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May 3, 2011
Carolyn Jewel at Amazon not Dorchester – Resolved!
This was going to be an enthusiastic effusion over Carolyn Jewel. I love her books, both her paranormals and her historicals.
Instead, it's another chapter in the WTF saga that is Dorchester in the small and legacy publishing in the large.
In my opinion, Carolyn Jewel is going to flourish in the New World Order that is indie publishing, providing the best of both worlds for her readers.
For instance, Future Tense is a new story in her My Immortals series that you can pick up for your Nook or Kindle.
We've longed to have her backlist titles for our ereaders, so of course her legacy publisher … did nothing!
There's no need to fear! (said in my best Underdog voice) Carolyn has at last recovered her rights and made Lord Ruin and The Spare available. 
But wait! There's more!
We all know it's important to leave reviews – for good or not-so-good – at B&N and Amazon. Reviews help sell books. Leaving a review is one of the tangible things you can do to ensure your favorite authors keep writing.
And we all want Carolyn to keep writing!
So not only are these great titles available at last, but if you leave a review (and if you are 18 or over), Carolyn will send you a free copy of — in her words — a short but "pretty erotic historical" story and one "possibly filthy paranormal" story.
Click here for all the smexy details.
[The following about Dorchester has been resolved, as explained by Carolyn in the comments; hence the title change to this post.] Now, for The Outrage … If you've tried clicking on the Amazon links above, you have met with frustration and despair. Apparently, Dorchester sent some kind of demand to Amazon to take down Jewel's backlist books, and Amazon did — without contacting Jewel about the matter.
There's only one small problem: Dorchester does not have the copyright to these books. Carolyn Jewel does – and she has the reversion of her rights in writing.
Frankly, I don't know how Dorchester thinks it can continue with any credibility in the business. What author would sign with them?
Meanwhile – grab Jewel's books at B&N while you can!
UPDATE: According to CJ's tweet, it was all a big SNAFU… sheesh.
@cjewelCarolyn Jewel
@jane_l @likari Dorch told them to take down the dorch eBooks which never existed. So AMZ, it seems, took down mine instead. No one checked
FURTHER UPDATE — As Carolyn noted in the comments, Amazon went to work to get the links up again, and they are!
Carolyn Jewel v Amazon? v Dorchester? – Outrageous!
This was going to be an enthusiastic effusion over Carolyn Jewel. I love her books, both her paranormals and her historicals.
Instead, it's another chapter in the WTF saga that is Dorchester in the small and legacy publishing in the large.
In my opinion, Carolyn Jewel is going to flourish in the New World Order that is indie publishing, providing the best of both worlds for her readers.
For instance, Future Tense is a new story in her My Immortals series that you can pick up for your Nook or Kindle.
We've longed to have her backlist titles for our ereaders, so of course her legacy publisher … did nothing!
[I wrote the following before I discovered the outrage] There's no need to fear! (said in my best Underdog voice) Carolyn has at last recovered her rights and made Lord Ruin and The Spare available.
But wait! There's more!
We all know it's important to leave reviews – for good or not-so-good – at B&N and Amazon. Reviews help sell books. Leaving a review is one of the tangible things you can do to ensure your favorite authors keep writing.
And we all want Carolyn to keep writing!
So not only are these great titles available at last, but if you leave a review (and if you are 18 or over), Carolyn will send you a free copy of — in her words — a short but "pretty erotic historical" story and one "possibly filthy paranormal" story.
Click here for all the smexy details.
Now, for The Outrage … If you've tried clicking on the Amazon links above, you have met with frustration and despair. Apparently, Dorchester sent some kind of demand to Amazon to take down Jewel's backlist books, and Amazon did — without contacting Jewel about the matter.
There's only one small problem: Dorchester does not have the copyright to these books. Carolyn Jewel does – and she has the reversion of her rights in writing.
Frankly, I don't know how Dorchester thinks it can continue with any credibility in the business. What author would sign with them?
Meanwhile – grab Jewel's books at B&N while you can!
UPDATE: According to CJ's tweet, it was all a big SNAFU… sheesh.
@cjewelCarolyn Jewel
@jane_l @likari Dorch told them to take down the dorch eBooks which never existed. So AMZ, it seems, took down mine instead. No one checked
May 1, 2011
Gah! that Durga!
I'm working on Give Me. It's fun. It's light – despite the fact that it's about obsession and murder and desire and all those underbelly bits of a dark fairytale.
But I was thinking about Durga this morning, and she won't let me go. I've been seeing a scene with her and the Empani playing chess on the new balcony of her suite at the top of the admin building. They're discussing the nature of naming, what it does to an Empani to take a name, how it shapes a counselor not having one.
I can't think about the Apocalyptos right now!
April 30, 2011
Lexicon Apocalypto Now Downloadable
I've updated the Lexicon Apocalypto, and now you can download it here. It's currently downloadable as a Word document, and I'll put up a PDF download soon.
April 25, 2011
Teasers …
So, I'm working on a new book. It's a departure from the Apocalypto series, a li
ttle break. What do they call that refresher course in the middle of a marathon meal?
This story is called Give Me. It's an erotic fairytale. Not erotic in the smexy sense, but erotic in the classical sense. It's a tale of possession and reincarnation, of desire and obsession.
The cast of characters includes handsome and honorable Prince Galen, beautiful and kind Princess Diantha, the evil sorceress Lourdes — and her precocious little sister Elyse.
That's Elyse on the cover.
Robin just sent me the cover. Again, she hits it out of the park. Makes me want to get the book finished pronto …
April 22, 2011
"You Guys Are Evil"
By now most people have heard — or heard about — Justin Bieber's comment on why he would never become a US citizen.
"You guys are evil," he jokes. "Canada's the best country in the world." He adds, "We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard's baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby's premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home."
I am not in JB's demographic. Until I heard this comment, I had thought of "Justin Bieber" as a name, not a person. Now, I will always think of him with respect.
While searching for this quote, I saw that he's been made to apologize for telling the truth — which only goes to prove his original point: You guys are evil.
We didn't used to be.
I wonder if we'll purge the evil in my lifetime. We've done it before. It could happen.
April 19, 2011
Spiderwork Goes to Reena's Blog
Reena has posted her review of Spiderwork at Goodreads and on her blog.
I was following her tweets as she read the book. That was fun! But I was a little trepidatious about whether, in the end, she liked the story or not…
April 9, 2011
Khai, Scion of Luxor
In Spiderwork, Durga meets Khai, a gorgeous young prince from Luxor. If I were casting the movie, I wouldn't even have to search for the man to play 
Khai.
No contest, IS Khai of Luxor.
Confident, cute, yummy.
Unless anybody has any better ideas….
April 4, 2011
Bleeder's First Review
I love reviews by Stacey at Goodreads, a thoughtful and critical reader. She's just posted her review of Bleeder.
