Book News from author Ronald Sieber

May 2025

Happy Spring to everyone from Hillsborough, North Carolina!

Just a short note to update you on Blue Bug's book progress:

• We are about 2/3 done with the book images.

• Completed image files go to the book designer June 1.

• I plan to launch my Kickstarter fundraiser for Blue Bug on August 4 and run it for 3 weeks. Funds from this will be used to defray publication costs. Supporters will have first dibs on the book when it is published.

• We are shooting for a print date of September 1.

• We plan to go on sale November 3. The book will be available in several formats on this website as well as on Amazon KDP. Stay tuned for more details of that...

Below are a couple of finished drawings from the desk of Alex Wakefield:

The Countess at home in her favorite place, her garden. In the background, some of the staff's children play.

Hélène watches her father Emile as he works on a car. Emile is the mechanic and chauffeur for the Count (seen above), who works from his office in his chateau. The Count is almost never happy!

Alex is doing a great job with the illustrations, all of which are hand-drawn. I'm really excited about this project and look forward to sharing the completed book with you.

In closing, don't forget to check out my other website, www.ClassicSpeedsters.com. It would make a great present for someone in your life!

Happy roads,

Ronald Sieber

Book News from author Ronald Sieber

April 2025

Blue Bug is now live on Kickstarter!

This is the cover of my new children's book, Blue Bug, to be published in September, 2025.

Hello, fellow readers! I'm sharing this exciting news about my upcoming book in hopes that you will help me out a bit while I bring it to publication, which will occur in the fall. My plan is to have Blue Bug for sale by November 2025, but it needs a little push to get it there, and you can provide that.

I put Blue Bug on Kickstarter, a fundraising platform for creatives, to attract new readers and raise funds to defray the associated costs with producing a book. It is currently in "pre-launch," a stage in which the book is displayed but not yet published, and potential supporters or purchasers of the book are encouraged to click on the "notify me" button to follow its progress.

When the actual campaign begins (August 2025), Kickstarter will email interested parties that the fundraising campaign has begun, and potential backers will then be encouraged to contribute. Rewards are offered at different contribution levels, and I will be offering copies of my book in different formats. (This is an easy way to get a copy of your choice.)

For now, all I ask is a small favor from you: please visit the site and click on the "notify me" button at the right of the screen. There is no further obligation from you, but this action will alert Kickstarter that there is interest in this project, and they in turn will send traffic to view it.

The more people that visit the site (and follow), the greater Kickstarter's support becomes.

The link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ronalddsieber/the-importance-of-dreaming-big

 Please share this link with your friends and let's get that count up! 

Don't forget - look at my book's page and click to follow!

Thanks in advance for your support,

=Ronald Sieber

www.ronaldsieber.com

Book News from author Ronald Sieber

March 2025

Author Ronald Sieber

Greetings, everyone! Friends know that Ronald sitting still is a rare sight unless he's working on a book. He's more often working in his yard or on a car. Or going

on an adventure somewhere!

Making friends with a pachyderm in Kotakinabaloo!

Quick update on my book, Classic Speedsters, which up to now has only been available in hardback. It's a beautifully designed book by my friend, Nathan Moehlmann of Goosepen Press.

book available at www.classicspeedsters.com

You should grab yourself a copy if you haven't already; it's a wonderful book and makes a great present! The button below will take you to the order page for that.

News about my forthcoming book, Blue Bug

Blue Bug: the story of a girl and a car - a very special car!

I'm a classic Bugatti fan and also a lover of children's books, as I was a career teacher. then a father of two wonderful children, and now I'm a grandfather. I've read quite a few children's books in my day, and I have a good idea about what makes for a book that captures the imagination of a child:

1. a good story,

2. captivating illustrations (if it's an illustrated book),

3. and a positive message to learn something about Life.

These are all necessary components of a great children's book. And I think you will find that in my book, Blue Bug, that I expect to come out in the fall of 2025.

There are more details about the story that I'll share in the next set of newsletters, including some of the sketches that illustrator Alex Wakefield has been drawing. I think you'll be as excited as I am when you see his images. This promises to be a book to cherish reading with our next generation of automotive enthusiasts!