WritingThere's a giveaway running on Goodreads right now. Win a free copy of DEEP AS A TOMB ( Read more... )

The cover artist for Deep as a Tomb has created a beautiful map of the Shire. It's for sale here:

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/francescabaerald/lord-of-the-rings-hobbit-the-shire-map/

There's a Goodreads giveaway of DEEP AS A TOMB running until November 4. No obligation, but if you're interested, just click.https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/209120-deep-as-a-tomb?utm_medium=email&utm_source=

DEEP AS A TOMB is still available only in paperback, but Amazon has it discounted to $12.94 for some reason. And you have the chance to leave the first review! First! First = winner ( Read more... )

DEEP AS A TOMB is now up on Amazon, though the cover pic still isn't showing. It's YA fantasy with murder, betrayal, and some smooching. Not every book is right for every reader, but if this sounds right for you or someone you know, buy, read, review, fanfic, whatever! With a small press, the writer's biggest problem is helping the right readers ( Read more... )

I sent some bookmarks for DEEP AS A TOMB to the printer today. The cheapest rate gave me a thousand of them so if you want some, PM me a US address and I'll send you as many as you want. Give them out in class! Put them in swag bags! Foist them on trick or treaters ( Read more... )

Reading

I've read a couple of good MG books lately. Lauren Wolk's WOLF HOLLOW is a powerful book about guilt, responsibility, the rippling effects of malice, and the loss of innocence. The narrator is a woman looking back on events that happened when she was 12, living happily on a farm during WWII. Apparently Wolk wrote it as an adult book and ( Read more... )

Here's the cover for the YA fantasy I have coming out in November from Loose Leaves Publishing. Gorgeous, no?


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As a follow up to what I posted yesterday, when Zharmae closes at the end of August, my rights revert to me and I will put the e-book for FINDERS KEEPERS back up on Amazon. I've put a e-book short story up there, so I know how to do that ( Read more... )

Fun moments in small press publishing: the publisher of my first novel is closing its doors at the end of the month. All rights revert to me, so I think I’ll self-publish that one. In the meantime, my shiny new publisher is forging ahead with the book due out in November, which takes the sting out a little ( Read more... )