The Royal Magician of Oz Trilogy is a 3 volume tale of magic and wonder that recalls the cherished values of friendship, loyalty and courage. These timeless tales of Oz reminds us of the value of overcoming our deepest fears and conquering the challenges that might otherwise defeat us.
Volume One; Magician of Oz, Volume Two; Shadow Demon of Oz and Volume Three; Family of Oz are now available for your reading enjoyment, as well as The Ozian Adventure of Pickleless & Blu.
The Emerald Slippers of Oz, featuring an Introduction by Roger S. Baum; great grandson of L. Frank Baum, as well as Tails of Oz and Even More Tails of Oz are also available for your reading enjoyment.
Nomes of Oz is a wonderful adventure for anyone who loves the 1939 MGM film, The Wizard of Oz.
The newest adventure in Oz, entitled: The First Witches of Oz is now available and fast becoming a best-seller in the Land of Oz.
New characters and creatures abound in the old Land of Oz while many of the old characters we know and love make their own appearances in this newest tale of fantasy, adventure, truth and friendship in a familiar, yet not so familiar world of Oz.
There's the Leader of the Sycamores, the Gnarled Scrub Oak, the Flowering Plum Tree and the Council of Trees. All of these magical and strange characters prove quite the challenge for a young magician who finds himself in a strange and wonderful land.
Of course, we also get to meet Dorothy and Ozma, Glinda and the Tin Woodman, as well as Toto, Bungle the Glass Cat, Billina the Hen and numerous other beloved characters from L.Frank Baums' original tale of wonder and magic.
Volume 2: Shadow Demon of Oz
It was in the early month of Spring when the old humpback trunk of O.Z. Diggs, the original Wizard of Oz was opened by his great grandson, Jamie Diggs, revealing a magical heritage lurking within. Following in the footsteps of his great grandfather, a young boy named Jamie pursued the ways of magic and soon found himself transported to the magical Land of Oz where, alongside Dorothy, he faced his greatest fears and the fearsome Army of Trees in defense of the Tin Woodman. Now the young magician is called to return to the Land of Oz to take his place as the new Royal Magician of Princess Ozma; Ruler and Sovereign of Oz. And for his first Royal Command, Princess Ozma sends her Royal Magician and his best friend Buddy off to battle the Evil Shadow Demon and save the Hyups of Mount Munch.
Volume 3: Family of Oz
It has been nearly 6 months since young Jamie Diggs returned from the Land of Oz with his best friend Buddy after defeating an ancient Evil while serving as Princess Ozma's new Royal Magician. Now, he is called to return once more and take his rightful place alongside Her Majesty; Princess Ozma and Glinda; Good Witch and Ruler of the South Quadling Country, as well as Princess Dorothy. Before the Royal Magician can return to Oz however, he finds himself on a fantastic journey down the Wabash River and a stop in Huntington, West Virginia for a taste of the legendary Stewart's Original Hot Dogs and Root Beer. Then it’s on to attend the annual gathering of their fellow magicians, known as the Magi-Fest and a tumultuous Close-Up Magic Competition. Soon, the Family Diggs, Hank and Buddy find themselves transported back to Oz by way of The Duke's Magic Box. The only problem they find is that each one of them now find themselves somewhere in Oz... but alone! As the Family Diggs, Hank and Buddy journey along the roadways, riverways and even above the Land of Oz alone, each one struggles to discover what Love and family means to them and each learns along the way that Love and family have been with them all along. Aided by Her Majesty, the Queen of the Field Mice and Jamie's wayward, living decks of playing cards, as well as Buddy and the Cowardly Lion, the Royal Magician of Oz soon teaches Princess Ozma the true meaning of family and Love. In a final and most fantastical battle alongside the Munchkin River, Jamie Diggs and his new army of friends battle Cobbler the Dog, a new and most mechanical pet of Tik-Tok, the Mechanical Army of Oz and an Unwilling Villain in an epic struggle of Good against Evil.
James C. Wallace II, originally a native of West Virginia, currently lives in Terre Haute, Indiana with his wife Amanda. They have been married more than 28 years, with a herd of 5 children and 13 grandchildren. His background covers over 26 years in children's education, including experience working for the world's largest children's museum; The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, where he was the Planetarium Educator for SpaceQuest Planetarium. In addition to children's books about Oz, he is recognized by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a leading developer of web-based educational games, educational exhibit design, curriculum development and implementation. He is also involved in the DiscoverHover program, which is an educational program developing and utilizing hovercraft in a unique and fun way. He now serves as the Royal Liaison to Princess Ozma, Sovereign Ruler of Oz and endeavors to fulfill Her royal command to tell the tale of Her newest Royal Magician to the children of the Great Outside.
So the last few weeks have been filled with writing, teaching and attending auctions. In other words, business as usual... with one exception.
Yes, that is a human bone and no, that's not blood on it. This was another one of my unique finds at the auction barn. Turns out it's a teaching aid and the red markings are locations marked out for muscles. There are also blue marks where tendons attach. My wife freaked out when I handed it to her. Turns out she ain't big on handling human remains. Go figure?
The writing madness of Oz has also gone on very well. 17 chapters are now complete and our heroes have made it back into The Bright and now look to save the day for one very special rainbow. I wonder where Polychrome is?
James C. Wallace II
Royal Liaison to Princess Ozma
I had a very unpleasant experience this evening with our local Pizza Hut restaurant, which is located at 3040 Wabash Avenue in Terre Haute, Indiana.
I had called the store at 9:54pm to order 2 large specialty pizzas. When the lady answered the phone, she answered politely enough and asked how she could help me. I proceeded to order and was told that they would be unable to fulfill my order. I asked why and was told that it was too close to closing time. I reminded her that it was not yet closing time and asked if she was refusing my order. She hesitated and explained that their ovens were turned off. I asked once more if she was refusing my order and she said that she was. As a customer with money to spend, I expect a store to remain open and ovens on until closing time, not 6 minutes beforehand. Having worked at many a pizza place in my youth (I met my wife of 28 years while we both worked at Showbiz Pizza Place), I know how the business works. While we may not have liked it when someone would come in near closing time, we always accommodated any order up to and including closing time.
I called another store here in town and they were happy to take my order and expressed surprise at my experience with the other store as they thought the other store closed at 11pm, like they did.
I am very displeased and will no longer do business with that particular store.
I would suggest to anyone reading this that you consider refraining from doing business with the Pizza Hut store at 3040 Wabash Avenue in Terre Haute, Indiana.
It's been a rough week as I watch a parent grow old and feeble. My hope for full recovery is now in view and I expect the old broad to outlive us all!!!
Still I write and have been for some weeks now. I'm 15 chapters in and another 10 to go. I'm just not blogging what with all the this and that... and even some of the other.
Pickleless & Blu have hopped a train and are escaping in plain view.
I'm reminded of a book I received as a gift some months ago. Scarecrow and the Tin Man have escaped as well from the theater and gone on a crime spree.
I think Pickleless & Blu are immune from prosecution.
It is New Year's Eve today and I have returned from a brief respite as I do the whole holiday thing. Krismahannakwanzika is now over and I have resumed the Writing Madness of Oz!!!
In addition, I am to begin a new blog about the sky above and what can be seen by the local Hautians...
Wish me luck as I plow forth into the new year. I hope it's better than the old year, which was fairly decent for the most part.
James C. Wallace II
Royal Liaison to Princess Ozma
Once agian, I find myself playing host for a virtual book tour in support of Independant Authors, Self-Published Authors and a host of others.
Normally, when I host an author for their virtual book tour, I turn my blog over to that author to say what they want, but this time, I wanted try something very unique. I did it once myself and found it enjoyable enough that I thought this author might wanna give it a try. It was short notice, but that's part of the fun!
I gave John Garret the following challenge:
"Using one of the two attached photos (your choice) as inspiration, write a 100 word short story (100 words exactly, no more no less) involving one or more of your characters from your latest novel."
I'm impressed with his choice of photo and following short piece of fiction. And now, I present John Garret: Author of How To Deal With Stupid Clowns!
You're an average person who's decided to take a relaxing evening walk on the public trail.
It grows darker, the moon shines from behind the clouds.
Emerging from the trees, you see the walkway splits ahead.
Suddenly, you halt. Something's blocking the path.
Something ominous.
It’s a stupid clown!
Too late to retreat back into the trees. You've been spotted, and the clown will now want to talk. You prepare for the agony of a conversation with a stupid clown, but then you spot a possible way out:
The other path runs directly into a pool of quicksand.
Decisions, decisions...
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Avoid Stupid Clowns
So there's never a good reason to talk with a stupid clown, especially if there's some handy quicksand nearby.
That's part of the reason I wrote and drew my ebook How to Deal with Stupid Clowns who Don’t know what the Hell they’re talking about!. Sometimes people think they have to put up with a lot of nonsense from the stupid clowns of their daily lives and it's not true at all.
We have options, and I'll show you how to use those options to best effect so you can take back control and peace of mind from these insidious annoyers and time wasters.
I've been battling these guys behind the scenes for years, but now it's time to take the fight into the light!
My Own Story
Just to (re) introduce myself, my name is John Garrett, and I've been drawing and writing comics and other stuff for as long as I can remember.
After doing the web design thing for many years, I moved into the blogging world. There I met all sorts of incredible people who showed me a better way than just driving back and forth to work as a zombified cog day in and day out.
I decided I was going to put my experiences out there into the world...in written AND comic form!
Many people wonder why I do the things I do, to those people I say: Read this comic!
About the Book
And for those wondering more you can check out the 'Stupid Clowns' trailer!
It's the ebook filled with humor, comics and art!
You may not have noticed this, but did you ever catch onto the fact that whenever good normal people are trying to live their lives, have a good time, or just plain get some work done…there’s always some STUPID CLOWN around to ruin things?
Dealing with difficult people is hard enough in life -somebody should write a book on these clowns, or something...
So anyway, I hope you can get a good feel for what this book is about, and just let me know in the comments if you have any questions. Also be sure to comment for a chance to win a FREE copy of the ebook!
