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February 27, 2013
Blue Spirit Giveaway! (and a conversation with Skye)
Skye by Nell Williams
In honor of Reality Check‘s upcoming launch (on March 16th) and newly available paperback edition, I’m throwing caution to the winds like Skye and giving away Blue Spirit Thursday and Friday this week (February 28th – March 1st). Why am I doing it? Well, let me tell you a story…
So I was just finishing up a story when one of my characters laid a hand on my shoulder.
“Hey there, handsome, whatcha got there? New edits to my book? More words on the sequels?” Skye MacLeod peered over my shoulder at the computer screen. She had on the slinky red satin dress she’d worn to the Danse Macabre. She wore high heels that made her taller than tall, at least from my elevation. Her hair held the scent of citrus and ginger.
Distracting…
I turned and covered the screen with a hand. “No… and don’t look, it needs editing. It’s a new story in the Road Ghosts series.”
She rolled her eyes. “I thought we were done with those guys. You moved on to a more interesting and sexy main character. You know…” she put a hand on one hip, one in the air and threw her head back with a grin, “me!”
I laughed. “Don’t worry, there will be more about you soon enough, Skye.”
She clapped her hands and kissed me on the cheek. “Yay! Thank you!”
Maybe I’ve got a soft spot for certain characters. “So, uh, what can I do for you, Skye?”
“You mean aside from writing more about me instead of farming me out to other authors?”
She meant her appearance in my buddy RJ Sullivan‘s upcoming novel. “Hey, that’s exposure, isn’t it?”
She wrinkled her nose. “Virtual Blue’s been a fun gig, I guess… Rebecca’s nice and all, but I’m not the star, you know? And you’ve been so busy with that scifi book that you refused to write me into…”
“Reality Check? It really isn’t your kind of story, Skye. Yeah, I’ve been busy, it’s been out in ebook form for almost a month now, and it’s in paperback this week, and I’m trying to get the word out.”
She paced the room, playing with her hair. “I’ve been thinking… Blue Spirit is going away for awhile, right?”
I nodded. “Yes, when Four ’til Late comes out this Spring, I’m pulling Blue Spirit for a few months until Seventh Star Press re-releases it, improved and with more material.”
Her eyes gleamed, her lips curved, at the mention of more material. “So… what if you gave Blue Spirit a boost before then? One of those giveaway things. Get more people reading about me and Minnie and Annabelle…”
“You’re not… uh, tipsy, are you Skye? Give it away?”
She frowned. “Don’t you start with me, Mister Author Man. I’m not a drunk, I’m just written that way. You know I have my reasons.” She glanced around the room at things that weren’t there. I got a little chill, hoping whatever she saw that I couldn’t see was as fictional as Skye herself.
“Yeah, yeah, I know. Cut it out. So… give away Blue Spirit? What’s in it for me? Is it going to be like profits at The Change Store… volume, my friend, volume?”
She grinned. “Kinda. Giving my book away gets me more attention, and YOU more attention, and therefore, the new book gets more attention. See?”
Skye did have a point. “Sure, okay, I’ll try it your way.”
I was rewarded by an awkward hug and a face full of her hair. My chair nearly tipped over backwards, but she caught me. “You’re the best!”
We’ll see…
February 26, 2013
Reality Check Goodreads Giveaway!
Take a chance! (from the cover by Nell Williams)
Reality Check Goodreads Giveaway!
Since Reality Check is now out in print, I’m giving one signed copy away! You can enter to win on Goodreads between now and the end of March. It doesn’t cost anything. Go sign up!
I’ll have another freebie announcement… tomorrow… unless I get impatient… 
February 24, 2013
Reality Check gets physical!
Okay all you “but I like REAL books!” people out there… now’s the time to put your money where your mouth is. My book, Reality Check, just went on sale on Amazon in paperback form. The official book launch is on March 16th, so if you want a signed copy, come see me at That Book Place in Madison, Indiana that day. Otherwise, order it on Amazon and get a copy before even I get one.
February 20, 2013
Andronia: Region of Turmoil RPG Guidebook Kickstarter
Andronia: Region of Turmoil RPG Guidebook
Andronia: Region of Turmoil RPG Guidebook
Hydra Games is rolling out the first in a line of Pathfinder RPG supplements with this Kickstarter to fund Andronia: Region of Turmoil RPG Guidebook. It was posted under an hour ago, and we are already halfway to the first goal. One of the stretch goals gets Hydra imprinted dice to backers of Knight level or higher, and another gets a full set of Hydra imprinted dice to those backers! I’m hoping for that, because… DICE!
I should mention that I’m writing an adventure module (Secrets of Ogre Gulch) that is set in Andronia. That adventure will be published later this year.
February 18, 2013
InShoStoWriWe Day 2
Okay, InShoStoWriWe* Day 2. Yesterday, I walked into the Kickoff Party with zero ideas, other than maybe using some of my novel characters for the story. After talking with Johnna Murphy, David Love, and Bethany K. Alexoff, I had a glimmer of a plot idea. This morning, I made myself do my morning exercise with no music or TV or anything to read, to give myself time to brainstorm. At the end, I rushed to my computer to type out notes from ideas I had, and now I have a rough outline of what I want in the story. I keep thinking of other things to throw in. I’ll have to put on the brakes to keep it from becoming something larger than short-story sized.
Bad news is, I will be scraping and scrabbling for time to actually WRITE this before Sunday, since I’m already overscheduled. Argh.
* Indiana Short Story Writing Week – a project brought to you by Nindy, the NaNo group in Indy!
Reality Check in the “I Read a Book Once” Mailbag Monday!
I Read a Book Once Mailbag Monday
This is exciting! The I Read A Book Once book review site has me in their Mailbag Monday today! I hope to see their review after awhile.
That Book Place Authors Fair and Reality Check Book Launch!
It’s coming… 
That Book Place is hold ing its Third Annual Authors Fair, and this one is going to be a doozy.
I will be one of 60 authors(!!!) attending, and I’ll be using the event to launch the paperback version of Reality Check! I’ll be there meeting people and selling and signing copies of the book. It should be a spectacular event, like a mini reader/writer convention. Actually, with the guest list Frank Hall’s got going for this event, it rivals many not-so-mini cons in the area.
It’s a shindig not to be missed! Come on down to Madison, Indiana and meet Red Tash, RJ Sullivan, Nicole Cushing, John F. Allen, Michael West, Gary Braunbeck, Lucy Snyder, Marian Allen, and a TON of other fantastic authors … doing the math, I think that may be more like four tons, actually…
February 9, 2013
New ways to get your Reality Check!
Lee faces off with Captain Cecil as Dionne tries to stop the fight.
Need a Reality Check, but prefer other venues than Amazon to get their ebooks? Reality Check is now available on Smashwords, Bookiejar, and Drivethrufiction!
Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/283674
Bookiejar -http://www.bookiejar.com/Home/Book/12005?cat=19922944
Drivethrufiction – http://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/111142/Reality-Check
Coming soon: Barnes and Noble / Nook
The print edition is in the works, my plan is to release it at the That Book Place Authors Fair on March 16th!
February 7, 2013
My Convention Calendar for 2013
My Convention Calendar for 2013
I’ve added a page that lists all my appearances this year. I’m going to some as an author, some as a fan, but I’ll be sure to have some of my books with me at all of them. I hope to see you there! Let me know if you’ll be at any of these as well and want to meet up.
February 6, 2013
Dragon Shield book trailer – Dianne Gardner
Wow, check out this live action video with fantasy costumes, beautiful singing, swords… It’s amazing! If you’re a swords and sorcery fantasy fan at all, you must take a look.
The Dragon Shield can be yours at http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Shield-Dianne-Lynn-Gardner/dp/0615760457/
