Happy Release Day, Dowser 2: the Audiobook

Tantor Media has just released Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic (Dowser 2) in audiobook format. YAY!!

You’ll find the Dowser 2 audiobook here on Audible, Amazon, B&N, iTunes, and Tantor Media. Check out the different samples at each retailer!!

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The Dowser Series is narrated by Caitlin Davies (House of Night, Talon Saga) and published by Tantor Media.

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Caitlin Davies narrates the Dowser Series

Bio: Caitlin is a voiceover artist and audiobook narrator. She is the voice of a number of popular audiobook series including the House of Night, Penryn & the End of Days, Dragon Blood, and The Talon Saga.  She was part of the multi-cast recording of The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone which received an AudioFile Earphones Award.

 

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Up next!
March 22, 2016 – Dowser 3
April 26, 2016 – Dowser 4
May 24, 2016 – Dowser 5

Happy Release Day, Dowser 1: the Audiobook

Tantor Media has just released Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1) in audiobook format. Whoot! Whoot!

You’ll find the Dowser 1 audiobook here on Audible, Amazon, B&N, iTunes, and Tantor Media.

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The Dowser Series is narrated by Caitlin Davies (House of Night, Talon Saga) and published by Tantor Media.

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Caitlin Davies narrates the Dowser Series

Bio: Caitlin is a voiceover artist and audiobook narrator. She is the voice of a number of popular audiobook series including the House of Night, Penryn & the End of Days, Dragon Blood, and The Talon Saga.  She was part of the multi-cast recording of The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone which received an AudioFile Earphones Award.

 

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Audiobook release schedule

January 26, 2016 – Dowser 1
February 23, 2016 – Dowser 2
March 22, 2016 – Dowser 3
April 26, 2016 – Dowser 4
May 24, 2016 – Dowser 5

Stay tuned for a giveaway via Tantor Media coming Feb 5 – 19, 2016.

Dowser 1: a sneak ‘listen’ of the audiobook

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Tantor Media has just released a preview of the Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1) audiobook. Yay! So, so fun.

Pop over here to listen to the mp3 file. Caitlin Davies is effervescent narrating Jade.

The audiobook will be released on Jan 26, 2016. The preorders for all five Dowser books are up on Audible, Amazon, B&N, and Tantor Media.

 

Dowser Series: Audiobook updates

I received two quick updates from Tantor Media about the Dowser Series audiobooks last week.

  1. in the form of an email from narrator Caitlin Davies:Screen Shot 2015-12-21 at 9.38.47 AM
  2. Elaine, who is one of Tantor’s graphic designers, sent the audiobook cover for my approval. I’m so pleased the publisher opted to use Elizabeth Mackey’s covers as the basis for their design.Cupcakes audiobook cover

There is something very pleasing about having work ‘magically’ happening behind the scenes while I focus on getting more books written! So yay for Mondays!

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Audiobook release schedule

Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic – Jan 26, 2016

Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic – Feb 26, 2016

Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic – March 26, 2016

Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic – April 26, 2016

Maps, Artifacts, and Other Arcane Magic – May 26, 2016

Oracle 2: synopsis

If magic was real, then what? Was it simply a form of energy? The energy I felt when I touched Beau, Chi Wen, and Blackwell? Energy from where? From some divine providence? From the very earth?

If magic came from somewhere godly, then why come to me? Why communicate through me? What purpose did the visions have?

Could I actually change the future? And if yes, would I change it for better or for worse?

Over a year and a half had passed since Jade Godfrey — aka the dowser — fixed my mother’s necklace. Since I’d thwarted the vision of the death of love. Since I’d made a deal with a devil and acquired a demigod for a mentor.

I still didn’t understand or control my power, my magic, but it had been a great year. A year of rest. A year of love and light.

But now the reprieve was over.

Now it was time to see.

Magic willed it so.

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Book cover by Irene Langholm and Elizabeth Mackey

 – I See You (Oracle 2) is now available for preorder. –

Dowser Series: Tantor Media and audiobooks

I’m exceedingly pleased to announce that Tantor Media will be publishing Dowser Series audiobooks beginning in January 2016. They will produce and publish one title a month through May 2016, up to and including the to-be-released untitled Dowser 6. [I have the title, of course, I’m just keeping it a secret for now. 😀 ]

Yes, I have been wooed away from the pure indie-author path. I guess I’m one of those ‘hybrid-author’ types now.

Caitlin Davies will be narrating the audiobooks. You can check out samples of her work at Audible.com or on her website. She is the voice of a number of popular audiobook series including the House of Night, Penryn & the End of Days, Dragon Blood, and The Talon Saga.

Founded in California in 2000, Tantor Audio has grown from a three person operation into a leading independent audiobook publisher, producing more than 100 new titles every month. Now located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, Tantor’s talented team of associates, and over 150 of the industry’s best narrators, are dedicated to providing the highest quality audio experience, all for the best value. Tantor was acquired by Recorded Books in 2015. Recorded Books is the largest independent publisher of unabridged audiobooks with operations in the US, UK, and Australia.

I’m thrilled to be partnering with Tantor and Caitlin in this endeavor.

I’ll keep you updated. Hopefully, I‘ll have some audio clips to share and there will be giveaways, of course.

This is a shot of my old, well-used headphone. It has nothing to do with Tantor, Caitlin, or audiobooks. But I felt like the post needs a phone, you know? Like it was a little naked. Headphones were the closest thing to audiobooks that I had laying around.
This is a shot of my old, well-used headphones. It has nothing to do with Tantor, Caitlin, or audiobooks. But I felt like the post needed a picture, you know? It was a little naked. Headphones were the closest thing to audiobooks that I had lying around.

My paperback proofs

I keep all my paperback proofs – flaws and all – lined up in the upper left corner of my sitting desk. I just added Dowser 5 to the group, making it now almost eight inches of self-generated inspiration.

MCD paperback proofsI adore these books, even the misprinted spines of After the Virus and Spirit Binder. Perhaps that is egotistical, but there is just something so satisfying with this evidence of creation. So much so, that on days where I have to beat back the resistance just to chain myself to the desk, I can see that I’ve done it before. I’ve produced. I’ve made it through five or more drafts, editing, proofing, and into print.

Day and days of tears have gone into these books, but happily, much, much more laughter has accompanied their creation.

I published the ebook of ATV in June 2011, so the above eight inches encapsulates over four years of my life. It’s crazy that so much time has flown by, yet utterly fulfilling to have these books to mark the years. 

What a blast it’s been!

Dowser 5: paperback

So this beauty just showed up in my mailbox for proofing.

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I love ebooks, and I rarely buy paperbacks myself. Though I do have a few author-signed books that I’ve collected lately. But there is just something about seeing your words in print. 😀

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I immediately approved the proof, so it’s on sale at Createspace now and should be available on Amazon in 3 days or so, then on other retailers in about a week.

You know what a new paperback means, right?

Yep, more giveaways!

I still have a few misprints I need to pawn off, and someone should get a copy of this pretty baby as well, don’t ya think?

Dowser 5: synopsis

One treasure down, two to go …

Three months ago, I nearly lost my best friend while retrieving the first instrument of assassination. I also inadvertently released a rival who was definitely unhinged, way more powerful than me, and obsessed with harnessing the deadly power of the artifacts I’d been tasked by the guardian dragons to collect.

Add a sexy sentinel and a nearly immortal vampire to the mix, and what could possibly go wrong?

Knowing my luck, I was about to find out.

maps release date announcement

The ebook will be available THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 on Amazon, Kobo, iTunes, B&N, and Smashwords. The paperback will follow about two weeks later.

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