New Books

I've updated the books page.

Flash of Fire

A collection of super short stories (1000 words or less) on the subject of fire. Ranging from the love of a volcano goddess to natural phenomena encountered as humans explore a distant planet, these stories evoke a sense of wonder and awe at the nature and power of fire. Some titles have been previously published as part of a weekly flash fiction project but others are brand new and exclusive to this volume. 
Titles include:
Molten Love
Spark
The Silver Fire
The Weeping Flame
Husband in the Flame
Troublemaker

Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo.

The Out of Order Detective

Spying on cheating monsters, being kidnapped to the past and chasing after a husband she didn't want who's been abducted by aliens is all part of the job for Eliza Carlisle, PI. This collection of super short stories (under 1500 words each) gives a glimpse into her life and her clients. 
Some of the stories have been published before as part of a weekly flash fiction feature but others are unique to this volume. 
Stories included are: 
Little Green Clients 
The Detective and the Archeologist 
Spying on Bigfoot's Wife 
The Case of the Missing Sparks 
Searching for Nessie 
To Whom It May Concern 
A Wife in Time 

Currently available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo.

The Dreaming Tower

It's done, finally finished and sent off to the editor who assures me she doesn't hate it. That makes me very happy. I'm nervous though, as excited as I am about this book, I'm pretty sure I'm going to be driving Jill crazy asking if she liked it. It's the longest thing I've ever finished and the birthing pains of bringing this book into the world are just beginning. (the cover art is going to be fantastic!)
I found myself, as soon as I hit send on the email, wanting to tinker; it needs 20 more pages, I need to cut out 3 major characters, I need to add 2 more. For some reason, I wanted to explain how the kingdom would function, what the economics were and how the fairies were going to be integral to everything that was going to come in the future. I had some awesome
world building details floating around in my head and, honestly, if I'm plied with enough alcohol, I may be induced to bore whoever asks me about them for hours. But they don't belong in this story. This story ends with a happily ever after and I like it that way.
I'm ready to walk away from this story for a bit and go play with some of my other imaginary friends. I'm hoping to have it out in the world by February, a full year after people started asking for a sequel. No, it didn't take me a year to write this book. It took me almost 10 months to want to write it and I'm glad I took my time. I couldn't have written this book a year ago.

Busy . . .

Well, this is kinda funny.

I had to drop in to write a blog post just to say I was too busy to drop in and write a blog post.

This is one of those problems I like to have.

What am I up to?

Yeah, this doesn't have much to do with today's post, I just
like the picture. 

Well, first, I'm getting December's ebook edited, expanded and covered to go up on Amazon. I have a deadline of December 15th. Let's see if I can make it.

I'm a little more than half-way finished with the book I started for NaNoWriMo. I've been going over notes and I have to make a decision how I want this book to go. I'd originally planned to have it be a stand alone book in the center of three stand alone books that all propelled the largest plot forward. As I've been writing and plotting, I saw the potential to for it to be the first book in a trilogy that might border on the epic.

Also, we went from having two cars to having one. This means, if I need to go anywhere during the day, I have to take my hubby to work first thing in the morning. He's a teacher. I'm a night owl. This does not do good things for my sleep.

So, if so inclined, drop a couple bucks in the tip jar to help with repairs or stocking up on coffee.


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