Now available! Entries from Shalia and Anrel's recoveries to kicking Tragoom butt to save Resan.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Now on Sale - Shalia's Diary Book 7
Now available! Entries from Shalia and Anrel's recoveries to kicking Tragoom butt to save Resan.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
WIP Wednesday – Portals to Risnar: Book 1
Before he could justify his words,
Nex signaled to them to come over. The pair rejoined the men still crowded
around Jeannie. She smiled at Kren as he approached, and his hearts softened.
No, he could not bear to see her exterminated.
Nex started his report. “No venom
pits around her teeth. She isn’t poisonous. Her teeth are all blunt. She could
do damage with them, but not if we armor skin.”
Arga pursed his lips. “What
defenses does she have?”
“Physically? Not much. Not against
one of us. But her brain size is on par with ours.”
Kren said, “So we can assume high
intelligence.”
“She needs it with so few fighting
characteristics.” Nex lowered his voice as if the human could understand him.
“Get this: she only has one heart. One liver. A lot of the other stuff is
redundant like us, but not those organs.”
Arga’s startled exclamation rose
over the others’. “What? What’s she supposed to do if those are damaged or
fail?”
Nex shrugged. “Die.”
Bort spoke slowly, his tone
incredulous. “No way she’s made in a Monsudan lab, Kren. They’d never create
such a weak thing.”
Kren agreed, but he knew the
obstacles facing the female. “Tell that to the elders. They may not allow her
to live before we can prove it.”
The men glanced at each other.
Jeannie’s brows had drawn together as they spoke, as if she realized they
discussed weighty matters. Did she know her life hung in the balance? Kren
hoped not. The last thing he wanted was for her to be more afraid than she
already was.
Nex licked his lips and spoke
carefully. “Don’t take this wrong, but – well, maybe you could delay contacting
the Assembly? Not for long, of course,” he rushed to add. “Maybe a day? Two?”
After Arga’s shocked reaction to
Kren’s earlier statement, he had to answer as the Enforcement Leader he was.
“You know we’ll face censure for such a delay.”
Pon was young enough to speak more
rebelliously than most. “Come on, Kren. Look at her. She’s too sweet to
euthanize without getting the chance to prove she’s not a Bug Bit. Just long
enough to consult with a scholar who might know what she is.”
Arga surprised Kren by somewhat
reversing his stance. “What about Mekay or Pas? They know arcane better than
anyone. Make it Mekay, and we might not get burned for not approaching the
entire Assembly. He is an Elder, after all.”
Kren had never been more grateful
to his friend and partner than that moment. “Mekay would be perfect. If we go
to him, it’s not like we would be concealing her after all.”
The entire group looked relieved
at the compromise. Nex grinned and patted Jeannie on the head. “I think we’ve
bought you another day, Jeannie the Hyoo-man.”
She gave him a pained smile, as if
to respond to his friendliness while disliking the patronizing head-pat
gesture. Nex didn’t seem to pick up on her polite dismay.
No release date set.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Shalia's Diary Books 7 and 8 Release News
The Shalia's Diary blog wraps the current storyline on Thursday. Shalia's Diary Book 7 will release on Friday, April 1. The blog will have a short hiatus and posts will resume for the newest storyline on Monday, April 19. But you don't have to wait that long to read the newest tale because...
If all goes according to plan, Shalia's Diary Book 8 will be available for sale as an e-book for $2.99 on April 8. Once all of the entries from Shalia 8 have been posted to the Shalia's Diary blog, the e-book price will drop to the usual 99 cents. So you have the options of:
1. Enjoying it early in its entirety,
2. Enjoying it on the blog for free and with the usual angst/thrill of anticipating the next entry, or
3. Waiting a few months to have it all at once for the usual price.
By the way: The men for these two books ... OMG. Erin is determined to make my eyes fall out of my head with her covers.
I am still locking down a release date for Clans of Kalquor 10: Alien Hostage, but it will definitely happen later in April. I did not plan to release 3 books in one month, but circumstances made it that way. Hopefully I will have a date to report for CoK10 on next week's regular update, along with an important message for readers outside North America. I will also give you some idea of what's to come in Shalia's Diary Book 8.
Obviously, I am crazy busy right now with 3 books coming out so fast. Please excuse continued delays in getting back to messages. But then, who wants to talk to me when you've got a deluge of Kalquorians to enjoy?
Happy Easter, everyone!
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
WIP Wednesday – Clans of Kalquor 10: Alien Hostage
The
room’s door slid closed with a politely quiet hiss, cutting off the fine view.
With a happy sigh, Tasha turned to face Jessica. Her royal cousin was waiting
to be noticed, her expression grumpy.
Tasha
couldn’t imagine why Jessica would look at her as if she’d done something
wrong. The empress was an admirer of nice buttocks herself. Tasha cocked an
eyebrow. “What?”
Jessica’s
scowl deepened. “I never thought I’d say this, not in a trillion years. But
when are you going to start acting like your sister?”
Tasha
blinked. “Like Cissy?”
Tasha’s
twin Cecilia was cheerfully acknowledged as the family’s wild child. Daring in
manner and words, brash to the point of rudeness, Cissy was unapologetically
loud and never stinted in offering her honest opinion. Even being recently
clanned to men known for their outstanding credentials and impeccable manners
hadn’t calmed the sometimes cruder Salter twin. The more demure ladylike Tasha
had often felt bad that Cissy was compared unfavorably to her, but the
comparison never seemed to bother Cissy.
To be
told Tasha needed to be more like Cissy was a rare occurrence. Tasha couldn’t
wait to tell her twin about it.
Jessica
darted a cautious look to Noelle. The little girl had slid to the floor and was
absorbed in making her doll hug a plush ronka toy. She seemed to take no notice
of the conversation as she made quiet conversation with her playthings, her low
voice punctuated with giggles.
Even with
Noelle distracted, Jessica kept her voice low as she chastised Tasha. “You are
getting a reputation, Ms. Casanova. A different man every week. Not
entertaining the clans you’ve been matched to.”
Tasha sat
up straight. She tried to not sound defensive. “Not true. I just came from
spending an afternoon with a potential clan. It was our third encounter.”
“And?”
“They
were nice.”
Jessica’s
expression told Tasha she already knew the score. “Uh huh. When do you see them
again?”
Under
Jessica’s gaze, Tasha shifted uncomfortably before she could stop herself. She
made herself sit still and smoothed her skirt. She stopped when she realized
that was yet another nervous gesture. She was giving herself away too easily to
her shrewd cousin and she knew it. What she didn’t know was how to make herself
stop.
Knowing
the excuse was lame, she started to say, “Well, I’m not sure they’re right for
me—”
“Just as
the gossip says,” Jessica interrupted. “The few times you do spend time with an
available clan, you see them once and never again. And it’s not conversation
you’re indulging in.” She gave Noelle another quick glance to make sure the
little girl wasn’t trying to follow along.
Tasha
also checked before defending herself in a low tone. “This isn’t Earth. I’m
allowed to have all the fun I want. Who says I have to settle down anyway?”
Releasing April 2016
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