Here is the fantastic cover for the German translation of THE WIZARD OF DARK STREET.  Its translated title is OONA CRATE: THE RIDDLE OF THE BLACK TOWER. Published by Thienemann, July 17th 2012 in Germany.

I absolutely love it!

Here is a link to a guest post I did for Nathan Bransford's blog on success and motivation.  Hope you all enjoy.

CONTEST!  Win Cool Wizard Stuff!

2 ways to enter

1. Purchase a copy of THE WIZARD OF DARK STREET (online or in store) between September 6^th and September 11^th and qualify for a fantastic giveaway!  You could win your own set of The Wizard of Dark Street trading cards and more.  Just send a copy of your email order conformation, or screenshot with conformation number, or scanned store receipt  (feel free to black out any credit card info) to: contest@thewizardofdarkstreet.com  (Will ship prizes to US addresses only)

Amazon, B&N, Powells, Indie Bound.

2. Already bought a copy of THE WIZARD OF DARK STREET?  Still want to enter to win cool wizard stuff? Not to worry.  Just write a review of THE WIZARD OF DARK STREET on Amazon.com between September 6^th and September 11^th, email a link of the review (your Amazon name included) to: contest@thewizardofdarkstreet.com (Will ship prizes to US addresses only)

Good luck!  And please share. 

THE WIZARD OF DARK STREET HITS STORES TODAY!  Where can you get it?  In bookstores across the US and Canada, and of course at your favorite online bookseller.  Such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Indie Bound

I’ll be celebrating throughout the day on Twitter and Facebook.  Please join me.

Twitter: @ShawnOdyssey

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shawnthomasodyssey

To celebrate, I’m giving away 10 complete sets of THE WIZARD OF DARK STREET trading cards!  These are extremely cool, and I’m just betting that you want your very own set!  Well here’s how you can get yours.

Only 12 more days until the book is released!  Here are four new Wizard of Dark Street characters revealed with their descriptions at.

http://www.thewizardofdarkstreet.com/characters.html

Bob's amazing website can be found at: http://www.bobdoucette.com/

As promised, two more character portraits and profiles have been added to The Wizard of Dark Street website. Adler and Isadora Iree.  Here is the link.

http://www.thewizardofdarkstreet.com/characters.html

http://www.thewizardofdarkstreet.com/characters.html

ONLY 27 more days!