It's here (digitally)!!!

Yippee!!!

Just in time for Memorial Day (when the action in the book takes place).

This is available at Amazon right now and for the summer. I'm trying the Amazon Lending program, so it won't be at Barnes & Noble, etc. for a while.

It will be in print ... VERY soon. I'll refresh this page when that happens.

So here you go! Dorothy, Jack Tinsley, Drew Strawn, the Professor and So-So the cat await you!

It's almost here!

 

The formatting is done and all I have to do is upload it.

So hang on. The news will come soon:

Dorothy's story will be live!

 

April 1, no fooling

As I noted in my Real Blog, I think I have resolution on my literary legal issues. My other legal issues (with the buyer of my house in MN) is another matter and one which I don't want to discuss in a public forum (hmpf).

So here we are, it's April, and I'm LOOKING AHEAD. I have a new book ready to release and here's the pretty cover. This is my firefighter-ghost book, and I am loving the cover because it's got all the elements from the story: the hands in the background, the fire, the firefighter.

Whee!

I hope to release Gilt in early May after I proofread it ONE MORE TIME. After what happened with Mist, I am not taking any chances.

That still irks the crap out of me. Anyway, I'll announce here when Gilt is ready for consumption. After that, it's on to Righter. Then next year it will be Twistered, Flyer, and Wholes (Oz, Peter Pan, and Alice). And after that -- who knows? Maybe the Endless American Dream series will finally release.

Fun times ahead!

Updates, updates, & more updates

I am prepping a book for release this spring (or later this spring, I should say, since it appears we are going to actually have a spring season for once instead of just going right into summer).

I digress. The weather is so unusual I comment on it all the time.

Anyway: I'm prepping a book for release and I am peering at every word, my angst about typos, etc., making me super paranoid. I'm sure something will slip past, but I hope it isn't as egregious as the ones in Mist.

Sigh.

And I'm making HUGE strides in writing the Endless American Dream series. It's a 3-volume, 9 book series ... no wait. It'll be 3 volumes and 9 books for the FIRST series. Then 3 books for the next 2 series. Then the 3 book series that finishes it (already published).

Confused? I'm not because (drum roll) I have a super WIKI that keeps track of everything. When I start publishing the series, I'll open the Wiki to the public. Until then, suffice it to say: it is AWESOME and I love it because I can keep track of EVERYTHING.

My plans for the Childhood Murder Series may be on hold. I am having a lawyer vet my plans. I want to make sure I am not violating copyright or anything.

Sigh again.

If it turns out I can't do the CMS, then I'll change the people in the books and make them just basic mysteries. But the CMS was a great idea (is a great idea. I have hopes it'll pass legal muster).

April will be busy with the RT Convention in Chicago, but other than that, it's nose to the grindstone for me! In between gardening and swimming and other fun things. So there you are: more irons in the fire than can be handled at once, but hey, that's how I roll. I'll post covers as I get 'em and release dates when I know.

Happy spring!

Writing angst today

I have two major woes with writing these days. And man, they both P me off.

1. A boo boo in my book. Yep, in Mist. I uploaded it to iTunes and read it and BAM found two wrong words all within the first chapter. I read that book at least 5 or 6 times. My beta reader read it twice. I read it again. And there are STILL wrong words. I so hate when that happens! I may hold a contest for readers and they can tell me where the problems are. Sheesh. It makes me look like such an amateur and I'm NOT. Sheesh.

2. Legal issues. I am working on several books (simultaneously, but hey, that's how I roll) and 2 of them are based loosely on children's stories (Oz, and Pooh). But given the legal problems I've had with the sale of my house, I thought, "hmm. Better look into this." So I've hired a lawyer to review my manuscript and my plans so I make sure I don't get sued.

Not a happy writing time, no sir. It makes me wonder why I'm in the biz.

On the up side: I'm off today to meet some fellow writers here in Iowa. First time with this group, so I think it'll be fun. I hope it's fun enough to make me happy about my writing again!

Grr.

No writing done, but ideas galore

I just returned from the Love Is Murder conference, which means I didn't have any time to do any writing for several days. BUT (and it's a big one, heh heh) I found the time away from my keyboard to be so very useful.

Why?

Allow me to tell you! I came up the titles for my next 3 books in my "good-bye America" series (the dystopian futuristic series). And I discovered the titles for each part of those 3 books, so 9 titles. Whee! I also had an epiphany about a couple more of my back list titles. I think I'll request the rights back and that led me to think of titles, and what do you know? I figured out titles for those AND what I want for cover art.

So stay tuned here -- looks like a busy few months coming up!