Favorite Movies?

What's your favorite movie of the summer so far? TV (movie only!) or in the theater... ???

What movie or TV movie are you most looking forward to?

Traps

There are traps EVERYWHERE. Some of you have spotted them. I remain in hiding. Manuscript is STILL MISSING. More soon...
Ridley

PS: We need to come up with a way that you know it's actually ME sending these. I may use the books to send you a code because I'm pretty sure the OTs CAN'T READ!

A challenge to Kingdom Keeper readers....

A Challenge to Readers (and no, this is NOT Steel Trapp!):
For my most thorough readers out there...

Please list two or three sentence descriptions of the main characters, including Amanda and Jez, from the first two KINGDOM KEEPER books, including their ages or grades in school and their looks.

Then list the "encounters" by attraction or location by book: example, in KK1, Finn meets Wayne on the bench by the Main Street hub; Finn and Wayne run into the pirates stealing the Buzz Lightyear cars... etc. DO THIS FOR BOTH BOOKS.

You can post your answers here, or send them as a WORD (.doc, not .docx) document to ridleyp@sbcglobal.net.

THANKS! (there may be a prize for the person with the most accurate list and descriptions.)

Ridley

Here

I am here... somewhere... but it's a little fuzzy at the moment exactly WHERE I am...
more when I figure it out...

Reader Reviews

A fourteen year old friend of mine, Jordan Jenkins, has started a book review blog that I hope you'll check out, and continue to check out!

http://jordansreads.blogspot.com/

Tweet

I've given in and am going to Tweet (correct verb?) while on my USA speaking tour for the next two weeks. I'm on Twitter as Ridley Pearson aka RidleyTheWriter
Please sign up and follow if you want!
Ridley

Disney In Shadow

I saw a post saying Amazon had KK3 at 560 pages. It's aactually 547.
I hope you like 'em LONG!
It was a big story to tell... and SO MUCH MORE TO COME!

OKAY, one cautious word of warning to those dedicated readers of WILD RIDE:
there are rumors the Overtakers have found out about me and may not want me publishing book 3. I'm told they may go to ANY LENGTHS to stop me from publishing the book. So stay tuned to the blog. I hope this doesn't mean anything bad for me....

Ridley

Bird Can Rock

This bird sure likes Ray Charles.
Ridley

Kingdom Keepers is a Winner!

It's official!!

The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark (Book 1) has won the Florida SSYRA award for grades 6-8.

What an honor to win the Sunshine State Young Readers' Award -- I'm THRILLED. The award is voted on by students all over the state of Florida, so if you're one of those students THANK YOU so much! I'll be traveling to Orlando to accept the award at the end of September, and may do a book signing in one of the parks as well.

Again, thanks to all the Florida readers who voted for the book. YES!!!
Ridley

Plans and Stuff

There are some fun ideas and plans happening, and keep checking the blog because I will tell you as I hear/decide anything. I hope to add fun stuff to the web site shortly ( a month or so ) and I think I will know more about books tours, etc. (ANYONE is welcome at my adult, crime novel book tours, so you don't have to wait for a YA book to publish.)

I will definitely be appearing in St Louis, Houston and Scottsdale, AZ June 30-July 3, so keep an eye on appearances page.

Also, Dave Barry and I will be signing and appearing at the Book Expo of America in New York in late May (a month away!), and I will also be signing advanced reader copies of KK3 at the BEA, so if you have a favorite bookstore you might mention the signings.

I'll be posting the early chapters of KK3 soon to site, so keep coming back.

Dave and I will be doing a big tour for Peter and the Sword Of Mercy, including a trip to Disney World, and I imagine I'll be doing some kind of tour for Steel Trapp 2... so there should be a lot of chances to catch up with you. Dave and I will also sign at Disneyland (we think) in early September.

Anyway... just wanted to let you know it'll be a busy few months ahead, and I hope to get a chance to meet with you (wonderful) readers!
Ridley