Two New Interviews

After not doing much in the way of interviews for a while (actually writing books is key, I've found) I accepted two full-length interviews on Blog Talk Radio in the same month. Some of you saw the links on social networks, but if you missed them, they are now archived.

The first is with my very old friend Barbara Hodges for her program No Limits. It's a bit geared toward writers, but also casual and fairly personal. You can hear it at THIS LINK.

The second is with my Facebook friend Dean Buchanan for his program A Kind Voice, and is geared toward those interested in Pay It Forward. But it is also personal, and good for those who might want to learn more about me. And it's at THIS LINK.

More news as it becomes available. And there's lots of exciting stuff coming up, so please stay tuned!

Cover Reveal for Pay It Forward: Young Readers Edition!

I ask you... how cool is this?

This is the new cover for the young readers' edition of Pay It Forward that Simon & Schuster and I are working on right now. It's suitable for kids as young as eight. It's scheduled for August of '14. And it's available for preorder right now.

If you are a Pay It Forward fan, please spread the word. Tell teachers, tell parents, tell kids. Finally, it's coming, a version of Pay It Forward that can be read by kids younger than Trevor.

I'm looking forward to it, and I welcome your comments! 

NBC Nightly News!

It's close to time, but I'd like to encourage all of you who are interested in Pay It Forward to watch NBC Nightly News tonight. They're going to be doing a story on Pay It Forward/Good Samaritans/Random Acts of Kindness. And they sent a film crew all the way down from San Francisco so the producer could interview me in my home.

I have no idea how long I'll be onscreen, and how much will end up on the cutting room floor. But you might want to tune in, or set it to record. 

And I'm sure by about tomorrow it will be accessible on their website, iTunes, etc. So I will update this blog post very soon with a link to the story, for anyone who missed it.

Fingers crossed for how it turns out. But all publicity for Pay It Forward is good publicity, right?

More when available. 

Oh. A "P.S.": In honor of my (possibly brief) appearance on NBC Nightly News, and any new readers it might bring, we've chosen my novel When You Were Older to feature at only 99 cents, right through the Thanksgiving weekend. But if you're one of my existing readers, you deserve a deal, too. The 99 cent Kindle ebook is available HERE. Happy reading!

Update on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 6:18PM by Catherine

Here it is. Short but sweet.

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A Big, Happy Pay It Forward Announcement

For those who have been following me for years because you are Pay It Forward fans, I think you're going to like this news a lot.

Most of you know that the book Pay It Forward was written for adults. It never occurred to me that anyone younger than an adult would read it, despite the fact that the major character of Trevor is only twelve when the books begins.

Then the American Library Association chose the book for its Best Books for Young Adults list. I was quite surprised. The Young Adult classification is 12-18. So technically the American Library Association recommended it for kids as young as 12. I was never comfortable doing so. I'm sure it's fine compared to...you know, say, prime time TV. But there was no denying that there's a good bit of adult material in the book.

As a result, when it's used in schools, which I'm pleased to say it often is, it's only in high schools. I suspect very few teachers are handing it to kids much younger than 14.

Now for the big, happy news. Simon & Schuster has agreed to release a new edition of the book for Middle Grade readers, 8-12. It's not going to talk down to them. It's not going to be a different story. It's going to be the Pay It Forward book it's always been, but with a new rating. G.

I'm going to be doing the initial edit of the material, and then of course it will go through the editorial process at the publishing house. But I've had a good first conversation with my new editor, and we are very much on the same page in terms of what needs to be edited out, what needs to be maintained.

Think in terms of Summer of 2014, though of course I'll keep you updated with news. 

Remember you always hear it here first!

Here's What's on Audible

The rise of Audible.com has made a lot of my older audio editions available again. In fact, Simon & Schuster even re-released the unabridged audio of Pay It Forward.

I only just recently found out how many of my titles really are available, so I'm passing the info along for any of my readers who enjoy Audible audiobooks. 

Click any of the images below to go to its Audible.com or Audible.co.uk page.

UK readers have the following titles to choose from:

     

Click to read more ...

Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio

On Tuesday, November 6th, Charley Johnson and I joined Lisa Cypers Kamen for a one-hour segment on Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio. For those of you who don't know Charley, he is president of the Pay It Forward Foundation and the inventor of the Pay It Forward bracelet. He also drives the movement through his website PIFExperience.org.

Now our segment is available as a podcast.

You can find it on the Toginet Radio list of recent podcasts under Tuesday November 6th, or on iTunes.

Or...here's a direct link to download the show.

Hope you enjoy.

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