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One More Kindle Blog: I DID IT!
Everyone is talking about e-books, and I'm just another voice. Still, I am pleased with my accomplishment: I loaded MACBETH'S NIECE for Kindle and it actually works!
MACBETH'S NIECE is my first book, published in 2008, and it went out of print some months back. I was hesitant about moving forward with a Kindle version: could I do it? Or more appropriately in my case, how would I screw it up?
Well, I didn't. It came through nicely on my Kindle this morning, Tessa and her dashing Englishman and the whole crowd of romantic Scots, from outlaw to honest, from rustic to royal. If you're up for romantic adventure in 11th century Scotland, there it is. Hooray for technology, and huzzah for Macbeth and his niece!
http://www.amazon.com/Macbeths-Niece-...
MACBETH'S NIECE is my first book, published in 2008, and it went out of print some months back. I was hesitant about moving forward with a Kindle version: could I do it? Or more appropriately in my case, how would I screw it up?
Well, I didn't. It came through nicely on my Kindle this morning, Tessa and her dashing Englishman and the whole crowd of romantic Scots, from outlaw to honest, from rustic to royal. If you're up for romantic adventure in 11th century Scotland, there it is. Hooray for technology, and huzzah for Macbeth and his niece!
http://www.amazon.com/Macbeths-Niece-...
It's All About the New Book
I won't deny it: I'm excited about the book that's coming out this month, KILLING SILENCE. Really excited. It isn't up on Amazon yet, but it will be soon. (And I'll let you know!)
As a writer, I believe that everything I do should be better than the last thing, else why am I writing? Subgenres make that a little hard to judge. I write historical mysteries, and there are people who love them and wish I'd write nothing else. I also write a paranormal series, and some are intrigued by the idea of the Dead Detectives and want to know more about the world I imagine after this one.
The new series is mainstream mystery/suspense and what I like most about it is the protagonist, Loser the loser. She's homeless, she's damaged, and she's going to help a little girl keep her daddy, even if it kills her.
I was surprised at my workshop on Saturday when someone suggested that it must be hard to write a book with a homeless protagonist, since I have to "dumb down" the vocabulary and take into account her inability to think clearly.
I know there are homeless people who are scary or disgusting or pitiful, but Loser doesn't want you to think of her in any of those ways. Even though she considers herself the world's biggest loser, it doesn't mean she's any less a person than you or me. She might not believe it, but with the right incentive, I know she can crawl out of her despair.
(But I have to warn you: that's going to take two more books!)
As a writer, I believe that everything I do should be better than the last thing, else why am I writing? Subgenres make that a little hard to judge. I write historical mysteries, and there are people who love them and wish I'd write nothing else. I also write a paranormal series, and some are intrigued by the idea of the Dead Detectives and want to know more about the world I imagine after this one.
The new series is mainstream mystery/suspense and what I like most about it is the protagonist, Loser the loser. She's homeless, she's damaged, and she's going to help a little girl keep her daddy, even if it kills her.
I was surprised at my workshop on Saturday when someone suggested that it must be hard to write a book with a homeless protagonist, since I have to "dumb down" the vocabulary and take into account her inability to think clearly.
I know there are homeless people who are scary or disgusting or pitiful, but Loser doesn't want you to think of her in any of those ways. Even though she considers herself the world's biggest loser, it doesn't mean she's any less a person than you or me. She might not believe it, but with the right incentive, I know she can crawl out of her despair.
(But I have to warn you: that's going to take two more books!)
Christmas=Cruel to be Kind
December is a month of lies and deceit. Here are some personal experiences to prove my point.
*My mother once wrapped a .22 rifle in a guitar box so my brother would think he was getting a guitar for Christmas.
*My daughter confessed to me as an adult that by twelve she was an expert at finding the presents I'd wrapped and hidden, opening them to see what she was getting, and returning them to their hiding place, carefully rewrapped.
*My husband, abetted by my father, let my son spend most of Christmas day thinking he'd seen all his presents, saving the snowmobile for when we got to Gram and Grandpa's house for Christmas dinner.
*My mother's annual lie was that Christmas was going to be "smaller this year." (We never fell for that one; my mother loved Christmas and could not keep herself from buying just one more little gift...for everyone.)
Watching Facebook posts and talking with friends, I sense joy and satisfaction already in the gift-buying public. Yes, Christmas is very commercialized. No, we don't need all that stuff. Really, it should be about family and friends getting together.
But isn't it fun when someone you love is completely surprised and thrilled by all the plotting you did to keep that gift a mystery?
By the way, if it's a mystery reader you're buying for, A Lethal Time and Place is on Kindle Countdown this week (Dec. 3-10), starting at 99 cents.
*My mother once wrapped a .22 rifle in a guitar box so my brother would think he was getting a guitar for Christmas.
*My daughter confessed to me as an adult that by twelve she was an expert at finding the presents I'd wrapped and hidden, opening them to see what she was getting, and returning them to their hiding place, carefully rewrapped.
*My husband, abetted by my father, let my son spend most of Christmas day thinking he'd seen all his presents, saving the snowmobile for when we got to Gram and Grandpa's house for Christmas dinner.
*My mother's annual lie was that Christmas was going to be "smaller this year." (We never fell for that one; my mother loved Christmas and could not keep herself from buying just one more little gift...for everyone.)
Watching Facebook posts and talking with friends, I sense joy and satisfaction already in the gift-buying public. Yes, Christmas is very commercialized. No, we don't need all that stuff. Really, it should be about family and friends getting together.
But isn't it fun when someone you love is completely surprised and thrilled by all the plotting you did to keep that gift a mystery?
By the way, if it's a mystery reader you're buying for, A Lethal Time and Place is on Kindle Countdown this week (Dec. 3-10), starting at 99 cents.
