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How do you listen to yourself?

I'm putting together a workshop on following your internal cues for creativity.

Question for authors and other artists: do you have a technique for judging whether a critique is valid or totally off-the-mark? What's your mental process?

Spook Squad has arrived!

SPOOK SQUAD
PsyCop #7

Everyone enjoys peace and tranquility, and Victor Bayne is no exception. He goes to great lengths to maintain a harmonious home with his partner, Jacob. Although the cannery is huge, it’s grown difficult to avoid the elephant in the room…the elephant with the letters FPMP scrawled on its hide.

Once Jacob surrendered his PsyCop badge, he infiltrated the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program. In his typical restrained fashion, he hasn’t been sharing much about what he actually does behind its vigilantly guarded doors. And true to form, Vic hasn’t asked. In fact, he would prefer not to think about the FPMP at all, since he’s owed Director Dreyfuss an exorcism since their private flight to PsyTrain.

While Vic has successfully avoided FPMP entanglement for several months, now his debt has finally come due.

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Spook Squad is now up for sale at Amazon, and also at JCP Books

B&N should post sometime today (I'm not sure what the holdup is, I loaded it same time as Amazon!)
ETA: the Nook file finally went through! Yay!

Paperback will come soon, next week-ish.

A question I've been getting a lot lately:
Several readers have asked if it's more profitable for me to sell direct through JCP Books. For authors going through a publisher, they do earn a higher royalty for direct sales. However, my business model isn't the same as an author going through a publisher. For me, due to fees, taxes and other aspects of selling, it's about the same if you buy at these first three online venues, particularly if you use the Amazon link in this post, which earns an affiliate fee! Buy where it is convenient for you.

(I will admit I got a charge out of seeing these #1 rankings at Amazon...and your Amazon support is to thank!)

Yesterday's Snippet: Quirky and Fun PsyCop Q&A

Yesterday's Saturday Snippet was a delightful mix of PsyCop questions. What level is Vic, really? Is Psych testing all it's cracked up to be? And most important, what do Jacob's parents think???

Find out in the most recent Saturday Snippet!

PsyCop Questions needed

For this week's upcoming Saturday Snippet, I'm going to answer some PsyCop questions. Ask me, or ask a character if you like! I choose questions that don't lead to spoilers, so bear that in mind :-)

My tweets

Thu, 12:40 : RT @jentay82: @jordancprice I screamed, tigger bounced, and maybe clapped my hands. So. freaking. excited. #soon #VicandJacobforevahhhh Thu, 12:41 : RT @jayhjay432: I'm hyperventilating you guys! New Psycops book by @jordancprice out in just two weeks. I'm dying of excitement!! http://t.… Thu, 12:41 : RT @Madrox3: @jordancprice This makes me so happy! Can't wait for Spook Squad - I ❤ Vic & Jacob!! Thu, 12:42 : RT @Lisa725: @jordancprice I am unbelievably excited. By now, these guys feel like friends, and I'm eager to see what they've been up to. Thu, 12:42 : RT @boxtersushi: Christmas is early this year! “@jordancprice: It's coming...PsyCop 7 http://t.co/mnN3cICz0d” Thu, 12:42 : RT @Fibrobabe: Just found out that the next PsyCop novel by @jordancprice comes out in 15 days! If anyone heard a girly squeal, that was pr… Thu, 12:43 : BASKING in the excitement. Just BASKING, I tell ya! Thank you all. Thu, 13:04 : RT @reesah: @jordancprice Since LJ seems intent upon varnishing its errors again, I present you with my countdown clock: http://t.co/brPa2c… Thu, 15:58 : RT @StinaKitsune: So... anyone want to marathon @jordancprice's PsyCop series with me before #7 comes out? *pokes the reading buddies*

It's coming...PsyCop 7

Victor Bayne has been avoiding the exorcism he owes the FPMP.

Now it’s time to pay up.

Read all about it in this month's JCP News

Asphalt Dance

They've been resurfacing the parking lot outside my window for the past week or so. There are all kinds of impressive heavy machines rumbling by to dig up the old blacktop, put down new asphalt, spread it around, smooth it out, and roll it flat. But I was just glancing outside my window and I noticed one of the workmen giving some extra attention to an out-of-the-way corner...by dancing around on top of it to tamp it down. It  made me smile since it looked like the way I'd probably go about it!

A Crashtastic Portrait - JCP Saturday Snippets #2

Come check out a delicious portrait of PsyCop badboy Crash by Natasha Snow in Saturday Snippets.

If the snippet was missing from your mailbox, you may need to opt in here (the opt in/out links on the snippets will only work from your inbox. It's a code thang.)

Only snippet #1 went out to the whole list...and THAT was a cutting room floor scene from the upcoming PsyCop 7!

New Bundle at JCP Books

Bundle it up!
This sweet deal is for all those PsyCop or Channeling Morpheus readers who've enjoyed JCP's series, but haven't checked out her standalone novellas and novels.

Our newest special
Grab the following five JCP titles in the Standalone Bundle and save a whopping $5.75!

Body Art
Magic Mansion
Sleepwalker
The Starving Years
Sympathy

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Saturday Snippets #1: PsyCop 7 deleted scene

Don't miss a cutting room floor gem from the upcoming PsyCop 7 in Saturday Snippets! (You won't be able to change your email preferences from this archived version. That link works from your inbox.)