Category Archives: Frenchie’s Best Friend-Follow the Blog

Apr2

Grand Prize: KINDLE FIRE or NOOK

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Grand Prize: KINDLE FIRE or NOOK

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Get ready for some fun, tips, and prizes!  You’re invited to participate in an Author Blog Hop.  The tour begins on April 7th at 6:00 am EST and finishes on the 16th at midnight EST, so mark your calendars!

Readers will have 10 days to enter each author’s individual contest (giveaways) and submit their entry for the GRAND PRIZE (a KINDLE FIRE or NOOK and a 25 dollar gift certificate for eBooks). Visiting 7-8 author sites per day and leaving comments and your email address will enter you in author site give-aways and also provide you with 79 chances to win the Grand Prize and Second Prize (a 25 dollar gift certificate for eBooks). Only those visitors who … Read the rest

Apr1

TEACHER LIBRARIAN ALERT: AUTHOR WORKSHOP

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TEACHER LIBRARIAN ALERT: AUTHOR WORKSHOP

Book Mary Laudien for Morning/ Afternoon Author Workshops 

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Mary Laudien is a retired International Baccalaureate World School principal from West Vancouver, B.C. She now divides her time between writing her Middle Grade Frenchie Series and volunteering as an International Baccalaureate Recognition Ambassador. Mary’s life long passion for KidLit makes entertaining readers with her own humorous novels such fun! Missing the day-to-day contact with students, author visits inspiring students to write powerful blog posts is an added treat. Mary believes in making a difference and encourages schools and book stores to fundraise with her novels to support their local SPCA.

All Middle Years Author Visits (appropriate for Grades 5, 6 and 7) include a prompt to provide a personal … Read the rest

Mar3

Read an Ebook Week – March 2-8

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Read an Ebook Week – March 2-8

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Welcome to Smashwords’ READ an E-BOOK WEEK (https://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1/newest/1h).  For an entire week, you can access excellent e-books at a reduced amount or free.

The first 2 Middle Grade novels of the Frenchie Series are available this week for free.  Just click on the following links and include the coupon code:

Book #1   Frenchie’s Best Friend-Follow the Blog   https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96726

Use the code RW100 at checkout to get this book for free during our site-wide promotion!

Book #2   Frenchie X2-Follow the Blog   https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/137230

Use the code RW100 at checkout to get this book for free during our site-wide promotion!

Frenchie Diva – Follow the Blog (Bk. #3 of the Frenchie Series is not available at Smashwords.  If you would like … Read the rest

Jan28

Free eBooks of Frenchie Series- Bks. 1 & 2

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Free eBooks of Frenchie Series- Bks. 1 & 2

Accept the gift of the first two eBooks of the Frenchie Series.  The books are available at

https://www.smashwords.comuntil Feb. 14, 2014 for free.

FRENCHIE’S BEST FRIEND- FOLLOW THE BLOG: Enter the Coupon Code DC85B before completing checkout.

FRENCHIE X2- FOLLOW THE BLOG:Enter the Coupon Code GZ32U before completing checkout.

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Who enjoys reading the FRENCHIE SERIES?

·                           tweens (ages 9-12)

·                           librarians

·                          teachers

·                         parents

·                        grandparents

·                        pet lovers

     If you like a family-read that entertains and makes you laugh aloud, then the FRENCHIE SERIES are the   books for you!

Once you have enjoyed Books 1&2, Mary Laudien is hopeful that you will be keen to read her newest release: FRENCHIE DIVA- FOLLOW THE BLOG… Read the rest

Nov30

Buy Local for Christmas Reads

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Buy Local for Christmas Reads

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If you’re looking for a X’mas special on some humorous family reads over the holiday season (Middle Grade Novels -Grade 5-8), please consider the FRENCHIE SERIES (Books 1&2) on sale locally in NANAIMO’S CHAPTERS (local author section)and at the X’mas Bazaar at the Nanoose Bay Library on Saturday, Dec.8th between 10:00 -3:00.

Parents/Grandparents are choosing this humorous Frenchie Series (Books 1 &2) as a contemporary fiction choice with characters that all can relate to:

  • Ethan, the 13 year old who is “gaga” over French Bulldogs and determined to own one of his own
  • Grandma Sis,  the quirkiest, most eccentric and devious grandma,
  • Mel, an overwhelmed, single working mom who has no interest in adding a pet
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Oct5

Canadian Thanksgiving Freebie for a Family Read

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Canadian Thanksgiving Freebie for a Family Read

It’s Thanksgiving weekend and I want to show my appreciation to the readers of my Frenchie series by offering you a free download of my first novel, Frenchie’s Best Friend-Follow the Blog. Just go to  http://www.smashwords.com/b/96726 and enter the Coupon Code LX49S to download a copy in the ebook format of your choice.

This first book in the series will make a humorous read for the entire family.  “Follow the blog of daily misadventures as Ethan’s cohort of allies attempts to deceive his overworked mom by setting a nefarious scheme in motion to own his Frenchie.”  It will make you laugh, it will surprise you and most of all it will resonate with puppy love.  All readers are cautioned, … Read the rest

Jul31

5 Reasons NOT to Read Frenchie’s Best Friend

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5 Reasons NOT to Read Frenchie’s Best Friend

Don’t even consider reading Frenchie’s Best Friend- Follow the Blog this summer, if:

1.  you aren’t “gaga” about  dogs (especially French Bulldogs).

2.  you dislike reading for fun and humorous entertainment.

3. you’re a perfect teen that never does anything wrong or devious.

4. you can’t relate to a “Frenchie crazy” 13 year old boy from a single parent home with an interfering and quirky Grandma living nearby.

5.  you’ve never wanted anything so badly that you’d do ANYTHING to make it happen!

Of course on the off- chance that this doesn’t apply to you and you’d actually like to read Frenchie’s Best Friend, there are several ways to get your hands on the print copy or eBook.  The … Read the rest

Jun11

Father’s Day Special: Download the First Book of the Frenchie Series for Free

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Father’s Day Special: Download the First Book of the Frenchie Series for Free

Celebrate Father’s Day Weekend on Smashwords with the first two books of Mary Laudien’s Frenchie Series ! If your dad, husband, or son is a  dog person and enjoys belly laughs, then this is a great gift for him!  And if he is “gaga” over French Bulldogs; this is definitely the series for him! Discounts available from June 11th to June 18th! The books are formatted for all eBook readers: iPad, Kobo, Nook, Kindle,…  Download Frenchie’s Best Friend- Follow the Blog for FREE using the coupon code VZ23C  at  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96726 and read Frenchie X2- Follow the Blog for a discounted price of $1.49 with the coupon code HV25N at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view137230.  Happy Reading Everyone! Take advantage of huge discounts … Read the rest

Jun6

CHAPTERS in NANAIMO

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CHAPTERS in NANAIMO

                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m SO PUMPED!  Yes, this is me checking out my first book, “Frenchie’s Best Friend- Follow the Blog” on the shelves at CHAPTERS in Nanaimo.  What a thrill!  If you are on the Island or visiting, please look for my book in the Local Artist’s fiction section.  I’m hoping that all twenty copies disappear quickly and then you’ll be able to buy Frenchie X2, to find out why the fun and chaos just couldn’t end with Book One.  HAPPY SUMMER READING!

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May17

Librarians/ Educators – Book an Author Visit with Mary Laudien

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Librarians/ Educators – Book an Author Visit with Mary Laudien

Juvenile Novels:  Frenchie’s Best Friend- Follow the Blog  and  Frenchie X2- Follow the Blog 

Synopsis of Mary’s Books:  Society is “gaga” over their pets. In the first book (Frenchie’s Best Friend-Follow the Blog), Ethan enlists the aid of his quirky, scheming Grandmother and a following of bloggers to realize his dream of becoming a French Bulldog owner. The story is a covert operation of misadventures processed on his nightly blog, “Frenchie’s Best Friend” unbeknownst to his over-stressed and somewhat oblivious single mother. The journey is both humorous and unnerving, as Ethan sets up a bargain “doggie wash” business in his mother’s laundry room. The story has all kinds of appeal to readers who are dog crazy themselves or … Read the rest