Deadlining … it’s an action word.

I am home from New York and Thrillerfest, a trip with that odd quality of being both long and short, and am finally back in my routine – mommy shuffle, work out, write write write, mommy shuffle…

LOVE it.

However, I also have a deadline. THE LOST is due to my editor in 14 days. I have much work to do, and need to sink deep into the page to do it, so I’ll be mostly absent for the webs for the remainder of the month. But here are some promised links and great deals:

THE TAKEN – out just one month – has been reduced to $2.99 in e-format. You can get it at Barnes & Noble and Amazon, but that price will pass with my deadline, so don’t wait — and, please, tell your friends. They can read the book and buy themselves an additional frappa-something to enjoy with it.

THE SCENT OF SHADOWS is also temporarily $.99. Get it here. I actually re-read some of this yesterday on my way back to Vegas and had to smile. I remember writing it, struggling over some scenes, but it also felt far away — like a photo of an old high school friend. You remember them fondly, and wonder what happened to them. That’s how I feel about this book. But I was also amazed to see some questions posed right up front that were answered amazingly well (Ie. Kismet) years and five books later.

Anyway, I digress. Please share, retweet, or call your friends and let them know. Again, we resume our regular programming by month’s end.

Finally, I’ve one last appearance this year — though it’s more of a coffee klatch than anything else. Deborah Coonts will be interviewing me at the Paseo Verde library in Las Vegas this Friday, July 20. Noon.

I use the word “interview” loosely. We hung out together in the bar last week at Thrillerfest, so I expect it to be more like that – loose and informal, but informational and entertaining. If you like reading or writing, come pepper us with questions. We can take it.

I leave you with a photo of how I spent the majority of my Thrillerfest: photo-bombing other authors. (I know. SO professional.)

The inestimable Heather Graham. Trying to ignore me.