Pale Hound, Early Draft Cover

Still playing with the title and cover for Redemption Book 3, but here's something I threw together to give it a face for Camp NaNoWriMo this July.  The book is already written, but I'll be using my camp time to do some serious editing, revision, and rewriting to accommodate the content of Spider Catcher and changes I made to Rabbit Bones since the first drafts.

Enjoy!

Al

Rabbit Bones, now available on Pre-Order

Rabbit Bones, Redemption Book 2 is now available on pre-order with a tentative release date of September 5th!  Currently on Smashwords, the pre-order should show on Barnes & Noble, Apple, and Kobo soon.

That's all for now, but please feel free to email me if you need updates on other books.

Thanks!
Al

**6/18 UPDATE**

Well, I was just about finished with the final round of polishing, and then had an irrational moment and decided to kill a character.  This more affects Book 3, so Rabbit Bones will still be released in late 2014.

Also, here are links to the Pre-Order pages:
Rabbit Bones at Barnes & Noble
Rabbit Bones at Smashwords

Motherhood Hiatus

As some of you may have guessed, that's where I've been.  My son arrived about a week early, derailing my best-laid plans for things I needed to finish before the motherhood hiatus began.

Oh well.  :)

I'm editing the last 10 chapters of Rabbit Bones.  I know I promised to have it out before the baby arrived, but it just didn't work out that way.  For everyone that's waiting, it is all written; it just needs to run through my editors before I post it online.

See you soon on the digital shelves,
Al

This one found me on Pandora.  It's my current favorite.

Meatloaf and Writing

Today I needed to buy 2 pounds of ground beef to make a crock pot of chili.  I went to Sam's Club, ended up with 4 pounds, so now I am making a ginormous meat loaf with the extra.  Twenty-nine years old, and this is my first ever attempt at meat loaf; wish me luck.  (I forgot to add salt and pepper, and we were out of ketchup so I had to use BBQ sauce instead--really, wish me luck.)

Editing on Rabbit Bones is progressing.  I have one editor who has agreed to start on the first half of the book (she has it now), and one that wanted to wait until the manuscript is finished.  As of today, I am at 85,819 / 127,308 words.  I'm still aiming to have this book out before the baby arrives in April.

The first book in this series, The Spider Catcher: Redemption Book 1, is available now (for free!) on Nook, iBooks, Smashwords, and elsewhere.

Al

A Silent Debut

Kudos to the overwhelming number of people who discovered that my latest novel, The Spider Catcher, was silently published on Smashwords on November 29th.  And special thanks to those of you who not only found it, but decided to tweet it to your followers--made me feel so special!

It's still there, and still free, to anyone else who wants to pick up a copy.

Now available on Smashwords

For anyone who wants it on the Kindle or Nook, stay tuned and I'll let you know when it becomes available.  I've already got a few typos to fix out of this unannounced early release, and those will be fixed before the book goes out on other platforms.

I'm aiming to release Rabbit Bones, Redemption Book 2, before the end of April.  Preferably before the end of March, as my other big due date is early April.

Al

Knocked up; Chinese food is delicious

The headline says it all.  I'm expecting my first child in April of next year, and fried rice is AWESOME.

I never realized how expensive baby gear is, but I'm very thankful that I was raised with an appreciation for garage sales and donated items.  While doing price comparison on car seats (the one item I know I definitely need new), it struck me that the price for the toys, the clothes, and everything else, is staggeringly high considering the short amount of time a child will need or use those items.  I've always had a borderline paranoia about new items, because I don't like getting things dirty; it makes me feel guilty.  Used and re-purposed things have always held my heart, because they're somehow like introverted people to me.  The old sweater I find at a thrift store has a story; it won't tell me the story, but that's okay.  From the find on out, we're in it together.

My brother offered to let me use the crib his children had when they were little.  The thought that my child will share the same memories of a crib that his or her cousins have, and that he or she will be surrounded and comforted by that common thread, is amazing to me.

The Spider Catcher, my camp NaNoWriMo project from earlier this year, will likely be published soon (keep an eye out for it!).  The second book, Rabbit Bones, will hopefully arrive before this child.  :)

Al

Soon to be on the road again

Yay road trip!

For all of my fellow Camp NaNoWriMos buddies, you're almost there!

Al