New Board on Pinterest

No news from Evelyn, but she is currently posting on pinterest. If you would like a peek into the progress of her new novel (working title Silver Tongue), check out this link:

http://pinterest.com/evelynink/silver-tongue-work-in-progress/

According to Mrs. Ink this novel will be a companion book to Ill-fated, as she puts it, "Same world, new characters."

On an unrelated note, if you happen to know the location of Mrs. Ink please contact me.

Edwin Riddle

Postcard from Mrs. Ink

Well Readers,

There was no need to over analyze the contents of Mrs. Ink’s package as I received a postcard from her this very afternoon. The stamp says India. Not a normal “holiday” destination, but I will let you make up your own minds as to the true meaning of the message:

Mysterious Package

Dear Readers,

Today’s mail brought a package from our AWOL author Evelyn Ink. Inside I found a quick note that said “Keep Safe” and a ratty assortment of typed pages and sketches (including a rather badly drawn map). I can only assume this is the first draft of her final addition to the Sticks, Stones, and Dragon Bones series, which she claims will be out by the end of the summer (let’s not get our hopes too high). My question is of course, why did she send it to me? I am not an editor and the note only says “Keep Safe,” which leaves me to conclude that the manuscript was not safe in its previous location???

Oddly, there is no postage on the package so I can only assume it was stuffed into the mailbox by someone who is not the mailman (might I point out that is quite illegal). I will search the package over for clues and report back to you all immediately!

As always this report was conducted by Mr. Edwin Riddle

Of Public Relations, Personal Investigations, and Subterfuge

Mrs. Ink still MIA

Dear Readers,

No word from Evelyn. Nothing, not so much as a scrap of a note or torn bit of a postcard. The strange man appeared again on Monday, pacing back and forth on the far side of the street.

Scout, a neighboring blogster, has concluded that as the man does not use an umbrella me may be from Portland Oregon. He is however wearing a black suit and hat. Do people in Portland wear suits? Either way, thank you Scout for keeping that detective mind open.

Sincerely,

Edwin Riddle

From Mr. Edwin Riddle

Dear Readers,

I am sorry to report Evelyn Ink has once again departed (and as usual without a trace or a word). She was here just yesterday, hunched over her typewriter wildly editing the manuscript of Sticks, Stones, and Dragon Bones III. Today she is gone. No note. Nothing. The drawings and the manuscript gone with her. Once again I am left with the mind-dulling task of managing this hopeless blog.

I had high hopes as the day before, Evelyn had begun a series of ink drawings depicting clues about what kind of adventures the Darlington Sisters and their friend Joash might get into next (and as I am never allowed to peek at an unfinished book, I will say I caught sight of a wicked looking weapon and more of those hideous little pixie-like creatures).

Anyway back to my current predicament… as my hopes that she might work solidly through to her deadline have been dashed as quickly she herself dashed out these very doors, I am at a loss of what to do. My only guess is that she will soon be in contact with us via the ancient lost art of letters and postcards.

I must also note I have caught sight of a peculiar looking man outside the gates of our secret writing lab. He is a tall, grave looking man, and even now as I peek from the window of our upper floor, I can see him standing in the rain. He has never come to the door and isn’t using an umbrella. If anyone has a guess as to who he might be or where he is from post a response.

As usual, this report was conducted by Mr. Edwin Riddle

Of Public Relations, Personal Investigations, and Subterfuge

Sticks, Stones, and Dragon Bones II

Hello Darlings,

Terrible News! Book II of Sticks, Stones, and Dragon Bones is now available on Amazon and Smashwords. Let me advise you to avoid reading this book at all costs! Frightful creatures and dreadful behavior will only increase as the ill-mannered Darlington sisters head deep into Sookuth territory.

         Once on land, and with the help of their new friend Joash; a messenger boy for the rebel army, they will learn of the evil ruler Abraxis and his Dark Guard. More importantly, as they untangle the clues within the prophecy, they will come to understand their sister’s fate is unequivocally entangled with that of the Sookuth people and the Rebel Crows...  

         Perhaps you should consider picking out a book about pixies, precocious gnomes, or an adorable pony named Lily-whinny who lives near an enchanted forest and fed by a beautiful, but poor peasant girl who is, of course unaware she's actually a princess...

Well you get the idea.

The sad conveyor of these dreadful events,

Evelyn Ink

P.S. Just thought I also should mention that while aboard the Waltzing Matilda, Mad Maddie's crew of poorly educated pirates have an appalling effect on the twins' behavior (and grammar)!