Of Mice and Magic

I've a few bits of news from myself and the Arachis Press. First is that I have reissued my children's picture book, A MOUSE IS IN THE HOUSE, in a COLOR edition. I had always preferred the B/W illustrations and the allowed for a lower price, but changes at our printer and a realization that color would probably sell better led me to creating a color edition, now available. I do have B/W copies on hand -- collectors' items, right?

Second, my third collection of poetry, RETELLINGS is out. This chapbook contains both poems and short vignettes, all with a bit memoir to them. Not that all my poems aren't somewhat autobiographical.

And third, I just spent five days of churning out four to five thousand words and finally finished the fantasy novel, THE SONG OF THE SWORD. This will be the first 'book' of a series, to be called DONZALO'S DESTINY, and consists essentially of two novella-length sections. The first of which was finished and polished quite some time ago! I have a good draft of the second part now, and will get to rewrites and edits soon. Publication before the end of the year, I hope.