Something unusual (for me) happened this week. A publisher offered me a contract on an unfinished story. I've certainly made promises to publishers before, but Pride has enough confidence in me that we've signed a contract on All The World's An Undead Stage (Offbeat Crimes #6) on the merits of the first chapter. I am pleased and humbled...
And slightly terrified. :o This is a deadline I must not, cannot miss. Ahem. Anyway, the new release dates for Undead Stage below: Preorder: 21st November Early download: 5th December General Release: 2nd January 2018 Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs goes up for pre-order next Tuesday!
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All sorts of fun news for Jackalopes & Woofen-Poofs: Offbeat Crimes 5!
First - I have the first round edits back. Working on those diligently this week. Second - we have blurb!! Hoax animals and a consulting vampire on the prowl-ACO Jason Shen never thought having a cop boyfriend would be this hard. All Animal Control Officer Jason Shen ever wanted was a quiet life of rescuing lost kittens and helping animals in need. Having a paranormal cop boyfriend guarantees an end to the quiet part. What at first seems a random encounter with jackalopes in the park might be more than chance and when State Paranormal sends a handsome, charming vampire to consult with the Seventy-Seventh, he finds his relationship with Alex on shaky ground. Officer Alex Wolf hoped his humaning skills were improving but now he can’t unravel the strange politics at State Paranormal or why Jason’s family seems to hate him. There’s no time to puzzle things out either. Bizarre animals are loose in the city, Jason’s acting strange, and is the vampire captain from State flirting with him? Wolf’s going to have to keep his head in the game if he’s going to have any chance of putting the pieces together and keeping the city safe from the strange critters terrorizing its streets. And last but not least we have the lovely cover - featuring Wolf, because this is the second Wolf book - from Emmy Ellis!!! Jackalope included! Yaaaaaay! We've had homicidal giant snapping turtles, time-warping pill bugs, savage books and feral dust bunnies. Kyle, Vikash, Carrington and Alex Wolf have all had their say. It's time to work on getting the last two stories in the series arc out to you.
Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs: Offbeat Crimes 5 Is with my lovely and ever-patient editor. This is the second Alex and Jason story, and features both Jason's and Alex's POV's. We do have dates for pre-order and release: Pre-order: August 22 Early download (at Pride Publishing): September 5 General release: October 3 I'll share the blurb when it's approved but I will say there are several, ah, interesting encounters in this one. All the World's An Undead Stage: Offbeat Crimes 6 Is in its fledgling stages. All mapped out and begun, though, and about 6K in. Yes, we all know I move with agonizing deliberation at the beginning of a story. Don't worry. I'll get it in on time. It's slated for a late fall release and will be the second Carrington and Erasmus book with shared POV between them. That's all I have shareable for now! Stay tuned for more coming up. :) The news this week in bullet points! New Stuff
Feral Dust Bunnies Offbeat Crimes 4 (Gay Paranormal Humor) General Release June 20! Pride Publishing Amazon iBooks Kobo Barnes and Noble Offbeat Crimes, Volume 2 Paperback Pride Publishing Amazon Contains Skim Blood & Savage Verse and Feral Dust Bunnies. Vassily the Beautiful An ESTO Universe novel Narrated by Greg Boudreaux (Gay Science Fiction Romance) Audible Amazon Shax's War: Brimstone 3 Narrated by Vance Bastian Coming soon to Audio! We're five days out! General release for Dust Bunnies on June 20! For those of you who've been waiting for the Amazon, Kobo, etc. links - you get to meet The Kitten next week! I'm also hard at work on Jackalopes and Woofenpoofs - looks like about the 2/3's mark! (Maybe.) Feral Dust Bunnies Offbeat Crimes 4 Pride Publishing Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo Apple iBooks Officer Alex Wolf responds to a lot of ‘paranormal’ calls that aren’t. Exotic pet birds aren’t monsters and unusual dog breeds aren’t aliens. It’s a good thing he likes the Animal Control officers, but he both yearns for and dreads those calls where he runs into ACO Jason Shen. Jason’s scent is so delicious that Wolf has a difficult time humaning around him. Animal Control calls take a disturbing turn, though, when Wolf and his lizard-man partner, Krisk, discover the impossibly mummified bodies of rats and an unfortunate mother cat. The rescue of the cat’s sole surviving kitten not only gives Wolf more time with Jason, which is both perplexing and wonderful, but also leads to dangerous discoveries. Something inconceivable stalks the city and its officers of the law. Wolf has to figure out what it is before it can attack and drain the life from the people and the kitten he loves. My dark little heart is going pitter-pat this morning - just checked the site and Vassily is now listed as "Headed to Retail" for the audio version! Soon, oh so soon, we'll be able to share the amazing narration work Greg Boudreaux did with this book. I'm not kidding. It's amazing. For those of you waiting to hear Sumi's voice, you won't be disappointed. Keep an eye out on the web - hoping to have links for you in the next couple of days here. :) Work is ongoing on the next Offbeat Crimes novel, Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs - at about 21K now and moving right along. I have internal deadlines that I'm worried about meeting but I'll do the best I can.
Offbeat Crimes 4, Feral Dust Bunnies, is available at Pride PUblishing right now and up for pre-order everywhere else. Two things about that:
Get the kids inside and lock the doors! Those feral dust bunnies are on the rampage! Or it could just be that the book is out at Pride Publishing. :) Feral Dust Bunnies - Offbeat Crimes 4 is now available for early download at Pride, and is up for pre-order at all the other usual places (general release 6/20.) Come get your wolf and kitten! For those who like paperbacks, there will also by a paperback edition by general release, too. Offbeat Crimes: Volume 2 will include Skim Blood and Savage Verse and Feral Dust Bunnies in one convenient package. Hooray! Feral Dust Bunnies Offbeat Crimes 4 Pride Publishing Officer Alex Wolf responds to a lot of ‘paranormal’ calls that aren’t. Exotic pet birds aren’t monsters and unusual dog breeds aren’t aliens. It’s a good thing he likes the Animal Control officers, but he both yearns for and dreads those calls where he runs into ACO Jason Shen. Jason’s scent is so delicious that Wolf has a difficult time humaning around him. Animal Control calls take a disturbing turn, though, when Wolf and his lizard-man partner, Krisk, discover the impossibly mummified bodies of rats and an unfortunate mother cat. The rescue of the cat’s sole surviving kitten not only gives Wolf more time with Jason, which is both perplexing and wonderful, but also leads to dangerous discoveries. Something inconceivable stalks the city and its officers of the law. Wolf has to figure out what it is before it can attack and drain the life from the people and the kitten he loves. Happy Friday! Week 2 in our little miniseries of Offbeat Crimes readings today. :) The Pill Bugs of Time, written on the threads that began from a sort of wistful, throwaway comment from my co-author, Bellora Quinn. We're at the beginning here, in the squad room: The Pill Bugs of Time Offbeat Crimes 2 Amazon Kobo Barnes and Noble iBooks Vikash Soren, the perfect police officer except for his odd paranormal ability, never seems to lose his temper. Always serene and competent, he’s taken on the role of mediator in a squad room full of misfits. But on the inside, he’s a mess. Unable to tell his police partner that he loves him, Vikash struggles silently, terrified of losing Kyle as a lover, partner, and friend. But life in the 77th Precinct doesn’t leave much room for internal reflection. A confrontation with a stick-throwing tumbleweed in Fairmount Park leads to bizarre consequences involving pill bugs, statues, and…time travel? If Vikash manages to survive the week and stay in one point in time, he might be able to address normal things like relationship problems. He just needs Kyle to have a little more patience. Maybe a few centuries worth. Feral Dust Bunnies (Offbeat Crimes 4) has a cover! If you haven't seen it yet, here you go! Wolf's story (and his kitten's) will go up for pre-order May 9, with the general release on June 20. There will, since someone asked recently, be a full set of six Offbeat Crimes stories before the end of the year. In other news, there's now a Newsletter (I know, drag me into the 21st century kicking and screaming, why don't you) that you can sign up for if you prefer that as a method of getting new release info and such. Angel Martinez - Writing News Also - Bellora and I will be in Ft. Myers Beach, Florida for the week of July 2 for a mini writing retreat in case anyone's down that way. We'll also have the lovely Sadie Rose Birmingham with us and plan to hook up with a couple of folks in the area. :)
The news this week is all Offbeat Crimes related. I did agree to this publication schedule for the series. Everyone please keep reminding me of that. :D Skim Blood and Savage Verse is out in the wild - released in all the usual places! Carrington's had some lovely reviews so far, with the most common theme being - it wasn't enough! He'll be back. Never fear. Linky stuff below for his first story. Also (!) Feral Dust Bunnies (OC #4) is with the editor - my new editor! Offbeat Crimes #4 is scheduled to go up for preorder May 9 and I do have a blurb for you: Officer Alex Wolf responds to a lot of “paranormal” calls that aren’t. Exotic pet birds aren’t monsters and unusual dog breeds aren’t aliens. It’s a good thing he likes the animal control officers, but he both yearns for and dreads those calls where he runs into ACO Jason Shen. Jason’s scent is so delicious that Wolf has a difficult time humaning around him. Animal control calls take a disturbing turn, though, when Wolf and his lizard-man partner, Krisk discover the impossibly mummified bodies of rats and an unfortunate mother cat. The rescue of the cat’s sole surviving kitten not only gives Wolf more time with Jason, which is both perplexing and wonderful, but also leads to dangerous discoveries. Something inconceivable stalks the city and its officers of the law. Wolf has to figure out what it is before it can attack and drain the life from the people and the kitten he loves. Last but not least, I've started the skeletal plotting on OC #5 which has the working title, Drop Bears and Snipe Hunts. We'll see how that goes... Skim Blood and Savage Verse Offbeat Crimes 3 Out now wherever the best ebooks are sold ;) Pride Publishing Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo iBooks |
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Angel writes (mostly) Science Fiction and Fantasy centered around queer heroes. Currently living part time in the hectic sprawl of northern Delaware and full time inside her head, she has one husband, one son, two cats, a love of all things beautiful and a terrible addiction to the consumption of both knowledge and chocolate. |
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