… is an adventure akin to the one for the final frontier … except on a much smaller, 8.5 x 11 inch, 112 page scale.
Let’s hope my eyes are eagle sharp and my senses typo-honed. See you on the other side!!
Category: self-publishing
Love Lies Bleeding Free for kindle
Okay! For the very last time Love Lies Bleeding will be free for kindle from (today) May 30th to June 3rd. I will then make it available on all the other ebook platforms.
Bonus: LLB now contains an exclusive excerpt of the soon to be released, Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic.
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009EBQFPU
Amazon.ca: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B009EBQFPU
Amazon uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009EBQFPU
Germany: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B009EBQFPU
France: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B009EBQFPU
Spain: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B009EBQFPU
Italy: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B009EBQFPU
Tag: Love conquers all…even death
Synopsis: Pamela just wants to reunite in the afterlife with her dead fiancé, Grady. Problem is, Grady was a secret agent, and his coded emails have infuriated both his employers and his enemies. They need Pamela alive. So, instead of her planned suicide, she is kidnapped by black ops agents, tortured by mobster warlords, hunted by a psychotic killer, and chased by zombies … all necessary evils in order to ultimately walk into the sunset with her true love.
WARNING: Love Lies Bleeding is a darkly comedic, bloody romance about love conquering all, even death. This is NOT a young adult novel. It contains graphic violence, nasty language, and more than a little bit of flesh eating. There are no soft kisses, soulful stares, or moonlit rainstorms.
Quotes:
“Denial was Erwin’s friend, and favorite vacation spot.” – Chapter 4, Love Lies Bleeding
“I can’t figure out what we are playing at, good cop, bad cop, concerned nutritionists …” – Phil, Chapter 5, Love Lies Bleeding
“Don’t worry dear. Be a good girl and you never have to find out what’s in the crate.” – Mr. Doyle, Love Lies Bleeding
“I’m just looking to match this empty shell to my departed soul.” – Pamela, Love Lies Bleeding
“I need help. Or at least directions. I’m being chased by a psycho . . . killer, though given the day I’ve been having I could be wrong about his intentions.” – Pamela, Love Lies Bleeding
Cover Reveal: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic
Behold! Another brilliant creation by the ever-talented Irene Langholm (see all my other covers for more of Irene’s work).
Synopsis: If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it. That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.
Genre: Urban Fantasy (Adult/New Adult)
Release date: June 21, 2013
— Giveaways & goodies to be revealed here throughout June!! —
Skyping with Irene…
So I just finished a great Skype chat with Irene Langholm, who is the brilliant artist who has done all the covers for my books. While the chat ended very well – we were discussing the cover for the soon to be released Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic – it started out a little embarrassingly … for me. You see, Irene requested I send her a sketch of my basic idea for the cover.
Ahem.
I cannot sketch, or draw, or paint … but – in the spirit of cooperative creation – I made an attempt.
Note all the fine details I included – the figure is obviously female, one of her hands is caressing the Y of the word deadly … the glowing ‘door’ is hanging on some sort of grid and the woman appears to be standing (on her heels) on water … um … that’s not right …
I’m surprised Irene didn’t fall over laughing. Well, perhaps she did, it would be difficult to tell during a text based chat, but she was very understanding about my perspective issues, and even thanked me.
I have a feeling the finished cover will be a bit more … hmmm … what do I want to say here … well, perhaps we’ll have to do a comparison when Irene sends me what I know will be a work of art.
At least I spelled everything correctly … beside that ‘D’ … I guess I had trouble with that.
Ah, it’s good to know your shortcomings, no?
The proof is in the box
The paperback copies of Time Walker finally arrived. There will now be giveaways!
Happy, happy Monday!
Good news/Bad news…
Good news! The paperback proof for Time Walker FINALLY showed up. It was printed AND shipped on December 21st,2012 – like SO last year!
Good news! I love the cover, front and back.
Bad news! There’s something wonky with the indents (they’re WAY too indented).
Good news! It turned out to be an easy fix.
Bad news! I will now probably need to reformat the cover, because the book is eight pages shorter – GRRR!!!!! This will delay the paperback release further.
Good news, that means I can probably lower the price!!
Time Walker – Chapter One
Happy Release Day for Time Walker!! Here is a sneak peek at the first chapter. Want more? The ebook is currently available on kindle and kobo, with iTunes, B&N and others soon to follow.
Price Reduced!! Spirit Binder available for .99c
From November 30 to December 14, 2012 the Spirit Binder ebook will be available for $.99c in anticipation and celebration of the upcoming Time Walker release (ebook available December 7, 2012).
So far the reduced price is in effect at the following stores:
Amazon (all stores): Amazon US & Amazon UK – $.99
iBooks (all stores): iTunes Preview – $.99
Kobo – $.99
So if you haven’t read Spirit Binder yet why not grab yourself a pre-holiday treat? Dig into the world of the Cascadian Chronicles before the Time Walker release.
Love Lies Bleeding #free — today & tomorrow — via amazon #kindle
My novella, Love Lies Bleeding, can be downloaded for free today and tomorrow (Nov 24 & 25) via your Kindle reader or app. If you do grab it for free over the next two days, I would love to hear what you think of it … the novella in itself is a bit of an experiment for me, as it is the first time I have attempted to translate one of the my screenplays into narrative form.
Genre: Horror/Comedy/Romance
Synopsis: Pamela just wants to reunite in the afterlife with her dead fiancé, Grady. Problem is, Grady was a secret agent, and his coded emails have infuriated both his employers and his enemies. They need Pamela alive. So, instead of her planned suicide, she is kidnapped by black ops agents, tortured by mobster warlords, hunted by a psychotic killer, and chased by zombies … all necessary evils in order to ultimately walk into the sunset with her true love.
WARNING: Love Lies Bleeding is a darkly comedic, bloody romance about love conquering all, even death. This is NOT a young adult novel. It contains graphic violence, nasty language, and more than a little bit of flesh eating. There are no soft kisses, soulful stares, or moonlit rainstorms.
The novella is approximately 28,000 words, and currently followed by a twelve-chapter excerpt from the novel, After The Virus.
Links: (available via all 6 stores): Amazon US & Amazon UK
My favourite quotes:
“Denial was Erwin’s friend, and favorite vacation spot.” – Chapter 4, Love Lies Bleeding
“I can’t figure out what we are playing at, good cop, bad cop, concerned nutritionists …” – Phil, Love Lies Bleeding
“Don’t worry dear. Be a good girl and you never have to find out what’s in the crate.” – Mr. Doyle, Love Lies Bleeding
“I’m just looking to match this empty shell to my departed soul.” – Pamela, Love Lies Bleeding
“I need help. Or at least directions. I’m being chased by a psycho … killer, though given the day I’ve been having I could be wrong about his intentions.” – Pamela, Love Lies Bleeding
I hope you enjoy the free read!!
Introducing Time Walker
My young adult fantasy novel, Time Walker, is out to the beta readers, and I’m gearing up to publish it as an ebook and paperback on December 7, 2012. Time Walker is set ten years after the events of Spirit Binder, but it’s not necessary to have read Spirit Binder before you read Time Walker (though I, of course, recommend it – ha!)
Once again, the brilliant and ever so talented Irene Langholm worked her magic and came up with this gorgeous cover. I know I say this every time, but this one might be my favourite. It’s just so full of magic.
Synopsis: Beth was sneaky. No lock could hold her. No cage could confine her. No door could bar her way. But, when your adoptive mother is a Spirit Binder, and all your siblings are elementals, being sneaky doesn’t really rank. That is until the devastation of a city draws her omniscient mother’s attention, and her siblings go missing one by one, then Beth’s sneakiness is the only thing standing between her, her loved ones, and the worst enemy she’ll ever face: herself.
Just for fun A Book Vacation is running a countdown to publication over on her blog until December 7, 2012, so, if you want to win the paperback, enter over there!
I will be running a .99c promo with Spirit Binder for the week before and week after Time Walker’s publication … a little pre-Christmas present for anyone who hasn’t read it yet, and wants to read it ahead of time.
**ARC is now available for book bloggers**