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This round of updates was brought to you by the letter K on April 17th, 2012.
Opening post
The latest on the publishing roadmap
New contract for a fantasy romance novel
I've signed another contract with Carina Press for Through All Four Seasons, my longest work to date (although that's not hard, given that I've only published novellas so far). The relationship in this story is sweeter than my norm, and I found the heroine so engaging that this story zipped to the top of my working queue. It'll be released in the fall of this year. Check the Forthcoming section of my site for more information, including an excerpt.
Current writing projects
Back to the world of Demon's Fall
I'm working on Let Slip Glory, which is set in the same world where Demon's Fall took place. Hellsgate can be an unexpected refuge...
An unedited excerpt
"I'd say you look lovely, but it isn't the gown that makes you so."
She wasn't sure what to make of that. "Thank you?"
He laughed softly, and some of the stiffness left him. "I don't think you like court life any more than I do. You'd go back to the stables in Hellsgate in a trice, wouldn't you?"
Once she would have agreed. "It isn't that simple," she said now.
"You'd have Caleb with you, of course."
She didn't ask, What about you? She didn't know whether it would change her answer, but she knew that it mattered. She'd never had more than one friend before. It tangled her plans.
Recent reading
The Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series by C.S. Harris
I'm thoroughly enjoying these Regency-era mysteries, centering around a nobleman with a quick mind and a willingness to ask questions. I'm a little reminded of the Gilded Age/Nell Sweeney mysteries in that there's a slow-building romance that takes several books to develop. Both Harris and P.B. Ryan (author of the Nell Sweeney series) have also written historical romances; I'm quite curious about how this might have influenced the relationship arcs in their mysteries.
In any case, the first book is What Angels Fear. I found it a little exasperating because the hero seems to have preternatural abilities (explained as a genetic condition), but once I made it to the second book, I was won over by his sharp observational skills and the very human tangle of relationships that become unwound with each murder investigation. Add enough action to make Sebastian's valet despair over the state of his clothes, along with gritty details that contrast the aristocracy's airy social maneuverings with the cityfolk's gritty lives in the streets, and you've got yourself an engrossing read.
Miscellaneous updates
Website rehaul
Introducing: a cleaner design and a mobile-friendly version of the site. Let's not speak of how much time I spent prowling through stock image and font sites or tweaking stylesheets, especially given how simple the result is. Many thanks to stackoverflow.com and php.net for helping me figure out the behind-the-scenes scripting bits.
Because I've been abysmal about updating my blog, I'm archiving it and will instead add occasional updates to the "News" page of my website.