Blue Moon Aurora

Blue Moon Aurora Blue Moon Aurora, LLC A small publishing company focused on producing quality fiction, children's books, and roleplaying games.

A new review!“In the Garden of our Minds and Other Buddhist Stories is a collection of children's stories that bring tra...
06/27/2014

A new review!

“In the Garden of our Minds and Other Buddhist Stories is a collection of children's stories that bring traditional Buddhist teachings into the context of modern life through the lens of a western Buddhist family of four...This book is a simple but entertaining way to teach children about the Dharma in a home or classroom setting. Colorful illustrations by Brian Chen show an interesting mix of scenes of modern family life as well as from the time of the Buddha. Even though the book is designed for children, adults will find it an enjoyable way to learn about the Buddha’s teachings.” – Review by Sandra Diaz, published in the Summer 2014 issue of The Mindfulness Bell

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This illustrated book of children's stories presents the wisdom of Mahayana Buddhism through the accessible and entertaining lens of a modern Buddhist family with two rambunctious elementary school...

Our website www.bluemoonaurora.com has been completely redesigned to showcase all of our books in print. Bonus material ...
06/27/2014

Our website www.bluemoonaurora.com has been completely redesigned to showcase all of our books in print. Bonus material includes behind-the-scenes information on the West Pacific Supers universe, articles on duet roleplaying, and some of the gorgeous artwork created by our freelance artists. Check it out!

Summer reading sale! the truth about Hannah Rose now available for Amazon Kindle for only 99 cents!
06/10/2014

Summer reading sale! the truth about Hannah Rose now available for Amazon Kindle for only 99 cents!

Ally Eisenberg is approaching forty, recently divorced, and disconnected from her Jewish heritage. She turns to adoption from Russia to fulfill her lifelong dream of mothering. Soon she has accepted the referral of a little girl she's always known she’d call Hannah Rose. Ally successfully ...

Another RPG product I'm mentioning that's coming up for its developer is a friend, Marie Small. Congratulations!
02/05/2014

Another RPG product I'm mentioning that's coming up for its developer is a friend, Marie Small. Congratulations!

Coming Feb 18th for Pathfinder RPG by Paizo.

Duet roleplaying (one GM and one player) is something Kirk writes and talks a lot about so we're always on the looking o...
02/05/2014

Duet roleplaying (one GM and one player) is something Kirk writes and talks a lot about so we're always on the looking out for duet products. Here's a new KS that's looks like a solid product for old-school sword & sorcery duet play.

Old-school sword & sorcery heroics for a single player and GM.

Happy Lunar New Year! Whether you celebrate the Tibetan New Year (Losar), the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), or the Chinese ...
02/03/2014

Happy Lunar New Year! Whether you celebrate the Tibetan New Year (Losar), the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), or the Chinese New Year, have a happy Year of the Wood Horse. A great gift idea for Lunar New Year is a copy of the illustrated paperback book In the Garden of our Minds and other Buddhist stories. Order today at Amazon.com!

This illustrated book of children's stories presents the wisdom of Mahayana Buddhism through the accessible and entertaining lens of a modern Buddhist family with two rambunctious elementary school-aged children. Five of the chapters retell traditional stories of the life of the Buddha in a way t...

A great blog by M on the Buddhist concept of renunciation. It's her ability to honestly tackle tricky issues in Buddhism...
01/31/2014

A great blog by M on the Buddhist concept of renunciation. It's her ability to honestly tackle tricky issues in Buddhism that I think make In the Garden of Our Minds such an effective Buddhist children's book.

My catalyst in this life to becoming a Buddhist occurred when I was a teenager visiting Asia with my parents. In Nepal, we encountered Tibetans in exile, who radiated the most amazing peace and joy...

Sharing a link for an Kickstarter for an anthology based on a setting developed for roleplaying purposes.
01/02/2014

Sharing a link for an Kickstarter for an anthology based on a setting developed for roleplaying purposes.

7 tales blending magic, mystery, advanced technology, superheroes and horror, set within the vast, Blended-Genre RPG Cosmoverse.

Blue Moon Aurora has dropped the price of Black Throne Conspiracy to $.99 in honor of Cyber Monday. This is a book we ar...
12/02/2013

Blue Moon Aurora has dropped the price of Black Throne Conspiracy to $.99 in honor of Cyber Monday. This is a book we are very proud of, it's a complex and detailed science fantasy ebook that's quite engaging.

Sir Cobran Derithal was a rising star in the Army of the Concordance, one of the major stellar powers of the Ascension Galaxy. Then an explosion shattered his leg, killed his fiancée, and ended his military career. Back on his homeworld of Jarissa, he’s been content to convalesce unti...

Our newest release is a novel by Naomi Kenorak that's a fictionalized memoir of the adoption of a young Russian girl tha...
11/01/2013

Our newest release is a novel by Naomi Kenorak that's a fictionalized memoir of the adoption of a young Russian girl that captures the experience wonderfully.

In conjunction with National Adoption Awareness Month, Blue Moon Aurora, LLC is proud to announce the release of the truth about Hannah Rose by Naomi Kenorak, a fictionalized memoir of adoption set during the heyday of American adoptions from Russia. Ally Eisenberg is approaching forty, recently ...

10/28/2013

If you haven't visited the main Blue Moon Aurora website in a while, it's worth a look. On the left, we've separated out our K.M. Johnson-Weider novels into two distinct categories to better descri...

Michelle's Buddhist children's books is up for sale, and stocked now, on Amazon for those who are interested.
07/18/2013

Michelle's Buddhist children's books is up for sale, and stocked now, on Amazon for those who are interested.

This illustrated book of children's stories presents the wisdom of Mahayana Buddhism through the accessible and entertaining lens of a modern Buddhist family with two rambunctious elementary school-aged children. Five of the chapters retell traditional stories of the life of the Buddha in a way t...

We are pleased to announce the release of our fourth book: In the Garden of our Minds and other Buddhist stories. This w...
05/30/2013

We are pleased to announce the release of our fourth book: In the Garden of our Minds and other Buddhist stories. This was written by Michelle and illustrated by Brian Chen.

The book is 108 pages, paperback. Individual retail copies may be purchased for $19.95 (plus shipping and handling). If you want to ask your local bookstore to carry the book, it is being distributed through New Leaf Distributing Company. The book’s ISBN is 978-0-9837984-6-0. Part of the profits from sales of the book will go to Buddhist charities, including the Tibetan Nuns Project and 84000, Translating the Words of the Buddha.

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Have lowered the price for the ebook version of West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide to $0.99 for the next month.
04/16/2013

Have lowered the price for the ebook version of West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide to $0.99 for the next month.

Imagine a world like our own but with superheroes. Would the superheroes change the world or would the world change the superheroes?It's 2013 and West Pacific Supers is the professional superhero team for the city of West Pacific in northern California. It's hard to know what's more dangerous for...

Kirkus Review is up for Black Throne Conspiracy. Great review, we're quite happy with it!
02/21/2013

Kirkus Review is up for Black Throne Conspiracy. Great review, we're quite happy with it!

A rich sci-fi mystery thriller set in a technologically advanced and politically corrupt galaxy.

It's finally out as an ebook. It's very exciting for us as Black Throne Conspiracy is a great book that we've been worki...
02/15/2013

It's finally out as an ebook. It's very exciting for us as Black Throne Conspiracy is a great book that we've been working on for about a year and a half. It's come out great!

Sir Cobran Derithal was a rising star in the Army of the Concordance, one of the major stellar powers of the Ascension Galaxy. Then an explosion shattered his leg, killed his fiancée, and ended his military career. Back on his homeworld of Jarissa, he’s been content to convalesce unti...

Black Throne Conspiracy is up on CreateSpace in print format with the ebook version being released in the middle of Febr...
01/28/2013

Black Throne Conspiracy is up on CreateSpace in print format with the ebook version being released in the middle of February.

Sir Cobran Derithal was a rising star in the Army of the Concordance, one of the major stellar powers of the Ascension Galaxy. Then an explosion shattered his leg, killed his fiancée, and ended his military career. Back on his homeworld of Jarissa, he's been content to convalesce until a series of u...

We have Black Throne Conspiracy up for an ebook giveaway on LibraryThing.
01/28/2013

We have Black Throne Conspiracy up for an ebook giveaway on LibraryThing.

LibraryThing catalogs your books online, easily, quickly and for free.

We are giving away 10 free copies via Goodreads before our next book (Black Throne Conspiracy) is released. Follow the l...
01/18/2013

We are giving away 10 free copies via Goodreads before our next book (Black Throne Conspiracy) is released. Follow the link and go down to the middle to enter to win one of the copies.

Sir Cobran Derithal was a rising star in the Army of the Concordance, one of the major stellar powers of the Ascension Galaxy. Then an explosion shattered his leg, killed his fiancée, and ended his military career. Back on his homeworld of Jarissa, he’s been content to convalesce until a series of u...

New blog up for BMA.
01/16/2013

New blog up for BMA.

One persistent challenge we’ve faced is the difficulty of determining the genre of our books. You have to have a genre. This is how sites like Amazon.com and Smashwords.com organize books and you n...

12/08/2012

Today have finished edits on final draft of Black Throne Conspiracy. Will be going through a few more times before release to remove any errors but the novel is effectively finished and locked at this point. If I don't say so myself, this is a very good book, very entertaining. :)

A  new update on where we stand in 2013.
12/07/2012

A new update on where we stand in 2013.

The end of the year is coming and now is a good time for an update on what Blue Moon Aurora has planned for 2013. On March 1st, Black Throne Conspiracy will be released and is a sci-fi political th...

Kirk has a new humorous blog up on his Get Used To Disappointment Blog! Enjoy!
08/31/2012

Kirk has a new humorous blog up on his Get Used To Disappointment Blog! Enjoy!

Batman has abducted President Obama and Governor Romney and taken them to the Bat Cave, where he injected them both with truth serum. Batman intends to host an honest Presidential Debate to help hi...

08/31/2012

The price for Rising Tide and Victory at Any Cost as e-books will go up to $1.99 tomorrow.

We've returned from GenCon!
08/20/2012

We've returned from GenCon!

Michelle and I have returned from our first GenCon! What is GenCon you ask? It’s Mecca for gamers. For 45 years roleplayers, war-gamers, and all those who play adventure games have been gathering a...

07/20/2012

Have just finished first draft of Black Throne Conspiracy. Started the novel last November and it's now about 150K words. Still revisions and probably beta reading to be done, but definitely on track for release in early 2013.

The best of the best when it comes to gaming movies!
07/05/2012

The best of the best when it comes to gaming movies!

Sorry for the delay but today we have the Final Four of Gaming Movies! These are the gold standard and are guaranteed to get you in the mood to roleplay. You’ll see that all of these movies have th...

The next two movies in our list of Best Gaming Movies!
06/26/2012

The next two movies in our list of Best Gaming Movies!

We have entered the Super Six of Gaming Movies and #6 and #5 both reflect the sort of movies that gamers love! On one hand they have a lot of the elements we expect in gaming movies such as a team ...

Moving through the list but didn't post for  #10 and  #9 a few days ago as have been quite busy.
06/21/2012

Moving through the list but didn't post for #10 and #9 a few days ago as have been quite busy.

The next two movies are about as different as you can get. One’s fluffy and the other’s gritty, though both deal with heroes trying to navigate oppressive regimes. #8. Road to El Dorado (2000) ...

We keep moving down the list - here's the next two!
06/18/2012

We keep moving down the list - here's the next two!

We have today two classic action-adventure movies with a fantasy element. With these reviews, you should begin to notice a few key similarities about gaming movies. First, there’s always swords. ...

Next two movies on our Best Gaming Movie list!
06/15/2012

Next two movies on our Best Gaming Movie list!

Today we have #14 and #13 in Best Gaming Movie series with a cult classic and one of the greatest movies ever made. Roleplayers are odd that way. They love underdogs, you know those movies and tele...

The forums have spoken and thus begins the Best Gaming Movie list for Blue Moon Aurora.
06/13/2012

The forums have spoken and thus begins the Best Gaming Movie list for Blue Moon Aurora.

The members of the Blue Moon Aurora forums have assembled a list of the sixteen best gaming movies. You may ask – what is a gaming movie? To put it simply a gaming movie is one that after wat...

05/30/2012

West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide made the list of IndieReader Approved books and is in consideration for the IR Discovery Awards.

Please note that the judging is not yet complete, that all books entered have not yet been reviewed and that not all of the books included here will win. But they are all IndieReader approved and very much worth a read. Read On »

Victory at Any Cost is out in print version now.
05/22/2012

Victory at Any Cost is out in print version now.

It's 2014 and the surviving members of West Pacific Supers, along with some new recruits, are gearing up for another exciting Season. This year they'll be fighting for the hearts and minds of West Pacific as an upstart charter team challenges our heroes to become the official superhero team of the c...

Looking for feedback from roleplayers and the like for Best Gaming Movie.
05/17/2012

Looking for feedback from roleplayers and the like for Best Gaming Movie.

On the BMA forums I’ve been running polls and the like in the pursuit of coming up with the best gaming movies. What I mean by that are those movies that make you want to roleplay or capture ...

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