Fantastic Book Review Guest Post

I was invited to do a guest post for Tina over at the Fantastic Book Review. For those who haven't had a chance to check out Tina's fabulous blog click the link below and take a peek. I was asked to write about why we find mermaids so fascinating.

http://www.fantasticbookreview.com/2010/09/guest-post-sheila-nielson-author-of.html

Daily Herald News Article

Just taking a quick moment away from my exciting vacation to post this news article about Forbidden Sea that was run today in the Daily Herald. Click here to read the article. I'll write more when I return from London!

Taking a Much Deserved Vacation

I'm off to London for the next few weeks! I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to this trip. Things have been pretty crazy for the last couple months as I've been working like crazy to promote Forbidden Sea. It has been a long time since I've taken a REAL vacation where I can just enjoy myself. Unfortunately, I will have only limited access to the Internet while out of the country and I will not be able to update this blog or answer my emails regularly until I return. So if I'm slow to answer you in the next few weeks, please be patient. I'll catch up when I get back.

Wish me luck!

School Library Journal Review!

I just got my first peek at School Library Journal's review of Forbidden Sea in their September issue. They loved it! School Library Journal is one of the biggest tools youth services librarians use when purchasing materials for their libraries. It means a lot to an author to get a good review in their magazine. I've read SLJ's reviews for years as a librarian myself, but I never imagined that one day MY book would receive such a great review there! Click here if you'd like to read the review for yourself. There are quite a few reviews so you'll have to scroll down the page a bit to the find the Forbidden Sea review. The list is in alphabetical order by last name of the author. Look under "Nielson" to find it.