That’s Another One Launched

STAC’s Christmas Crackers was officially launched yesterday with a minimum of fuss. It didn’t need any great shouting. It was already at #1 in its cosy crime category on Amazon, and at something like #350 in the overall rankings.

It’s no secret that I don’t care for launch days. They’re long and tiring and I’m obliged to sit at the computer for hours on end on the offchance that someone stops by. Yesterday, it was just over fifteen hours.

Not that I just sat there, of course. While waiting for input from the passers-by, I kept myself busy preparing a short trailer for the book. I’m using brand new software and still learning my way round it, so it’s a bit clunky, but you can take a look at it right here.

Christmas Crackers is the last release of the year for me, but it’s not the last one for Crooked Cat. There’s a string of new books coming up this side of Christmas from my fellow authors, starting with Nik Morton’s Spanish Eye, this Friday. You can read what Nik has to say about this on my other blog.

Beyond that, there are titles from Carol Hedges, Carol Maginn, Lisa Dyer, Nancy Jardine, and two I’m particularly looking forward in my category (crime) Catriona King and Frances di Plino, both of whom I’ll be talking to next month.

In the meantime, I’ve other work to be getting on with, only a part of which is STAC #11. But don’t hold your breath on that one. It’s likely to be the spring before you see it.