Survey Results, and a Solemn Promise Not to Write a Were Bear Mystery
Do the rest of you get some kind of magic energy infusion with the New Year? A zip and a zing when you flip the page into January? If so, can you tell me where to get it? Assuming it’s not illegal in Hawaii (or let’s just say not strictly enforced here). Over the past week or two, I had hoped to revisit my Business Plan (maybe an initial visit— have I done a Business Plan?), come up with a Production Schedule, clear off my desk, and just generally <ahem> Get My Shit Together. Instead, crabby and hunched with an Read more…
The Latest Sydney Brennan Book is Live; Win a $25 Ebook Gift Card to Celebrate!
River Bound, the sixth Sydney Brennan book, is now available as an ebook! (Fingers crossed, the paperback may be available by the time you read this or shortly thereafter.) Woo hoo! Happy writer dance! A novella, River Bound is a quick, fast-paced story that’s perfect for taking a break from all the holiday crazy by reading about someone else’s pretend, life-threatening crazy. 😉 You can find out more about it here, or purchase it at these retailers: Buy From: Amazon US/UK/CA | Kobo | Nook | iBooks | Smashwords | Scribd | Inktera | 24Symbols [For other stores try this Universal Link] Read more…
A Sneak Peek at the New Sydney Brennan Book, and a Quick Dive into the World of Dialect
The latest Sydney Brennan, River Bound, is well on its way to hitting your hands and ereaders before Christmas. The manuscript is in its third and final copy edit pass, with my editor and I currently engaged in a profanity hyphenation debate (smart-ass or smartass, with both of us arguing both sides). And I haven’t forgotten you Luddites (I say that lovingly, having spent last weekend moving heavily laden bookshelves)—the paperback cover is on order. I mentioned before that I’m not setting a solid release date. This time of year, there’s a bit of spinning-the-wheel quality to when non-Preorder books Read more…
Bookends, in Stories and in Life
I am so tired. Which isn’t exactly cause for alarm. It is, after all, Friday. The week—make that the past weeks—have caught up with me. Okay, before you zone out (this is going to be one of those whiny posts, isn’t it?), I have a PAA, Public Author’s Announcement. If you emailed me in the past couple of weeks and you do not get a response this weekend, I probably didn’t receive your email. Sorry. Apparently my webmail took a leave of absence, i.e. broke, while I was traveling. A few emails did get forwarded to another account and I’ll Read more…
Postcards from Dead Hollow Land
I think I mentioned last post that I’d be doing some traveling. I am now in No Internet Land–my cell phone won’t even pick up my email. Well, not now at this precise moment. We’ve made a coffee shop pilgrimage (to another state) for “emergency wifi.” While I’m here, I thought I’d share some pretty pictures. Yesterday, we were fortunate to have a chilly but beautiful day for a train excursion in West Virginia. That’s right–we’re in Dead Hollow land! And I’m taking notes for Book Three of the trilogy. The train traveled through The Trough, a narrow space between Read more…
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