Dear Reader, Love Barbara Jean Weber

Dear Reader,

Welcome to the magic of "The Welcome Sign." I am delighted you have decided to read or are considering reading "The Welcome Sign." I truly hope you enjoy it as much as I had fun writing it. The Welcome Sign is a fast paced,  magical story for those who enjoy realms of magic, magical powers, interesting characters, strong friendships and adventure. The Welcome Sign is page turner full of good versus evil, intrigue and action.

Let me tell you a little bit about myself and my latest work. When I'm not writing about magical realms or exciting adventures, I'm a speech therapist by day. I live with my husband and two daughters in beautiful Skagit County, Washington.  The Welcome Sign's creation began when I received a beautiful metal mermaid Welcome Sign as a gift. I love and collect mermaids so when my parents found the beautiful sign with a mermaid on it, it was the perfect gift. The original sign that inspired this story currently hangs in my house.  After I received it as a gift, I had a series of  incredible dreams that became the basis for the story and ultimately became the book "The Welcome Sign."  "The Welcome Sign" was written as the first book in a series of three. The second book is written but not published yet and the third book is still being developed and is in outline form.

I had never written anything quite this big before so the task seemed a bit daunting initially. I've always enjoyed creative writing tasks so to be able to take an idea and craft it to an actual storyline with relatable characters, plot twists, amazing locations, intrigue, adventure into a finished product had always been a desire of mine but also very overwhelming. The whole task start to finish took quite a while. There were times I had writers block and needed a break from the story, other days the ideas flowed endlessly. I always had a notebook handy to write down ideas, character traits, etc. I developed an outline first and those always changed and evolved as new ideas and story lines were created. I think what I love most about being an author is the process of developing creative stories, characters and locations.

Thank you so much for reading this letter and for reading "The Welcome Sign." A friend of mine recently read the book and told me "completely blown away is an understatement." I hope you enjoy reading it and that it delights and entertains you as much as it did my friend, with its unique and magical characters, secrets to be revealed and amazing new locations.

I look forward to your feedback and am happy to write back to you. Please check out my website: www.barbarajeanweber.com and I can also be reached at author@barbarajeanweber.com.

Sincerely,

        Barbara

Barbara Jean Weber lives in Skagit County with her husband and two daughters, where she works as a speech and language therapist. Her novel, The Welcome Sign, was inspired when she was gifted a mermaid welcome sign. The more she studied the sign, the more her story evolved. She is currently an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

Visit her website at https://www.barbarajeanweber.com/. 

When 10-year-old Molly Parnell’s grandmother mysteriously disappears she and her mother travel to Cape Cod to take ownership of the house they inherited and find out answers about the sudden disappearance. But what they discover could be more dangerous and life changing than they ever imaged. Molly and her mother find a beautiful mermaid welcome sign in the attic and place it on the front door. Unusual things start to happen and they are flooded with visitors who claim they knew the grandmother.  The true powers behind the mysterious sign are revealed as Molly learns her grandmother was part of a secret organization working to keep balance between the magical realm and the real world. The magical realms placed an invisible veil of secrecy over the world to hide their true identities from the human world but allowing them to live among them  in secret. An angry rebel group of magical beings, tired of living in hiding is tearing down and destroying the magical cloaking fabric between the two worlds. If they are not stopped the magical realm will no longer be safe from the world.  As Molly and her mom embark on a dangerous and magical adventure throughout the magical realms to help stop  the rebels, she learns of her own magical powers and her strong family heritage connected to the welcome sign. Along the way, she teams up with new magical friends helping to keep the realm of magic safe from the eyes of the world and discovers that her grandmother was right all along. The world she thought she knew no longer exists, but an amazing world of magic woven into their world has always been hiding  in plain sight.

Read sample here.

The Welcome Sign is available at Amazon.