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New Demain Paperbacks!

That's right! 

My other two Demain Publishing novellas are now available in paperback and I'm super excited. 😃

Max Patella just wants to do her job...

Murder! Mystery! Mayhem #5:
Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon Australia | Amazon Canada

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In a city full of mindless robots, Tolliver longs for adventure...

Weird. Wonderful. Other Worlds. #2:

Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon Australia | Amazon Canada 

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That means all three are now available in print and eBook.

So exciting!!

VELVET WAS THE NIGHT by Silvia-Moreno Garcia

 

1970s Mexico City: while student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite seeks escape from her humdrum life in the stories of passion and danger filling the latest issue of Secret Romance.
She is deeply envious of her neighbour, a beautiful art student apparently living the life of excitement and intrigue Maite craves - so when Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman, journeying deep into Leonora's secret life of studen...

File Changes

Hello. How are you today? 

I'm actually taking a mental break at the moment because my last project muddled my brain quite a bit. 😵
It was TOTALLY worth it because I'm really happy/proud about how it turned out. But a break is definitely what I need right now.
This is actually my second week and I thought I'd post a little something because since finishing my latest Revision WIP, I've been making a LOT of Story File changes on my phone. And that always leads to a bunch of file updates on my laptop ...

KITTY'S GREATEST HITS by Carrie Vaughn

 

Kitty's Greatest Hits by Carrie Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Now that I've finished the awesome Kitty Norville series, it's time to read the two short story collections that are set in her exciting supernatural world.

This is the first one.

IL EST NÉ: David's wolf has taken control of his life, but one fateful Christmas he finds himself in a Waffle House with a werewolf named Kitty. Together, they embark on a bloody adventure...

A gory, sad and heartwarming story about two lonely wolves, and gaini...

August's Revision Update!

Well, it's Friday and I thought I'd pop in to post an update.

Things in NSW are going from bad to worse. We've been suffering through this half-arsed mockdown for 8 WEEKS now and instead of getting better, the case number are getting out of control. We've had 600+ cases for three days in a row. Hotspots are no longer reported and the contact tracing is not of the gold standard calibre they always bragged about. 😫
This is alarming, scary stuff made worse by the fact our state government is delusion...

The Revision Continues...

[image error] Hi! How are you? Can you believe we're almost halfway through August?
And it's Friday the 13th today! So make sure you don't catch Jason's attention. 😬🔪
Well, NSW has been on mockdown for seven weeks now and the numbers are still too fucking high. Actually, the cases are higher every single day. In order for a lockdown to actually work, everyone in the state needs to be under the same restrictions and any business that isn't absolutely essential needs to be closed. These are things this useless go...

THE SMALLEST OF BONES by Holly Lyn Walrath

 

A haunting ossuary of tiny poems covering a wide range of topics such as love, romance, relationships, queer sexuality, religion, death, demons, ghosts, bones, gender, and darkness. The Smallest of Bones guides those on an intimate journey of body acceptance, with sparse words dedicated to peeling back skin and diving bone-deep into the self. Raw, honest, and powerful, this collection is an offering to those struggling to find power in the darkness.

The other day, the author of this lovely littl...

August's Revision Begins...

Hey! How are you today? How is this week treating you?
So, our state (NSW) is still on mockdown and will stay this way until the end of this month. For us, that means staying the hell away from everyone, wearing masks as soon as we step out of the apartment, buying groceries once a week and going for daily walks when hubby starts work and when he finishes. That's it.
I can't believe we're worse off now than we were at the beginning of this shitty pandemic. 😒
Anyway, enough about the sad state of th...

BILLY SUMMERS by Stephen King

 

Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?
How about everything.
This spectacular can't-put-it-down novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America...

Real Life Got in the Way...

of my Mental Break.
That's right! 😞
After finishing each revision project, I like to take a 2-week break to rest my brain. A chance to relax. I also use this time to catch up on a bit of reading. That way, when I tackle the next story, I don't burn myself out.
But real life decided to be a total bitch this month. A huge Delta variant outbreak hit NSW and even after WEEKS of the loosest 'lockdown' in the history of lockdowns, the numbers are still high. Add getting our second Pfizer dose with side e...