This Too, Shall Pass

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Offie-DisarrayThough I am starting to wonder if it’s going to take us with it. Amazing how much crap you accumulate without quite realizing it. And then you have to decide if you still want/need/want  a particular piece of crap or can let it go. And even when you’ve decided, the logistics of either keeping or letting go start to shade over into something close enough to frickin’ crazy.

I was supposed to meet Carol for lunch today, but instead I’m meeting a rep from the estate sale lady to see if there’s any way she can help us pare down. The thing is, we (and by we I mean Carol) have good taste, so even our junk isn’t something we can in good conscience simply discard. We either have to sell or donate to charity anything we’re not taking with us. And it was a lot more than I realized. So new rule–we buy something, we have to get rid of something else. Once we’re settled in NY that may or may not be a problem.

On the good news department, B&N will be carrying the new Yamada book just as they did the first two, so in a couple of weeks you’ll be able to get it there. Still a good idea to pre-order, since a lot of the stores ran out last time. It helps the book, too. And yes, there is a typo in the book’s description on B&N’s (and Amazon’s) web site. We’re trying to get it fixed. It’s an obscure one, though, so I wonder how many people will even spot it.

Schist Just Got Real

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Offie-DisarrayThis is my office. It will likely remain in this state until I’ve finished painting, then it will likely go away entirely. Right now I’m working off a card table and a cobbled-together bit of computer. I have a book to write…well, I hope more than one. But definitely one. This in between phase somewhere in the middle of being where I am and being where I need to be is working my last good nerve. Just saying.

Yamada Monogatari: The War God’s Son Has Arrived

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War Gods Son - Box of BooksOr at least my author copies have. Most of which I’ll have to pack away as we’re getting ready to move. It does look spiffy, though. The rest of the copies will be available next month–not long. You can pre-order here if you’re so inclined, and I hope you are. That way you won’t have to wait as long. Just looking out for you, that’s all.

Power’s Shadow Lives!

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Powers-Shadow-Rough-3I wouldn’t be surprised if everyone had forgotten this was coming. It certainly took me long enough. There were reasons–or excuses–but the rewrite is finally done and Power’s Shadow (The Laws of Power Book 3) is now live for the Kindle and Nook/epub. As promised, I’m keeping the price at 0.99 for the first few days since I don’t want to gouge anyone who was following the serial and wants to know how it turned out. It’s Monday the 31st as I post this, and the low price will be good through Wednesday.  After that, it will go up to be comparable with the others in the series.

“Marta, Black Kath’s daughter, is a witch on a mission. Unless she learns the secrets of the Seven Laws of Power, she will remain in bondage to the cruel divinity called Amaet for all eternity. Yet now someone else also seeks the Laws of Power, someone who believes that Marta is the key to finding them, and will stop at nothing to claim them for herself. Marta’s only chance of success—and staying alive–depends on a thief, an emphatically unreformed pirate, and a sword-maiden with a bad attitude. Frankly, the odds are not good. Marta knows that. It’s what she doesn’t know that just might save her.”

Power’s Shadow is the third  book in the series. Books 1 & 2 are The Long Look (The Laws of Power Book 1) and Black Kath’s Daughter (The Laws of Power Book 2). Some people who have read the first two wonder how The Long Look fits into the series. Power’s Shadow, I believe, will answer that question for good and all  (I’m looking at you, Sean).