Hey, it’s good to see you here.
My name is Burton W. Cole—the kids at church call me Mr. Burt—and I am the author of the Bash and Beamer series of faith, fun and farm pranks misadventures published by B&H Kids, as well as the Burt’s Eye View newspaper humor column and a few other projects, all fueled by chocolate.
I love sharing the silliness and pure joy of the goofy escapades I remember my siblings and cousins pulling growing up in the country, and how the love and discovery of God was such a natural part of all those awesome adventures.
On your store and library bookshelves now you will find (and if you don’t, ask for them!) Bash and the Pirate Pig, Bash and the Chicken Coop Caper and Bash and the Chocolate Milk Cows. In the works are Bash and the Daring Duck Disaster, plus a new project about a mixed-up kid detective who runs the Owl Detective Agency out of his treehouse. Bash and the gang also are featured in a homeschool curriculum Reading and Writing with Worms, by my friend Carol Kinsey.
In “real life,” I am features editor and humor columnist at a newspaper in northeast Ohio. I’ve been a newspaper man for more than 35 years.
So how did I become humor novelist? I started writing bad poetry in third grade. By fourth grade, I wrote my first “novel,” four chapters over six pages, handwritten in pencil in cursive. And with my own illustrations. It was called Vanish the Killer Whale. That ol’ orca terrorizing on community let my imagination swim all over the place and set my course.
One of the cool things about writing—it’s legalized daydreaming. Don’t yell at me when I’m staring off into space. I AM working. Oh, and reading comic books IS research. What a wonderful job!
So join me and this wonderful group of friends at Storyteller Squad. We’re going to have a blast.
You can also reach me at http://www.facebook.com/BurtonWCole/ on Facebook, @BurtonWCole on Twitter, or by email at Burton.W.Cole@gmail.com