Mikey Brooks is Back!!

Welcome to the Official Blog Tour of:

THE DREAMSTONE,

Book Two in The Dream Keeper Chronicles

A thrilling fantasy-adventure series for middle-grade reader!

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He's Got a Plan For That!

Guest Post by: Mikey Brooks

It is good to be back on this blog. As some of you might remember it has only been about 6 months since you last saw me. Then I was sharing a little about my first book, The Dream Keeper, and sharing a message about taking a leap of faith. Today I want to continue that topic of faith and perhaps get a little more personal. I think by sharing this story it might help some of you who may be struggling with the same things. 

A little over a year ago I woke up and was unable to move my body. It literally felt like I had been strapped down to my bed. My arms and legs ached and I had no idea what was wrong with me. My wife had to help me out of bed and down the stairs. I called into work and later went to the doctor. The tests began…all four months of them. I won’t go into the details but I will share that during those months it was a huge trial of my faith. I had ran out of vacation time and my short-term disability was barley covering the mortgage. I feared the worst for my family financially. I didn’t understand why God had done this to me. I was losing faith.

By the fifth month of testing the doctors finally discovered that the Crohn’s Disease, that I’d had for the past few years, spread, giving me disabling arthritis. I learned that although the doctors could treat the Crohn’s, the arthritis would most likely remain forever. As I was unresponsive to medication the conditions of the arthritis continued. My short-term disability ran out and my employer was forced to let me go. So now I was unemployed, the sole provider for a family of four, and we had a baby on the way—not to mention I couldn’t stand or walk for more than fifteen minutes at a time. Outwardly I was holding it together—inwardly I was freaking out. I had to keep telling myself that God had a plan for me. I had to exercise the faith that He would take care of me and my family. And believe me, he did! 

To understand how God has really blessed me in all this, I have to take you back to the many times my wife and I prayed before any of this happened. I wanted more than anything to be a writer. I got my degree in creative writing but that hadn’t taken me anywhere. I was still managing a bakery, working horrible hours, and always too tired when I got home to write. Each and every night Brooke and I would pray that I would find time to write. That somehow the Lord would provide it for us. As much as the arthritis is a pain, it is really a blessing. Brooke and I got exactly what we asked for: more time for me to write. It didn’t stop there. The time I was given allowed me to start my own business with as a freelance illustrator and cover designer. Now I am doing what I have always loved to do. I get to help other authors and I have found time to write. Nine months since the morning I woke up unable to move I have published three picture books I author/illustrated, four more picture books I illustrated for other authors, and I released my first novel. Today I am excited to announce the release of my second novel, The Dreamstone.

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A little About THE DREAMSTONE

SYNOPSIS:

In Book 1, The Dream Keeper, Parker and Kaelyn discovered that Dreams was a real place that everyone visits while they sleep. An evil nightmare named Fyren took control of the gateway to that world. Parker and Kaelyn teamed up with Gladamyr, the only dream keeper to escape capture by Fyren, and together they save Dreams from Fyren’s rule. After the defeat of Fyren the children return to Awake to find Mab, Fyren’s next in command, has dreamnapped Parker’s mom. 

The story continues in Book 2, The Dreamstone, as the children return to Dreams to save Parker’s mom. Finding her, however, is not their only problem. Mab has waged a war on the Crossing and has sent an army of dragons to bring it down, nightmares have been released from prison, and Gladamyr has lost his powers to shape-shift. Parker, Kaelyn, and Gladamyr must once again defy all odds to set things right and save Parker’s mom before it’s too late.    

In Praise of THE DREAMSTONE:

“The Dreamstone, by Mikey Brooks, is a wild stallion of a story: fast, thrilling, and unpredictable. I was hooked in chapter one. If he can snare the attention of an old reader like me, he’ll have kids sneaking this one into class underneath their text books…If this one isn’t a kid-pleaser, I don’t know what is.” –Michelle Isenhoff, author of the Divided Decade Trilogy and the Taylor Davis Series.

“This really is a cracking novel. Action-packed and spellbinding!”—Cas Peace, author of The Artisans of Albia series.

"If you like the Percy Jackson, Fablehaven, or the Harry Potter series, you'll love this!" –An Amazon Reviewer.

AUTHOR BIO:

Mikey Brooks is a small child masquerading as an adult. On occasion you’ll catch him dancing the funky chicken, singing like a banshee, and pretending to have never grown up. He is the author/illustrator of several books including the best-selling ABC ADVENTURES: MAGICAL CREATURES and BEAN’S DRAGONS as well as the middle-grade fantasy-adventure series THE DREAM KEEPER CHRONICLES. His art can be seen in many forms from picture books to full room murals. He loves to daydream with his three daughters and explore the worlds that only the imagination of children can create. Mikey has a BS degree in English from Utah State University and works full-time as a freelance illustrator and cover designer. As a member of the Emblazoners, he is one of many authors devoted to ‘writing stories on the hearts of children’. He is also one of the hosts of the Authors’ Think Tank Podcast. You can find more about him and his books at: www.insidemikeysworld.com

Now Available in Audiobook!

BOOK LINKS:

Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1939993237 

Hardback: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1939993229

eBook: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GP33YZO

ISBN:

Hardback: 978-1-939993-22-9, Paperback: 978-1-939993-23-6, eBook: 978-1-939993-24-3

PRICE:

Hardback: $19.95, Paperback: $12.99, EBook: $2.99.

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10 winners will receive a gift bag with numerous signed books marks, 

collector cards, wrists bands, and a handmade dream key necklace.

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Can You Survive? Treasure Island, by Blake Hoena

The Super Spies and the Cat Lady Killer, by Lisa Cole Orchard

Color of Freedom, by Michelle Athearn Isenhoff

Explorer X-Alpha, by Lm Preston

Gangsterland, by Ansha Kotyk

Cycles, by Lois Brown

Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon’s Fury, by L.R.W Lee

Princess Kandake, by Stephanie Jefferson

Weight of the Crown, by Stephanie Jefferson

Arrow of the Mist, by Christina Mercer

Cassidy Jones, by Elise Stokes

The Seventh Attendant, by Elise Stokes

Curse at Zala Manor, by BBH McChiller

The Curse of the Double Digits, by Lynn Kelley

Into the Forest and Down the Tower, by Ann T. Bugg

Off to Camp and Discovering Art, by Ann T. Bugg

Agency, by Shantal Hiatt

Psyched, by Juli Caldwell

Ragesong, by J.R. Simmons

EBooks:

Secret Sisters Club, by Monique Bucheger

Trouble Blows West, by Monique Bucheger

The Alien Mind, by Virginia Jennings

The Last Time Keepers, by Sharon Ledwith

Frogs & Toads, by Stacy Lynn Carroll

Nexus Point, by Jaleta Clegg

Warrior Beautiful, by Wendy Knight

Shahira and the Flying Elfs, by Anna del C Dye (PDF)

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