With just over a week to go in my Dragon Whisperer Goodreads giveaway, I already have 703 people who've entered the contest. Good grief! They can't all seriously want the book that much.
I can announce the sale now since I've returned the contract: my story "Blood Oranges" has been accepted by Daily Science Fiction! I don't know yet when it will appear. The sale pleases me mightily because I really like that story and because DSF is a SFWA pro market! I don't write very many short stories so I don't make very many pro sales; this is only my second. Once I sell one more, I'll be eligible for SFWA membership.
Now I just need to write some stories.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
You could win!
I'm a little slow sometimes. I knew that Double Dragon Publishing has an option to order POD print books, but I'd never actually connected that with the ability to, you know, order a POD print book of my Double Dragon ebooks. Yesterday I made that enormous leap and ordered a copy of The Dragon Whisperer--not to keep, but to give away on Goodreads!
So anyone who's interested, you can go here and get your name in the pot. You might win!
I am astounded at how many people have signed up already, incidentally. As of this writing, it's only been listed for a few hours but there are already 55 people who think they'd like to own it. If only they think they'd like to own it so much they actually go out and buy it.
I've got another Double Dragon book coming out this summer, Evil Outfitters, Ltd, so you can bet I'll be doing another giveaway.
So anyone who's interested, you can go here and get your name in the pot. You might win!
I am astounded at how many people have signed up already, incidentally. As of this writing, it's only been listed for a few hours but there are already 55 people who think they'd like to own it. If only they think they'd like to own it so much they actually go out and buy it.
I've got another Double Dragon book coming out this summer, Evil Outfitters, Ltd, so you can bet I'll be doing another giveaway.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
The Dragon Whisperer now available!
My fantasy novella, The Dragon Whisperer, is out this week from Double Dragon Press! It's a fun, light, slightly romantic story--in fact, here's the cover blurb:
May Armstrong used to be a renowned animal tamer, until her mind-control abilities disappeared along with her ghostly mentor. She’s been retired for two years—but a pushy king won’t let her refuse his job offer. He wants her to tame a dragon for him. She knows she can’t do it.
But when May’s current employer turns out to be more than just an innocent ship’s captain, suddenly she’s a wanted woman in more ways than one. May has a big decision to make: risk being eaten by a dragon, or outrun bounty hunters and city guards for the rest of her life.
It's available in just about any ebook format you can think of, and if you order now you get a 15% discount. You can read the first chapter on the page I linked to above. I love this book. I hope you do too!
May Armstrong used to be a renowned animal tamer, until her mind-control abilities disappeared along with her ghostly mentor. She’s been retired for two years—but a pushy king won’t let her refuse his job offer. He wants her to tame a dragon for him. She knows she can’t do it.
But when May’s current employer turns out to be more than just an innocent ship’s captain, suddenly she’s a wanted woman in more ways than one. May has a big decision to make: risk being eaten by a dragon, or outrun bounty hunters and city guards for the rest of her life.
It's available in just about any ebook format you can think of, and if you order now you get a 15% discount. You can read the first chapter on the page I linked to above. I love this book. I hope you do too!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Week of the Mighty Novella
Finally! My novella The Dragon Whisperer--last year's NaNo book, the one I wrote at breakneck speed so I could get back to rewriting Bell-Men--will be published as an ebook by Double Dragon Press! DDP published my novel Weaver's Shroud this spring and I'm very happy with them, so I'm glad they liked The Dragon Whisperer too.
Also in novella news this week, Cate Gardner has just announced that her novella Theatre of Curious Acts will be published by Hadley Rille Books! Congratulations to her, and huzzahs all around for the great and fabulous novella!
Also in novella news this week, Cate Gardner has just announced that her novella Theatre of Curious Acts will be published by Hadley Rille Books! Congratulations to her, and huzzahs all around for the great and fabulous novella!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Reducing the backlog
By my current count, I have six book-length manuscripts and two novella-length manuscripts in need of homes. Yes, three of the books are sequels so they don't really count, but that's still a lot of books that are just languishing on my harddrive.
Yesterday my employer (a college) closed due to the weather--not much snow, but ice on the roads and no chance of it melting until probably tomorrow afternoon--so I spent most of the day getting manuscripts ready to send off. I mailed two, emailed one. I also went over The Dragon Whisperer, my NaNo book that I thought needed so much work. Turns out it holds up just fine at the length of 41,000 words, so I did some minor revisions and found a small publisher that might want it. I emailed the submission this morning.
I feel good now that I've got some possibilities out there. Now I just need to buckle down and finish the Bell-Men rewrites before the world ends in 2012 or whatever, because if I can get the rewrite done correctly and then the edits, I think this one will nab me an agent. Of course, I thought the same thing about The Taste of Magic last year and no one wants it, but, well, that was last year.
Yesterday my employer (a college) closed due to the weather--not much snow, but ice on the roads and no chance of it melting until probably tomorrow afternoon--so I spent most of the day getting manuscripts ready to send off. I mailed two, emailed one. I also went over The Dragon Whisperer, my NaNo book that I thought needed so much work. Turns out it holds up just fine at the length of 41,000 words, so I did some minor revisions and found a small publisher that might want it. I emailed the submission this morning.
I feel good now that I've got some possibilities out there. Now I just need to buckle down and finish the Bell-Men rewrites before the world ends in 2012 or whatever, because if I can get the rewrite done correctly and then the edits, I think this one will nab me an agent. Of course, I thought the same thing about The Taste of Magic last year and no one wants it, but, well, that was last year.
Monday, November 30, 2009
everything here smells like skunk
Finally, November is over. NaNo is over. I may change my mind next year, but I don't think I'll be doing NaNo again--I've done and won five times now, and I don't really need it to keep me writing the way I used to. In fact, this year it was a bit of a detriment. I had to stop progress on Bell-Men to do NaNo; I could be done with the rewrite by now if I hadn't.
Oh well, it's all good. I'm closing in on the last of the Bell-Men rewrites. I expect to finish in another week or two, and then I can relax and do some reading before picking it up again for another editing pass.
Hey! I've about decided that the last week of December is going to have to be a short story frenzy write-in! I've only got one story out right now and I really need to write more. If you're interested in joining me, I might start a blog for it pretty soon so we've all got a place to congregate. Ideas welcome!
I didn't sell any stories this month--not a big surprise, since I only have that one story out. I wrote the abysmal The Dragon Whisperer, which needs a lot of work to make it readable. Maybe I'll make 2010 the year of rewrites and editing.
Oh well, it's all good. I'm closing in on the last of the Bell-Men rewrites. I expect to finish in another week or two, and then I can relax and do some reading before picking it up again for another editing pass.
Hey! I've about decided that the last week of December is going to have to be a short story frenzy write-in! I've only got one story out right now and I really need to write more. If you're interested in joining me, I might start a blog for it pretty soon so we've all got a place to congregate. Ideas welcome!
I didn't sell any stories this month--not a big surprise, since I only have that one story out. I wrote the abysmal The Dragon Whisperer, which needs a lot of work to make it readable. Maybe I'll make 2010 the year of rewrites and editing.
Monday, November 2, 2009
No Name May
I've written 2,500 words on my new NaNo book. Sorry, Tiger, you've been kicked out of the NaNo club. Enter The Dragon Whisperer, which has managed to engage my interest. I may not have to give up in frustration after all!
I am having fun, oddly enough. Yesterday Mom and I took a two-mile walk down by the river and discussed our NaNo projects. We came up with enough of a plot for me to get started, and we both agreed that we needed to approach our projects without such grim determination.
My starting idea was: a woman who used to be famous for communicating with animals and making them do her bidding had to retire from the business when her ghost friend--whose ability she was using--vanished. Now she's been called out of retirement with an offer she can't refuse.
Within 500 words, I'd given the woman an interesting job in a shipping office. She's pretty sure her boss is a pirate. I immediately started to change the idea, morphing it into something that would allow the maybe-pirate to be involved. As of now, the maybe-pirate was injured when his ship ran aground during a storm, and he told the harbor authorities that the woman is his wife and she's just now gotten him home and is about to find out what he's up to. Fun!
On the other hand, you will notice that I have not named the poor woman. Her current name is _, which is not a name at all but a placeholder. I think she goes by May but it's short for something longer. This is the first time I've written this much into a book without knowing the main character's name. At least it's in first person, because otherwise the page would be sprinkled with underscores.
I am having fun, oddly enough. Yesterday Mom and I took a two-mile walk down by the river and discussed our NaNo projects. We came up with enough of a plot for me to get started, and we both agreed that we needed to approach our projects without such grim determination.
My starting idea was: a woman who used to be famous for communicating with animals and making them do her bidding had to retire from the business when her ghost friend--whose ability she was using--vanished. Now she's been called out of retirement with an offer she can't refuse.
Within 500 words, I'd given the woman an interesting job in a shipping office. She's pretty sure her boss is a pirate. I immediately started to change the idea, morphing it into something that would allow the maybe-pirate to be involved. As of now, the maybe-pirate was injured when his ship ran aground during a storm, and he told the harbor authorities that the woman is his wife and she's just now gotten him home and is about to find out what he's up to. Fun!
On the other hand, you will notice that I have not named the poor woman. Her current name is _, which is not a name at all but a placeholder. I think she goes by May but it's short for something longer. This is the first time I've written this much into a book without knowing the main character's name. At least it's in first person, because otherwise the page would be sprinkled with underscores.
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