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Big changes are coming, and I’m so excited, I can hardly stand it. My agent has sold my fantasy romance, a contemporary with mages, to Grand Central’s new Forever Yours line. The first book, Renegade, will be out September 4 in electronic and print on demand formats. It’s already listed on iBooks and B&N, and was listed on the RT blog April 23. To read the RT post, click here and scroll down to Exciting Debut Authors. Seeing my book in a listing like that is a major thrill!
The second book, Guardian, is scheduled for Spring 2013. The series will be called The Protectors.
Once the cover art for Renegade is done, this website will undergo a major revamping to go along with that look. My fabulous webmistresses at Bemis Promotions are already thinking about that, so please check back for updates.
Meanwhile, I’m making progress on the TBR mountain. Every time I buy books, I have to read one more than I just bought before I can buy more. This is slowly whittling away at the TBR supply. I don’t count the books on the iPad since they don’t take up space in the house, but I try to keep an eye on that list, too.
I’m blogging with the Romance Bandits, as usual. On May 26, Memorial Day weekend, I’ll be talking about the process of getting a new head shot and (maybe) offering a sneak peek at Renegade. Stop in and chat with me.
I’m looking forward to a great summer and hope you are, too. Thanks for coming by.
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Many readers like one genre and stick to that. Some read only a handful of authors. A friend who worked in a bookstore told me they had customers who came in for the latest John Grisham or Tom Clancy or Nora Roberts and didn’t appear again until that author’s next release. For readers like this, deciding what to read is easy.
For me, though, and for many of my friends, it’s tougher. I like mysteries, both police procedurals and cozies. I enjoy thrillers, partly because things go boom! on their pages fairly often. Science fiction and fantasy have drawn me in since I was seven. They feature lots of action, lots of boom, strange new worlds–or strange, new things in our world–and intriguing “what if” possibilities. Nonfiction also appeals–I love to learn new things or read a different slant on an historical era that interests me. My college history classes were mostly who fought whom where, when, why, and how (sometimes, at the ballot box). I discovered social history after graduation and find it fascinating.
I’m well aware all this interest is what causes our house to be so cluttered with books. Lucky for me, the dh also loves books.
Liking a wide range of books, though, sometimes makes choosing what to read next difficult. I’ve noticed this in trying to pare down the TBR pile. Maybe I think I want a romance–historical or paranormal? If I reach for a paranormal, is it going to be “out there” enough for my current mood, or should I maybe grab a fantasy or science fiction novel instead? If I read an historical with a military hero, that might send me off to the internet to learn about those battles. Or even to browse for books about them. Still, I tend to end up reading several books of the same type in a row, then want to switch to something else.
What about you? Do you ever have trouble deciding what to read next, or is that easy for you? What are you reading now, and why do you like it?
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