As most of you know I'm currently in the process of taking back many of my titles as the rights come up for renewal with various publishers. It's nothing personal, it's just that the publishing industry has changed so much in the past 18 months that it makes sense to retain control of my work. It's a financial decision, plain and simple. I don't want to kill myself trying to make a living at my writing, and I can make more money, and also in some cases keep the cost down for readers, if I eliminate the middleman.
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I know. Very cryptic.
But still. Inquiring m
inds want to know.- Location:wild imaginings
- Mood:
mischievous - Music:wind through cottonwood
It was only two episodes. I swear. Okay. Maybe three.
- Location:Monday
- Mood:awake
- Music:School's Out
Thanks to the flu, I missed the official book launch of my latest project with Blind Eye Books. That would be the Irregulars anthology containing shared world stories by Astrid Amara, Ginn Hale, Nicole Kimberling and me. The premise:NATO’s Irregular Affairs Division is a secret international organization operating in cities on every continent. Its agents police relations between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, enforcing immigration laws, overseeing the transfer of magical artifacts, and protecting us from crimes against humanity. They can’t tell anyone what they do or reveal the strange sights they’ve seen.
These agents—Irregulars, as they’re known to the few who know them at all—are drawn to the work for their own reasons and solve cases in their own unique ways. They are a colorful collection of men:
Agent Henry Falk, an undead tramp brought back for a final mission.
Agent Keith Curry, a former carnivore chef turned vegetarian, currently dealing with a goblin problem.
Agent Rake, Babylonian demon with a penchant for easy living and dangerous games.
Agent Silas August, an uncompromising jerk with a dead partner and an assignment babysitting an assassin.
Four cities, four mysteries, four times the action and romance. Is your security clearance high enough to read on?
The individual stories are:
Cherries Worth Getting by Nicole Kimberling set in Portland, Oregon, USA
Green Glass Beads by Josh Lanyon set in Vancouver, B.C. Canada
No Life But This by Astrid Amara set in Mexico City
Things Unseen and Deadly by Ginn Hale
You can purchase the book in print through Blind Eye Books itself or through Amazon or Barnes and Noble. To get a digital version, you can purchase through Weightless Books.
- Location:Monday
- Music:vacuum
I gots a head full of flu (no, it really truly doesn't have any connection to St. Paddy's) and am pitted in mortal toil with my old pal K.A. Mitchell. If you've got the time and the energy cast your vote(s) (from your multiple ISP addresses) for Come Unto These Yellow Sands.KA is currently trouncing me, but all hope is not lost. Especially when MY fans sober up and stumble to their computers.
Vote here. Vote often. Vote me.
DABWAHA
- Location:fragile
- Music:drums the damned drums
GLBT
A quick glance at the GLBT field indicates a tough battle between some terrific titles.
GLBT
- One Real Thing by Anah Crow and Dianne Fox
- Nowhere Ranch by Heidi Cullinan
- The Rifter by Ginn Hale
- Camwolf by J.L. Merrow
- GhosTV by Jordan Castillo Price
- Come Unto These Yellow Sands by Josh Lanyon
- Bad Boyfriend by K.A. Mitchell
Needless to say I'm thrilled just to be nominated.
The battle for supremacy begins March 11 (hey -- that's when Daylight Saving Time begins too!)
Click here for more info.
- Location:Donning visor and gauntlets
- Mood:
chipper - Music:Something with kettle drums
- Location:poolside
- Music:rain on roof
- Location:2012
- Mood: chipper
- Music:Good morning!
- Location:rushing to meet kidlings
- Mood: content
- Music:wind in my ears
Well, for 48 hours. Death of a Pirate King -- check out the beeeouutiful new cover by the gifted Kanaxa -- is free for 48 hours at All Romance Ebooks.Buy it now, because come Wednesday, that ship will have sailed.
And don't miss the interview with Jake and Adrien at Jessewave's tomorrow, December 20th.
- Location:the seven seas
- Mood:awake
- Music:gilbert and sullivan
But what I wanted to say -- very briefly because my wrists are killing me again -- is that Ginn Hale, Nicole Kimberling, Astrid Amara and me are all over the Desert Island Keepers blog this week chatting about next year's anthology The Irregulars -- and Ginn's amazing serial The Rifter.
You can find that right here.
- Location:ouch
- Mood:
sore - Music:waaah
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