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July 15, 2014
Hydra Summer Bash 2 – Electric Bookaloo
Last year, the Hydra Summer Bash was more successful than our wildest imaginations. My own Reality Check reached #1 in Amazon Science Fiction. Hang on a minute, I need to savor that moment. Ahhhhh.
But here it is again! This year, Hydra Publications has a metric slew (1.4927 times an ordinary slew) of books on sale for 99 cents or less. Click on Locutus of Borg to the right to go to the full list of Hydra titles, sorted from lowest price on up.
We’ve got mysteries, romance, thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, and other books found nowhere else but Hydra.
If you don’t have a copy of my Reality Check yet, why not spend 99 cents and give yourself a treat? It’s full of science fiction, steampunk, humor, and it’s a story about love and friendship spanning worlds. And if you can find another novel printed before 2013 that has a cybernetic zombie squirrel in it, I’ll give you your money back.
Get Reality Check for 99 cents!
June 24, 2014
Pukwudgie vs Cthulhu – ANIMATED Whiteboard Wednesday!
My first ever animated Whiteboard Wednesday! (Shut up! It’s Wednesday in Australia right now…)
Pukwudgies are sort of the Native American equivalent of the Gremlins, except not as nice. I’ll be writing about them during July as I tackle the third Tipsy Fairy Tale novel, Mean Spirit!
Enjoy! And share it around if you like it.
June 16, 2014
My InConjunction 2014 panel schedule
Fourth of July weekend (Fri 7/4 – Sun 7/6), I’ll be attending the InConjunction science fiction and fantasy convention here in Indianapolis at the Marriott East hotel as a guest. I will be selling and signing my books in the vendor hall at the Speculative Fiction Guild booth along with R.J. Sullivan, Matt Barron, and John F. Allen.
Well, I’ll be there when I’m not in one of the following panels:
Day
StartTime
Venue
Title
Participant_Names
Friday
16:00
Main Programming
Book Trailers – What Are They Good For?
R.J. Sullivan , Eric Garrison , Kat Falls
Saturday
10:00
Harrison Room
Psychological Conditions and the Creative
Katie Grause , Eric Garrison , Mickey Moore , Amy McCorkle
Saturday
11:00
Indianapolis Ballroom D
Point of View–it’s better to have one!
Matthew Barron , Rosemary Laurey , R.J. Sullivan , Eric Garrison , John F Allen , Crystal Leflar
Saturday
13:00
Main Programming
Writer Artist Relationships
C.S. Marks , Matthew Barron , Eric Garrison , Crystal Leflar
Saturday
15:00
Indianapolis Ballroom D
Modern Fairy Tales
Rosemary Laurey , Eric Garrison , John F Allen , Crystal Leflar
Saturday
19:00
Harrison Room
Speculative Fiction Guild Writer’s Workshop
R.J. Sullivan , Eric Garrison , Crystal Leflar
Come see me!
June 13, 2014
NaNoWriMo… in July?
The right tool for the job of pounding out words… and NO FACEBOOKING!
I’m writing this declaration of intent to help hold me to a goal: I intend to write half a novel in July.
Why half? Why July?
Well, November is the usual month for National Novel Writing Month, but I have a work trip planned for November that will take up over a week of that month. Something disruptive like that is sure to sabotage my noveling. So… I am making a preemptive strike and have made a pact with my friend Johnna that we will write no less than 25,000 words in July. That means not just half the words, but July has a whole extra day in it. That means barely more than 800 words per day on average.
Easy peasy. I’ve written more than 800 words on my lunch break.
I may regret those words, especially since I’ll be spending 3 of those days attending the InConjunction science fiction/fantasy convention as a guest (and selling my books in the vendor room!), but I think it’ll be good to get back in a regular writing routine again.
Hmm, and I have some Iron Writer events coming in July too.
I hope this turns out okay. Wish me luck!
June 11, 2014
Whiteboard Wednesday and Blue Spirit
In Blue Spirit, Skye flees a burning building, an iron fireplace poker her only weapon against barely seen evil fairies.
Today’s Whiteboard Wednesday appears here because Facebook is not letting me upload the image. I hope to add it to the album later.
Also… as a teaser, I will say a few things about Blue Spirit. It has been out of print and unavailable electronically for almost a year now. It has a sequel written, Restless Spirit, which needs editing. It has a planned third book, Mean Spirit, which has been started, but needs reworking due to events in the middle book.
The teaser is, I hope to have big news for you regarding these books SOON!
June 10, 2014
Reality Check excerpt featured on Rachael Rawlings’ blog!
Fellow Hydra Publications author, Rachael Rawlings is featuring all of our publisher’s authors on her blog this month, and it’s my turn, with Reality Check! Go see!
http://rachaelrawlings.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-little-steampunk-anyone.html
May 21, 2014
Guest Blog: Out of My Chimerical Mind!
Today, I am Crymsyn Hart’s guest on her site, “Vampires, Witches, and Me, Oh My!” with an article I call “Out of my Chimerical Mind!”. I talk about how I came up with my story, “Seelie Goose”, which is a part of A Chimerical World: Tales of the Seelie Court.
May 14, 2014
I’m off to The Steampunk World’s Fair!
Well, I’m leaving on Thursday afternoon, in a van full of crazy fun friends from 3 Fates / Line By Lion Press, off on an adventure!
I will be selling books at their table, we will be outdoors under a tent between the hotels. I will be dressing as my character Silly Hat Dionne. Yes, I even got a corset and will be dressed in feminine Steampunk attire, pirate shirt, long fun skirts, funky brass jewelry, obligatory goggles, and a brand new black duct tape top hat I made.
Why? Well, for the fun of costuming, and because I’m transgender. I’ll get more into that later, but I’m open to questions. For now, just think of it as cosplay.
Oh yes, there will be pictures. It’s going to be FUN.
Wish me luck in sales, I am going all out for this one, and I’m hoping my books will be a hit.
April 28, 2014
It’s the Road Ghosts Soundtrack! For you!
I made this just for you, my Road Ghosts fans!
Music sets the pace of every great road trip. Whether it’s on cassette, CD, or even someone’s iPod, the road goes faster, the good times even more amazing to the beat of the right songs.
Road Ghosts was written with a certain sound in mind, the rhythm of the road, the hum of the engine, and the soul of the Blues. The books are named for Robert Johnson songs, but Punk and Zydeco joined the Blues as I wrote them.
This is like a mix tape for Road Ghosts fans. Pop it in the player and you’ll be whisked away with Gonzo, Brett, Liz, and Jimbo, down the highway in pursuit of (or pursued by) the Road Ghosts.
Four ’til Late’s songs are the first on the list, followed by Sinking Down’s. When Me and the Devil comes out, I’ll add even more to fill out the Trilogy. Each book’s songs are kicked off by the book’s video trailer.
Enjoy!!! And if you think of songs that came to mind while reading the books, please add a comment below.
