Today, I welcome Penny Lockwood, author of the middle grade ghost stories, Ghost for Rent and Ghost for Lunch , which are now combined into one conveniet book, Ghostly Visions . Penny and her books are from small town Oregon and she's here to talk about why she chose these adorable little towns for her stories' settings.  Take it away, Penny! GHOSTLY VISIONS A Tween Book Set in Rural Oregon Ghostly Visions is a two-for-one book for grades four, five and six, containing Ghost for Rent , set in Scappoose, Oregon, a small rural community of about 6,700 people, and Ghost for Lunch , set in St. Helens, Oregon, the county seat for Columbia County, and home to about 13,000 people. Why did I choose these small towns for my stories?  It’s simple.  I followed the basic rule of writing: write what you know.  In September 1978, my husband and I moved from California, where we met, to Scappoose, Oregon.  We fell in love with the rural area, the f...

Welcome to Three Times A Charm. I love meeting new authors, illustrators, bloggers, agents, editors or promoters from the children’s publishing industry and sharing their careers with my readers. Today’s guest is author Penny Lockwood. She is stopping by Strands of Thought as she tours the internet with her new book Boo’s Bad Day. Welcome Penny. Tell us about you, please. Kai, thanks for hosting me.  At the end of the tour, I will pick out one commenter’s name and send an autographed copy of Boo’s Bad Day to a United States address only.  If the name I pick is someone who lives outside the U.S., I will send a PDF copy of the book.  So remember, readers, be sure to leave contact information when you comment! If your readers missed yesterday’s post, they can find my interview at http://hazelnutt.com/category/picture-book-reviews . Tomorrow, I will be visiting at where your readers will find a review of Boo’s Bad Day http://hazelnutt.com/category/picture-...