This week on the Coffee Chat, author Kath Boyd Marsh sent over two of her middle grade characters for an interview and to talk about their new fantasy anthology.
Welcome, Bubbles and Smush!
Smush: Hello! Scribe Kath says we have to tell you what we’d like to drink before you ask Bubbles and me questions. We like Riverweed Tea, if you have it.
Ally: My magic pot can make anything you want.
Bubbles: You have coffee, don’t you? I’d like to try that. Four sugars and a dash of milk, please. Smush will have six sugars and hold the milk.
Ally: No problem at all. Here you are. If you don’t like it, I’ll brew the tea.
Bubbles: Oh, thank you. I like this a lot. Makes me feel peppy. What were we talking about?
Smush: Scribe Kath has all your books. Bubbles and I like the mysteries! I’m going to make hats like in your Regency novels. I love making hats.
Ally: And very nice ones too. I’ve read all about them in your stories.
Bubbles: Yes, that’s right, Scribe Kath mentions them a lot, but we’re here today to tell you about Scribe Kath’s newest book. It’s all about Smush and me. We are very adventurous, you know.
Ally: I do know. What's the title of this latest book?
Bubbles and Smush together: The MISadventures of Bubbles and Smush.
Ally: Sounds intriguing.
Smush: Bubbles is first in the title because it’s alphabetical. But my picture on the cover is much better, shows off one of my hats.”
Bubbles holds up the book. Yep. Here it is.
Ally: Yes, I see your pictures. Tell me something about the book.
Bubbles: That’s me on the left pointing to Cl’rnce Dr’gon’s home castle. You can see him way off in the distance in the bottom of the big letter S. Pretty cool. Oh, you mean, what the book's about? Smush and I solve some mysteries like in your Viscount Ware books, and have really great adventures, like with pirates, and dragons (they’re our favorites), and flying, and even singing with banshees.
MISadventures of Bubbles and Smush :
Genre: middle grade (9-12)
Bubbles and Smush were never supposed to be perfect heroes, but after all, it’s the MISadventures that make life so exciting…
While life seems peaceful on River Wiz Tech, when Cl’rnce the Dr’gon Co-Primus doesn’t show up for his visit, Bubbles overhears that Cl’rnce may be in trouble and the two Barforami cousins are off and running, or waddling, or swimming very fast to the Wizard Technological School and Knights Academy for adventure after adventure.
No more lazy floating. Each new day seems to bring a new adventure—from finding closet monsters, foiling a poisoning, dealing with pirates, learning to fly, to helping a baby dr’gon get a banshee to give her singing lessons.
Not that any of those adventures go smoothly! Featuring 5 brand new stories, Bubbles and Smush, once again, will bumble their way to success…or will they?
Here is the list of stories, the first three were previously published as ebooks.
- Closet Monsters
- Trick or Treats
- Dragon Rescue
- Hungry Pirates
- Dr’gon-Sitting Fetch
- Dr’gon Twin
- When Barforami Fly
- Banshee Singing Lessons
Buy Link: https://amzn.to/3ZbKwMK
Ally (laughs): I see. Sounds like quite a tale. Perhaps you’ll come back again and tell us all about it. Good luck with the new book release.
Smush: Thank you for having us.
Ally: Thanks for coming. You’re welcome to visit anytime, and bring your scribe!
At seven years old Kath Boyd Marsh self-published her first fantasy on lined notebook paper, stapled together by her grandfather, and starring a creature based on her little sister- the ‘PB.’
Before Kath moved to PA to photograph sunrises from the ridge top, act as serf to her three cats and two dogs, and write about dragons, wizards, demons, gargoyles, plus other fantastic creatures, she lived in eight states, Panama, and one very haunted house. The Lazy Dr’gon and the Bumblespells Wizard (MG) was her debut novel.
Visit her Website for middle grade and YA fantasy:
kathboydmarsh.com
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Mudge is in BIG trouble, and this time so is his guardian – High Demon Abdriel Mallack. It’s time to flee Hell. It’s time to find the Blood Angel and return to Hell with so much Power, that even the Dread Lord will bow!
For centuries Lilith’s Sisterhood, a sorority of non-human warriors, has trained and waited for Abdriel to come to Earth. They know about the powerful Blood Angel Abdriel seeks. Will they help Abdriel obtain the Blood Angel’s power? Or will they create the perfect team made in … Hell?
Ready for a demon meets paranormal creatures in an adventure series? Perfect for fans of: Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Seraphim Academy by Elizabeth Briggs, The Royals of Villain Academy by Eva Chase.
Book Two releases soon!