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Ch-ch-ch-changes

Well, lovelies, it’s been a heckuva month! A CURSE OF ASH AND IRON released just over a month ago. And it’s done rather well, I think. The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, which I am ecstatic about. When you write something, it’s always nerve-wracking to see what other people think. Because you love what you did, and you want others to, too. There are nearly 800 adds on Goodreads. I wish that even half of those people read and rate the book.

But, I’m afraid I dropped the ball a bit....

Summer Steampunk Festival Blog Tour

At long last! My computer is home where it belongs, and I am up and running again. I can finally post this, which I promised to do last week but could not. Enjoy!

The First Annual Hedlund Summer Steampunk Festival

Come to Hedlund for a riveting good time. Arrive in style using your personal steamcoach. Don’t forget to wear your finest attire and top it all off with a shot of absinthe.

Hedlund is home to Clark Treasure, the rogue star of TREASURE DARKLY, a young adult romance set in a steam...

Sorry, we’re experiencing technical difficulties…

I know you’re all wondering what happened to me. Release day came and went and I should be blogging all over, right? Well…my laptop died. Like really died. It apparently ate its own operating system in a spectacular display of cannibalism.

It died the weekend before my book release. Thank goodness I had already made the video and scheduled the post. I thought it would be an easy fix,but no, it is still not done. So I have dug out my trusty netbook and spent a couple of days (yes, days) gettin...

It’s Release Day!!!

Happy Book Birthday to me!! Wow, after everything, it’s a real book. I think it’s been, all told, like SEVEN years since I first started writing it. But it’s really here — A CURSE OF ASH AND IRON is on sale TODAY!! Go and get a copy!

Amazon (I will add buy links as they become available!)

Thanks to EVERYONE who made this day possible — I couldn’t have gotten here without you.

I actually have to work today, and get ready for Balticon, and go to Kid’s art show, so here’s a little video message...

Jennifer Represents…: The Straight Dope on PM

This has some good information on agents, publishers, and reporting in Publisher’s Marketplace.

Jennifer Represents…: The Straight Dope on PM.

Spring 2015 Book Stuff update! Video blog! With links and junk!

Three long months you’ve waited. I know, it was a long, cold winter. And finally I’ve had a chance to do a video blog. Which is sad, since I love doing these. Just a month until the launch of A CURSE OF ASH AND IRON! Also, big BEWARE THE LITTLE WHITE RABBIT NEWS!

There will be more. Soon. Keep watching. For now, enjoy!

So..it’s out!

I totally didn’t post on release day, and I’m super sorry. But, at last,Beware the Little White Rabbit is out in the world! I am so excited about this book, and now even more because it’s just about a month beforeA Curse of Ash and Ironcomes out. Whew! After not having any new books out for what, two years? I feel like I’m finally back to being an author.

Anyway, BEWARE is available everywhere, in ebook and paperback. Like Amazon, and B&N. And Smashwords. Go get one, and leave a review! I’d l...

Beware — The Watchmaker

The day is approaching! On Tuesday,Beware the Little White Rabbit will be released! I’ve only seen the proofs, in black and white, but the ebook will be in color. Each of the thirteen stories in the anthology (which comes in at around 400 pages, I think) has its own title page. All of them were based on hand-cut paper designs done by Shannon Delany, owner and editor of Leap Books. Here is the title page for “The Watchmaker’s Ball”, which is my story in the anthology:

I am in love with it. It...

Be a Patron!

I’ve joined Patreon. What is that? It’s a crowdfunding site specifically for the arts. In the old days, artist, musicians, writers had patrons. People who paid them to live while they made art. That is what Patreon is about.

How does it work?

Well, you pledge to donate a certain amount of money for each piece of whatever the artist is doing. As little as a dollar per item, if you choose. There are rewards for pledging more.Some people make videos or sing songs, some draw something. Whatever i...

Thanks for participating!

Wow! Watching my blog stats for the last few days has been exciting! SO many of you dropped by for the YASH, it was amazing! I hope some of you will stick around, and good luck to all the people who entered the contest for Team Blue!

So much stuff coming up for me. The BEWARE THE LITTLE WHITE RABBIT launch is under way, with all of the authors getting a little spotlight on the Leap Books Blog. Soon the individual story title pages will be revealed. I haven’t even seen mine yet, and I can’t wa...