Sunday, April 25, 2021

We have a new release at last!

Folks it's taken a long time, but LAZLO AT HOME has finally been released in both paperback and Kindle versions. 


I'm very happy to see this book out, as I've been waiting since the manuscript was turned in back in early 2016. Inside this book is a collection of four short stories about our intrepid little dragon familiar as he learns his responsibilities in a magical household. Not everything goes well for poor Lazlo, but somehow he always muddles through, and he learns something with every adventure.


Below is the press release from Pro Se Productions, the publisher:

YOUNGPULP! RETURNS ON SCALED WINGS! NANCY A. HANSEN’S ‘COMPANION DRAGONS TALES VOLUME FOUR: LAZLO AT HOME’ NOW AVAILABLE!

From the skilled hand and wonderfully imaginative mind of author Nancy A. Hansen comes a quartet of adventures featuring one of several creatures from the world of Companion Dragons! A flagship title of Pro Se Productions’ YOUNGPULP! Imprint returns in print and digital format with COMPANION DRAGONS TALES VOLUER FOUR: LAZLO AT HOME!

Lazlo Dragon has begun to settle in as the familiar companion of witch and author Nancy Bittergreen. Along the way, though, there has been a lot to learn about all his new responsibilities, and he sometimes feels overwhelmed. His understanding of the duties he must fulfill don't always quite agree with what he's been told, but Lazlo manages to muddle through somehow. Even when his dragon instincts and youthful inexperience get in the way of doing what he knows is right, his plucky persistence along with his honesty and integrity often win him helpful new friends. Being increasingly trusted on his own, he is learning the hard way that making the right decision is often difficult but ultimately far more rewarding than just doing whatever pleases him the most.

The fourth volume of COMPANIION DRAGONS TALES features four brand new tales of Lazlo's adventures in his magical homeplace. He has some challenging situations to face, and rather difficult neighbors to deal with. Yet steadfast Lazlo always works hard to figure things out, even when he'd much rather be off somewhere else having fun. In the long run he proves himself to be both wise and trustworthy, though his judgment is sometimes a bit faulty and that tends to involve him into all sorts of tricky situations.

Return once again to the magical world of The Companion Dragons as Nancy A. Hansen weaves four tales of adventure and madcap merriment with LAZLO AT HOME. From YoungPulp! And Pro Se Productions.

Featuring a fantastic cover from Larry Nadolsky and cover design and print formatting by Antonino lo Iacono and Marzia Marina, COMPANION DRAGONS TALES VOLUME FOUR: LAZLO AT HOME is available in print at https://tinyurl.com/2tvvdd49 for $9.00.

The fourth book of these terrific fantasy adventures is also available on Kindle formatted by Iacono and Marina for $2.99 at https://tinyurl.com/4eutsmu3.

For more information on this title, interviews with the author, or digital copies for review, email editorinchief@prose-press.com.

To learn more about Pro Se Productions, go to www.prose-press.com.

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Now all the COMPANION DRAGONS TALES books are meant to be read by adults as well as children, because the idea here is that these are books that can be handed around the family. And those of us who are involved in the series as authors—myself, Lee Houston Jr., and Waxy originator Roger Stegman—that's what we always intended. We wanted this series accessible to all ages. There will be more books to come, so while this one took a while, I'm hoping to see the next two books,  MYSTICAL, MAGICAL WAXY and KIRI'S QUEST sometime in the not distant future. If releases continue to be slow, I might take the rest of the series elsewhere. No aspersions cast on the current publisher because I'm sure they have their reasons, but this is a joint project between three authors and we have a lot of material just in this series alone that is waiting for readers. I'd like to move on with that because the three small novels that were previously released (A FAMILIAR NAME paperback and Kindle, FINDING WAXY paperback and Kindle, & COPPER'S CHOICE both formats) have been popular. Regular releases are important to build a following, and we need more control over that.



So stay tuned folks, I'll let you know when the next books are due out, and what the future holds for all these little dragons with the big hearts and exciting adventures.
~NANCY