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June 12, 2022
RJ Blain – Two Snippets
Dirty Deeds 2 is out now and I’m still celebrating!
Today, you get a sneek peek of TWO snippets of RJ Blain’s delightful novel: 101 WAYS TO DIE
Captain Hugh Frankson of the NYPD stormed to my desk and slapped a file down on the ever-growing stack of misdemeanors I needed to register in our database before I could leave. Any other day, I would have indulged in an anxiety attack over the man’s unexpected appearance.
Whenever the captain showed up at my desk, h...
June 11, 2022
Jennifer Estep – Two Snippets
Dirty Deeds 2 is out now! I’m still celebrating this amazing author collection by sharing sneak peeks of the stories inside.
Here are TWO fabulous snippets from Jennifer Estep’s novel in the collection: HEART STINGS
“We’re getting married—again!”
Mallory Parker, my grandmother, made that pronouncement in a loud, proud voice and followed it up with a wide, beaming smile. Me? I held back a groan and downed some water from my crystal goblet to hide the grim...
June 10, 2022
Faith Hunter’s Two Snippets
Dirty Deeds 2 is out now, and to celebrate, I’m posting snippets from the stories in the collection.
Today we have TWO snippets from Faith Hunter! The first is LIZ AND ELI SITTING, the next is from MAGIC SCHOOL FOR GEEZERS.
Enjoy!!
Eli didn’t talk a lot, no chitchat, no chain of consciousness patter, no gushy mushy stuff, so she seldom knew where she stood with him. Not that she needed that kind of emotional validation. Not her. Never. Or, she never had...
June 7, 2022
DIRTY DEEDS 2 is out!
Whoo-hoo! Dirty Deeds 2 is out today! It is a big chonky urban fantasy collection, filled to the bursting with short novels from five fabulous writers: Faith Hunter, RJ Blain, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Jennifer Estep, and me!
Here’s what the back cover says:
When the going gets tough, the tough get their hands dirty.
Join NY Times bestselling authors Faith Hunter and Jennifer Estep along with USA Today bestselling authors R.J. Blain, Diana Pharaoh Francis, and Devon Monk on a brand-new romp t...
May 12, 2022
Update on Ordinary Magic
Good news! I have finished the first draft of BRUTE OF ALL EVIL, Ordinary Magic #9, and have sent it to my amazing copy editor.
It will hit the shelves June 20, 2022. That’s only six weeks away! As soon as I have a pre-order link, I will post it here.
Will this be the final Ordinary Magic book? I don’t know. I want to say…probably not. But for now, it does close off a three-book arc and ties off some loose ends that began in book #1, DEATH AND RELAXATION.
I can happily report some of ou...
April 15, 2022
Spring Snow and a Manatee
In the last week we’ve had: snow, hail, frost, ice, rain, sunshine, wind, and nice warm temps. It’s chaotic and curious, and I’ve given up on worrying if I planted or pruned at the correct time, since “plant after last chance of frost” is pretty much out the window this year. 
I did get iris, tulips and daffodils in the ground, along with daisies, black-eyed Susans, bachelor buttons, and forget-me-nots, so I’m feeling pretty good about that.
April’s newsletter went out a couple weeks ago, an...
March 2, 2022
Monday Monk Updates
A couple years ago, I thought it might be fun to start a YouTube channel called Devon Monk’s Works and Worlds. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with the thing, but I dove in and filmed a few videos (nervously and at great speed).
Mostly, I talked about knitting, did some knitting on camera, and randomly blurted out writerly stuff. Then a pandemic happened, and the YouTube channel languished.
Until now! I am back at it, with quick 15 minute videos covering updates on writing, knitting...
January 24, 2022
Frog in the Neighborhood
For the last couple weeks, I’ve thought I’ve heard a frog at my window. We never have frogs in our yard. In all the years I’ve lived here, we’ve had wayward cats, dogs, skunks, possum, snakes, squirrels, raccoons, a variety of birds and butterflies, snails and slugs and bugs, but never frogs.
Every time I went outside to get a better listen…the croaking stopped. I decided it was just a starling mimicking a frog’s croak. But when I walked outside last rainy Wednesday, the frog was croaking, right...
January 11, 2022
New Year is Here
Happy 2022 to you all! I hope your year has been gentle so far.
We Monks made it through the holidays with fair health and happy hearts. It was, honestly, a wonderful little season with family and snow (and sled races) and twinkly lights.
If you are subscribed to my newsletter (and if not, may I invitite you to give it a try?) you might have noticed there was no December issue, and therefore no December knit toy to be given away. I plan to get the newsletter out in January with a new kni...
November 15, 2021
Wayward Moon is Here
WAYWARD MOON – book 2 in the Souls of the Road series is officially out now!
This is my…holy cow…30th novel. (Hang on, I gotta breathe for a second. I didn’t realize I was nearing that number!)
Okay. Throw the confetti! WAYWARD MOON (my 30th novel and book two in this series) is out now!
Set along the lonely stretch of Route 66 in Missouri, this is a story of two cursed lovers traveling across America, hunting monsters, and burning magic. There’s love in here, and hope, and found family. T...
