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It’s a happy moment when, as the author, you’ve finished writing the book. Then you can sit back and eat chocolates while the illustrator, and editors, and art director, and marketing folks, do all the work.
Such is the case with my upcoming “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, Fairy House Halloween (July 7, 2026).
I find writing these books to be challenging and fascinating and so, so different than any other “normal” book. In this case, a book with 13 different endings. That’s bananas. To me, the mission is clear: Simply write the most entertaining book ever. The journey itself is home — because there’s no “there” to get to, no real satisfying conclusion in the traditional sense. No ending sticks. So try to take readers on a wild, imaginative ride.
This is my second Fairy House title, the first one was called, appropriately enough, Fairy House. Crazy, right? And I’m very pleased to report that this new one, Fairy House Halloween, is also illustrated by the unstoppable Norm Grock.
Man, this guy is so good. He truly understands the assignment.
No, we’ve never met, never spoken, never even exchanged an email. I work for Chooseco, and Norm works for Chooseco, and never the twain shall meet. But I did go to his website for a gander.
That’s Norm, slaving away (did I mention that these chocolates are delicious? No? Well, they are!).
And here are three pieces of art from the upcoming book, featuring a clumsy, “not-quite-official” fairy named Beezle (pictured in the third photo, after shrinking the YOU in the story).
Thanks, Norm, wherever & whoever you are!
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