January 2023!

January 2023!

Happy New Year!

I wanted to reflect on this year and thank you for your support.

As my mom always said, "life is made of chapters," Now I have to laugh because I am writing books with chapters. 

As many of you know, it took a while to be a published author, but I soon discovered the most challenging part was to come-- what I refer to as "The Beast," marketing. So first, thank you for all your support in reading my newsletters, purchasing my books, and even writing me back. Your support is an inspiration to me.

Reflecting on this year - What a year it has been!

Books published - A Time to Fly, Charlie and the Tire Swing, and A Song of Peace!

Award from the Story Monster Magazine:   A Song of Peace is "Story Monster"-  approved book!

I also had the pleasure of being cohost with Dr. Jacalyn, founder, and owner of USA Global TV and Radio ™®. The shows Fashion Travel and Fitness, The Corner Bookstore, and the UK News and Culture. The people we have interviewed from around the world are fascinating, and I have m to know many of them. 

I have enjoyed joining the Women in Publishing Group and Aimee Ravichandran, owner of abundantlysocial.com /Author Talk. 

This year brought me my publicist Mickey Mikelson owner of Creative Edge. Mickey has helped me with "The Beast!". I am grateful for all he has done to get my name out there. 

I am grateful to my illustrators, Nancy Hoover and Judy Gaudet, who have brought my books to life with artistic talents.

I am also grateful to Aimee Warren, owner, and founder of Creative Pockets, who runs my website.  

As we begin 2023, I look forward to all the new chapters life will bring. I also want to encourage you to go after your dreams. It might take a while, but goals are worth turning into a reality. 

On a personal note, I am grateful for my family's love and support.
May this year bless your family, and may your dreams come true! 

Warm Regards,

Diann Floyd Boehm

October Updates 2019

October Updates 2019

Booooooooooooo!

October is the month of fall colors, celebrations of all kinds, and of course, Halloween.

Visits

This month has been an exciting month with the much-anticipated rollout of my new book, Harry the Camel. I am so touched by how well-received it is here in Dubai. Kings School was the first school to hear the story and the students were over the top excited. Once again, the positive response to my book was humbling.

I was an invited author at the Victoria English School in Sharjah. I read to the various grades, and then the book’s co-illustrator Yoshita and I did a Q&A. It was my first time in a school in Sharjah and I was so impressed with the school, the students’ behaviour and knowledge, and the commitment and skills of the faculty.

See some school highlights below ... 

USO Dubai

A fun time decorating the USO Dubai for our men and women serving in the military. Read more about the USO in my newsletter.

Do send in your favorite Fall picture, via email, and next month it maybe on display ... !

A Moment to Shine!

Favorite tongue twister from Maine.

I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines.

An oldie but a goodie:

A flea and a fly
Flew into a flue
And didn’t know what to do.
Said the flea, “let us fly.”
Said the fly, “let us flea.”
And they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Harry the Camel is now available at the Book Stop