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March 16, 2019
After On: Audiobook Review
I consumed After On as an audiobook, and as such, I cannot recommend it highly enough.
That said, I acknowledge that as a written text I might not have finished it. At times, I noticed that it tended toward sections of dense, wordy, confusing, technobabble. Also, dense, wordy, confusing philosophy, and dense, wordy, confusing real scientific theories (because this fiction is seriously grounded in our real world). I love that because I love learning.
I’m always up for listening to dense la...
February 12, 2019
Valentines
Looking for something wonderful to listen to on Valentine’s Day? My valentine for you this year is The Venom in The Valentine, released on my birthday!
Back In 2017, when it was first published, I posted a book review for it and alluded to the fact that it was my first written credit for providing developmental editing. I also wrote about doing work For Fun Or Money. Often Both.
Since the distributor missed the all-important-V-day deadline, I never discussed this HUGE recording milestone o...
February 1, 2019
A Gothic 2019
Fiction, horror, death, and sometimes romance, written to cause “a pleasing sort of terror,” is what defines Gothic Literature. Given the recent death of my mother, this new orphan is unsurprised that 2019 looks to be a very Gothic one.
Jane Austen satirized the love of the Gothic novel in her own novel Northanger Abbey. The Gothic was a fad started in 1764 with Walpole’s publication of The Castle of Otranto, a book quite famous by the time Austen was born in 1775. Otranto was our January k...
January 21, 2019
Publication Announcement
The Pagan Society is pleased (and I’m pleased too!) to announce the release of Enheduanna: A Pagan Literary Journal Vol 3!
This issue is over 140 pages of diverse poetry, creative nonfiction, flash, and short fiction from authors around the world (including me!).
Enheduanna continues to be the leading peer-reviewed Pagan literary journal. For the third year, the journal has chosen to include another Coven of The Bowler story. Please share the publication link with friends, families, and...
January 14, 2019
Book Horoscope?
Have you ever heard of a book horoscope before? I hadn’t. But somehow I got signed up for a mailing list from a site called Read it Forward that sends me ideas of things to read. I love books, I love to read, win-win, right?
Wrong.
Just like any horoscope, I’ve practically convinced myself that I need to read these books. But there’s no way.
All of them sound very interesting (though some sound like books I already have in my TBR pile, and honestly, I rather read the books I’ve already boug...
December 27, 2018
2018 Goal Accomplished!
I achieved my 2018 sales goal with almost a week to spare:
Day 360 Sales Stats I wanted to sell one audiobook a day in 2018 and look! I did it!
Thank you to all of my friends and fans who listened and wrote reviews. I appreciate everything you do to support me and the stuff I make.
October 29, 2018
Chaos and Corpses For All Hallows Eve!
The Remains in the Rectory Audiobook is on sale now!
My latest audiobook in the Viola Roberts Cozy Mystery Series is now available!
Listeners have been enthusiastic about other books in the series. Check out the reviews:
The Death in the Drink: “The narration fits the book perfectly, giving the characters individual voices and bringing out the humour in the story well. Great cast of characters and a plot that keeps the killer concealed until the end makes this a fun, enjoyable story...
October 1, 2018
September 4, 2018
Gear Time
I think my studio recording this week was cosmically affected by goings-on in the Pacific Ocean. Sound is a “wave,” and the ocean has “waves,” and hurricanes make BIG, sometimes destructive waves. So many waves.
This week’s waves were hard-hitting, even while I enjoyed the challenge of them: High peaks of achievement, praise, and competency, alongside the troughs of mistakes, frustrations, and tech issues.
Tidal forces are encouraging me to take a hard look at what *could* go wrong, and prep...
August 27, 2018
New Release: The Death in The Drink!
As of last week (when I was on vacation in San Jose at the World Science Fiction Convention) The Death in The Drink is now available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes!
This time, Cheryl convinces Viola to join the Portland Costumers Guild for an all-costumes-all-the-time Regency weekend.
Our heroine and her pal enjoy a sail on The Lady Washington, an evening of whist and port, and a ball…well, they would-have-done if a dead body hadn’t turned up in the drink.
I hope you enjoy Viola’s latest e...
