To my beloved readers.
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To my beloved readers.
I am working on the sequel to Darkspire Reaches. It helps me if I see what you might like to see more of in this process. This is a big world with many possibilities and I would like to accommodate your desires. If you leave me a review, please put what you would like to see in the next book and I will try to make this so.
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Thrilled!
So HBO, America’s most successful premium television company has an advert currently running with my little firedrake critter, Kryling, from Darkspire Reaches. Yes, he is the wrong color in the advert, which I am sure is an oversight on their part, but he is just how I imagined him.
As it happens, Kryling went live long before HBO aired their campaign, but even so, if you want to see one of the characters in my book, then look out for their advert. He is utterly adorable.
It is with great sadness that I see the demise of another small publisher is about to happen. The eminent Night Shade Books, which was agent subs only, is scrambling for someone to take on their business and their authors rather than file for chapter 11, which would be disastrous for the authors concerned, some of whom are friends.
From what I have read, this is a case of growing too quickly and not being able to keep up with the paperwork. Nothing sinister and such a shame for a publisher that has won so many accolades for books.
Yes, my stuff is with a small publisher, but I am not concerned on a personal level. I see sensible cut offs happening with new subs to allow the business to grow at a sustained rate. I am just so sorry for friends caught up in the mess of Night Shade books and also so sorry for the publishers.
Stunned!
Darkspire Reaches is sitting at #73 on the Amazon.ca site for hot new releases. A big thanks to family, friends and fellow Canucks for this.
In other stunning news, Shadow Over Avalon, my science fantasy book, will be released by Kristell Ink in November of this year. I am also delighted to announce two of my short stories will be appearing in the anthology ‘ Magic Creatures from the Celtic Mists’. These are ‘The Seventh Child’ and ‘The Hurdy Gurdy Man”. These stories have not appeared on my website, or on Readwave and will be released in April when the anthology goes live. Added to this is a review of Darkspire Reaches by Abyss and Apex magazine, now live at http://www.abyssapexzine.com/2013/03/2q-2013-small-press-book-reviews/
Venus meets Mars
I subscribed to the Kindle Gorilla thingy and downloaded a book. Um well, I will not be doing a review. I happen to detest giving negative reviews and chose instead to remain silent.
The problem? Someone hadn’t clued in that less is more. Unfortunately for me, I had guessed the supposed bad guy was a red herring very early on and who the real antagonist was and for what reasons. This left the sex scenes. I am not a prude, but after the first one I became bored. Where lust, and not sexual tension inspired by love and attraction is paramount, there is little to hold the reader’s interest unless they are an unrequited teenager. Sexual tension is something Ilona Andrews does to perfection. It is an art to have two people attracted and yet separated by circumstance beyond their control. This is where the current read fell by the wayside.
However, I do have two books I know I am going to enjoy. One is by Mary Wood and it is a deep look at a family in time, similar to Catherine Cookson. I have already read her other books and I know this will be enjoyable. The other is by Joanne Hall, who is a fellow writer for Kristell Ink Publications. I have seen the blurb and it is my kind of book. I know I will not be disappointed.
