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Excerpt Wednesday: Magic Without Mercy

Wow! That week went by quickly.  I'm happy to say I finished the copy edits on TIN SWIFT and sent them in last night, beating the deadline by several hours.    TIN SWIFT (which comes out in July) seems to have shaped up into a pretty fun book, a statement my editor and beta readers agree with me on.  (whew!)

BUT today is Wednesday, and Wednesday means an excerpt from MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY, which comes out April 3rd.  Here's a super-quick clip:

 

 

 

Excerpt: MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY

Zay parked the car...

A Wildflower Wish

I suddenly realized it's been over a year since I've gone to my local library.  To be fair, last year was very, very busy for me, and my "free time"  was usually the hour between 12:00-1:00 am (my mornings started at 6:00 am).  So, yeah, not a lot of extra time to do stuff.

This year, I've been trying to better schedule my days.  Work will always keep me busy (hope, hope!) and that's as it should be. But I want to have a little "living" time too, and I'm doing what I can to see that it...

Excerpt Wednesday

First, a hearty "thank you!" to readers who pointed out that the Allie Beckstrom books had incorrect dates on Amazon (and were therefore un-orderable). I am happy to say my awesome publisher, Roc, fixed that the glitch, and the books are once again back in their own time zones (and orderable!)

Since MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY will be out in just over seven weeks, I thought it might be fun to start posting snippets.  This is a tricky book to pull excerpts from without going all spoilery everywhere...

Three Gifts

Rinda Elliott (awesome writer and fellow Deadline Dame) mentioned she'd love a pair of fingerless gloves some day.  I told her since I knit for fun, I'd be happy to make her a pair.

I finally finished them! (It may have taken me over a year to knit these in my snippets of free time. Thank goodness Rinda was willing to be patient!)  I ended up making three pairs, because I was worried the wool in the first two pairs would be too scratchy. The last pair are super soft.

Rinda just got the...

New winners MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY

Since I had two winners not contact me for their prize, I have redrawn names!

New winners* of the ARC copies of MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY are:

KT Clapsadl, who said: Thank you for the awesome contest! Very generous!

and

Stephanie Mitchell, who said: Wow, thanks for offering this, I'm so looking forward to this next installment!!!

 

Please contact me with your email address by Tuesday of next week.  If I don't hear from you, I will redraw winners again.

*if the two original winners do contact me, we can...

Housekeeping

Housekeeping Item #1

Thanks to the sharp eye of reader, Keri, it has been discovered that Amazon has the incorrect release date listed for MAGIC ON THE LINE.

MAGIC ON THE LINE is book 7 in the series and came out last November (three months ago).  It has the cool straight-at-you cover of Allie.  Um….this one:

Amazon has it listed as being released April 3, 2012, and that it can only be pre-ordered, which is incorrect.  Perhaps not coincidentally, April 3 is when book 8, MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY...

Winners MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY ARCs

Wow!  I can't believe how many people entered to win an advanced copy of MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY!  You guys rock!!

I wish I had a hundred copies to giveaway, but today I only have six. (Stay tuned. When I get finished copies of the book, I will do another giveaway.)

I have powered up the random number generator and today's winners are:

Mskiara, who said: I seriously thought I commented on this already, but I could be crazy. (Verdict: DUH. a)nyway – would love to read this ahead of schedule and pimp...

Giveaway ARC MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY

Guess what arrived on my doorstep the other day?  If you guessed ARCs of MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY, you are right!  This is book #8 in the series, and it will be released April 3, 2012.

The ARCs don't have the pretty cover, nor the excerpt from the next book in the back.  They DO have typos and a few other little errors since they are advanced copies and haven't gone through the final proofing stage yet.

I am giving away six (6) copies, and will mail internationally.  Just leave a comment here in...

TIN and MAGIC

Tuesday I sent in the revisions on my next steampunk book, TIN SWIFT.

Yesterday I got news from my editor that she was very happy with the changes.  Which means that other than a few additions/subtractions in copy edits, and then wee changes in proofs, TIN SWIFT is mostly ready to go.

This is very exciting to me. One, because TIN SWIFT was a challenging book to write in the time constraints of the deadline (the steampunk books write slower and revise slower for me, due to the research...

Winners and Exercise update

REMINDER: to winners of the UK MAGIC IN THE BLOOD giveaway.

PLEASE check and see if you won a copy.  I haven't received an email from all six winners yet.  If I don't receive an email from winners by next week, I'll choose new winners.

Exercise:

At the suggestion of a friend (and because I'd heard it mentioned several times in a positive light) I decided to try the Couch to 5K program. I've always liked the idea of running, but all of my attempts to do it and stay with it have failed.  So far...