Welcome to EmmaLea Media
I’m Blue Duck. Tap me to meet a few friends, pick a book by Joseph Valenzuela, or get help publishing a story of your own.
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EmmaLea Media’s storybook pet.
01 / The bookshelf
From a girl facing a rising river to the strange physics inside an ordinary phone, start with the question that catches you.
Illustrated novella · Second edition
The bridge goes dark. Lily gets to work.
When a storm knocks out the warning light on a flooded footbridge, sixteen-year-old Lily turns to her grandfather’s weather notes and an AI named Echo. What happens when the answer on the screen and the evidence in front of her disagree?
Popular science · Second edition
Your phone thinks you’re across the street.
That wrong blue dot is the first stop on a journey through atomic clocks, experiments with single electrons, and the peculiar challenge of building a computer that remembers.
Fiction · Technology & society
What kind of future should we build together?
When an ancient technology called the Origin transforms Willowbrook, Lily and Echo discover their town is one thread in a much bigger network. Then the world starts paying attention.
Business · Digital products
What makes a customer come back next month?
Explore subscriptions, resale rights for digital products, and how small businesses can use AI in marketing and customer service.
Picture book · Ages 4–8
A hungry dog finds a ring that could buy him breakfast.
Patch could keep the ring. Instead, he sets out to find who lost it. A gentle read-aloud about a small act of honesty and where it leads.
Release details to come
Illustrated novel
A family’s memories deserve more than one column.
Raised by a Palestinian father and a Jewish mother, Lily starts asking why a girl disappeared from an aid program’s records. The search tests the family and community that raised her.
In development
Picture book · Crayon edition
How do you send a hug home?
A fold of paper and a big pink heart become a keepsake for two grandparents.
Release details to come
Rhyming picture book · Book 1
One nervous duck. One very full backpack.
Blue Duck packs a spoon, a boat, a blankie, and his pajamas for the first day of school. Then the zipper gives way. A playful read-aloud for anyone who’s ever been the new kid.
In development02 / The publishing studio
Bring an idea, a draft, or a book ready for release. Tell us your budget and where you’d like help. We’ll show you the scope and price before you decide.
Find the shape of your book, build an outline, and give each chapter a reason to be there.
Strengthen the structure, sharpen the language, and keep the voice that makes the book yours.
Get help preparing your paperback or ebook files, book description, and retailer listing.
Find the book’s pitch and build a plan for its product page, launch, and outreach to readers.
03 / Work with EmmaLea Media
If you’re writing, editing, self-publishing, or launching a book, tell us where you are in the process.
Writers, editors, illustrators, designers, and book marketers are welcome to share what they do and a link to their work.
Introduce yourself
