Spring Cleaning My Writing Career
It's spring here in New Mexico. Juniper is blooming in such abundance I can't wear my contacts. My eyes are streaming and incredibly red, which makes wearing contacts right now a big no-no. I know my allegeries aren't unique, but they are quite bothersome!
As with the arrival of spring, a good, deep down cleaning of my home is on tap. Yet, my husband and I haven't gotten around to it yet due to a death in our family amongt other family centered drama that I won't bore you with here.
However, I have been thinking a lot about my writing career. I started writing for publication in 1998 having spent my entire youth (from 5th grade to 12th) writing in my journal, creating stories in my head and scribbling them in notebooks.
I wrote my first novel, A Complete Woman in 1999 after my fourth miscarriage and a failed relationship. It was accepted for publication by Crossroads, an electronic publisher and one that quickly crashed and burned. Booklocker published it a year later in 2000. Right around the time that Crystral Dreams published Browne Candidate. Both books are shorter than my current works, but are solid in that they tell their stories quickly with a refreshing knowledge that you got the whole tale (at least in my opinion).
Well, with the arrival of this school year, and the direction my writing is going with Cybil, I am focusing on landing an agent, moving into the field of sf hybrids namely Cybil's mystery series set in the near future. I'm finding that Cybil's world is vivid, fun, and totally addicting. I'm currently working on yet another novel in her series and have completed a short story titled, "Recruited" that is being considered for publication.
Three of my four currently published books, The Soul Cages , Browne Candidate, and A Complete Woman will go out of print in September of this year. Yes, you read that right. You won't be able to get print copies of these titles after September 2006, unless you buy used copies.
There is some good news...The Soul Cages and Browne Candidate will remain in ebook formats!
I think some of the online stores still have copies in their warehouses, but Booklocker isn't printing any more new copies of A Complete Woman. So, once the current stock is depleated, there won't be any more available. So go get it from Amazon today!
What does this mean for Aurora's and Sarah's worlds?
Well, for starters, please know that Aurora is my girl, true and blue. With Zephyr Unfolding, her life arrived at a crossroad that requires deep thought and reflection. Reflection requires time and Aurora will need that to contemplate what path to take. She's come to talk to me occasionally about it, but you know how secretive Aurora can be. She hasn't told me everything, and I need to know everything to tell her tale.
If you need a fix to satisfy your soul snatching craving, Double Dragon Ebooks has published my short novella titled, "A Stranger to Veloris Cometh," available for two bucks. That's right, two U.S. dollars (plus tax in some states and countries). It's a temporary fix for addicts of The Soul Cages . Just know that Manola and her lord grow impatient...
As it were, you may be asking why these three books won't be available after 2006?
Well, I'm spring cleaning my writing career. Things die and are resurrected this time of year. That's why Easter is celebrated during the spring. Think of the showers in April that produces the beautiful flowers in May. After a little rain comes the sun shine.
As with the arrival of spring, a good, deep down cleaning of my home is on tap. Yet, my husband and I haven't gotten around to it yet due to a death in our family amongt other family centered drama that I won't bore you with here.
However, I have been thinking a lot about my writing career. I started writing for publication in 1998 having spent my entire youth (from 5th grade to 12th) writing in my journal, creating stories in my head and scribbling them in notebooks.
I wrote my first novel, A Complete Woman in 1999 after my fourth miscarriage and a failed relationship. It was accepted for publication by Crossroads, an electronic publisher and one that quickly crashed and burned. Booklocker published it a year later in 2000. Right around the time that Crystral Dreams published Browne Candidate. Both books are shorter than my current works, but are solid in that they tell their stories quickly with a refreshing knowledge that you got the whole tale (at least in my opinion).
Well, with the arrival of this school year, and the direction my writing is going with Cybil, I am focusing on landing an agent, moving into the field of sf hybrids namely Cybil's mystery series set in the near future. I'm finding that Cybil's world is vivid, fun, and totally addicting. I'm currently working on yet another novel in her series and have completed a short story titled, "Recruited" that is being considered for publication.
Three of my four currently published books, The Soul Cages , Browne Candidate, and A Complete Woman will go out of print in September of this year. Yes, you read that right. You won't be able to get print copies of these titles after September 2006, unless you buy used copies.
There is some good news...The Soul Cages and Browne Candidate will remain in ebook formats!
I think some of the online stores still have copies in their warehouses, but Booklocker isn't printing any more new copies of A Complete Woman. So, once the current stock is depleated, there won't be any more available. So go get it from Amazon today!
What does this mean for Aurora's and Sarah's worlds?
Well, for starters, please know that Aurora is my girl, true and blue. With Zephyr Unfolding, her life arrived at a crossroad that requires deep thought and reflection. Reflection requires time and Aurora will need that to contemplate what path to take. She's come to talk to me occasionally about it, but you know how secretive Aurora can be. She hasn't told me everything, and I need to know everything to tell her tale.
If you need a fix to satisfy your soul snatching craving, Double Dragon Ebooks has published my short novella titled, "A Stranger to Veloris Cometh," available for two bucks. That's right, two U.S. dollars (plus tax in some states and countries). It's a temporary fix for addicts of The Soul Cages . Just know that Manola and her lord grow impatient...
As it were, you may be asking why these three books won't be available after 2006?
Well, I'm spring cleaning my writing career. Things die and are resurrected this time of year. That's why Easter is celebrated during the spring. Think of the showers in April that produces the beautiful flowers in May. After a little rain comes the sun shine.
I've had my share of rain with publishers. I'm looking now for the sunshine and hoping that my writing career will blossom as a result of my own cleaning.
Of course, I'm writing other stuff besides Cybil's stories, including short stories (look for my story, "The Trader" in the September issue of Tales of the Talisman), blogs, and occasionally other genres under different pen names.
You may also be wondering what's so great about Cybil. See for yourself. Check out an excerpt from HUNTED, and find out.
