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<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes, I’m still alive! I know, I was beginning to have doubts myself.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This year has just been non-stop. They always are, I guess, but releasing three books in a row within months of each other, and getting ready to release a fourth next month – I’ve never done anything like this before and I am TIRED, but starting to crawl my way back to the surface and start to engage with, um, people again.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So, what’s in the works?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Wolf Moon" border="1" src="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/images/c..." height="250" width="166" /><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">First off, I’m writing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wolf Moon</i>, book 4 in the Huntress series, and there’s something I have </span>to clear up right away. I’ve come across a completely unanticipated problem: people who are reading the Huntress books are assuming they’re a trilogy - and worse – calling them a trilogy in reviews. I’m always grateful for reviews, and they’ve been almost universally stellar, t<i>hank you </i>all who have taken the time! – I couldn’t ask for better ones!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But wow, this is so NOT a trilogy, and having that idea out there is understandably confusing to readers who pick up <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cold Moon</i> expecting an end to the series. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cold Moon</i> is definitely not the end, and I thought it would be pretty clear in the way the book ends that there is another one coming. It’s funny, though, how there’s no real way to counteract that assumption once people start repeating it. So yeah. Book 4 is coming, and I'm not going to say much right now, but it's really different from the first three. (Why am I constantly doing this to myself? I wonder...)</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"><tbody><tr align="left" valign="left"><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/huntress... alt="Huntress Moon" border="1" src="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/images/h..." height="250" width="166" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/blood-mo... alt="Blood Moon" border="1" src="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/images/b..." height="250" width="166" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/cold-moo... alt="Cold Moon" border="1" src="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/images/c..." height="250" width="166" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And a quick note for AUSTRALIAN readers: <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Huntress Moon</i> is on sale throughout August on Amazon.AU -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>just 1.99!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B... class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-stZ18U5-SaE..." imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-stZ18U5-SaE..." width="160" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Next - it's nearly killed me to get it done, but yes - the PRINT workbook of <i>Screenwriting Tricks for Authors</i>, STEALING HOLLYWOOD, will be available as soon as sometime next week. I know some of you have been waiting for this one for practically ever – well, it’s completely worth the wait!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But - make sure you’re on my <a href="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/newslett... mailing list </a>if you want to get the release announcement (and discount on the new ebook). If you're not sure, it doesn't hurt to try signing up again; you won't get double announcements, the extra email will automatically drop from the list. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://alexandrasokoloff.com/newslett... </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">For the rest of the summer (Scottish summer, that is…) - well, it’s August, so I’m taking a bit of a break next week to go down to London to see Benedict Cumberbatch in <i>Hamlet.</i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ovq1O7QJw20..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ovq1O7QJw20..." width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee</i> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sorry, lost it for a minute there. But yes, I’m so excited I can barely sleep. It's my favorite play, and there's one actor per generation who is simply born to play it. I think we have our answer here. And yes, I will report back!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B... class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And Craig and I are gearing up for the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival, followed frighteningly soon after by Bouchercon in Raleigh. Lots of events going on at both, and I wanted to let people know about upcoming workshops as well, since I’m doing a bit more teaching in the fall than I usually do, so here’s the lineup:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Times; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.lavbold {mso-style-name:lavbold; mso-style-unhide:no;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="lavbold"><b>—September 11-13 </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">Bloody Scotland</span><br />Stirling, Scotland </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal">I’ll be teaching a master class in story structure at Bloody Scotland, as well as a self-publishing workshop. I’ll also be paneling on Film Writing (and Film 101 for Authors!) as well as on the issue of the depiction of violence against women in books, film, and television.</div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Fans of <a href="http://craigrobertsonbooks.co.uk/&quo... Robertson</a> can also find him appearing on panels and compering <i>Crime at the Coo</i>: a cabaret pub night on Saturday, featuring Bloody Scotland authors performing song, dance and poetry. Yes, I’ll be singing, too!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="lavbold"><b>—October 8-11</b></span><br /><span class="MsoHyperlink">Bouchercon World Mystery Convention</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Raleigh, NC </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Craig and I are both on the program.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="lavbold"><b>—October 31-November 1</b></span><br /><span class="MsoHyperlink">805 Writers Conference</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">2-hour Screenwriting Tricks for Authors workshop</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Ventura, CA </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Craig and I are both on the program.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="lavbold"><b>—November 7</b></span><br /><span class="MsoHyperlink">Land of Enchantment Romance Writers Association</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">All-day Screenwriting Tricks for Authors workshop</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Albuquerque, NM </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="lavbold"><b>November 13-15</b></span><br /><span class="MsoHyperlink">Shetland Noir</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Shetland Islands, UK </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Craig and I are both on the program.</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hope you're all having fabulous summers. Would love to hear what you're up to!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> --- Alex </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div>

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