News From the Lair

After years of bitching, whining, moaning, and complaining that I have nowhere to write in this stupid, tiny, cookie-cutter piece of 1970s crap we call a house, we're finally creating my Writing Lair.

There is still much to do! I got a new desk and chair, and an awesome chandelier from which I shall soon be hanging old, scary-looking knives (a la the Hell's Kitchen restaurant in Duluth, which inspired me). We moved the bed and entertainment center and other stuff out of the downstairs bedroom. We brought in the famous Lair Chair, and moved the futon down here (putting the bed in the "cabin room" upstairs). There's still stuff piled where it doesn't belong, and I have to paint the screaming-green walls something soothing, do the wall decor and accessorize everything, but today I am actually working in my very own Lair!!!

(Yes, it is entirely possible Darwin is possessed. Nothing would surprise me around here.)

(The Lair Chair, beneath the soon-to-be stabby-knife chandelier.)

As exciting as all that is, it's not even the most exciting thing happening at the moment! Yes, we did just get tickets for four more Cody Canada & The Departed shows for September (two in - shudder - Iowa, one right here in Minneapolis, and one in Carbondale, IL... so, more road trips!), but the biggest news is about Make or Break.

The official release of my romantic suspense, Make or Break, is in three days! Friday, September 2, the e-formats will be released, and the print version shortly thereafter. (Don't worry, I'll keep you posted!) If you like a sexy romance story, a lot of oh-shit-someone's-trying-to-kill-me suspense, and/or a super hot guy with a guitar, I hope you'll give it a try.

I just got the official cover from my publisher, Etopia Press, this morning, and it's fantastic! The original image design is by Daleen Smit, whom I contracted for the project when I was considering self-publishing. Etopia modified the fonts and text to fit their design style, and... voila! Beautiful!


I'll be really busy in the coming weeks, traveling through cyberspace whoring promoting the book, and we'll see if I can come up with a contest or giveaway of sorts.

Stick around! Send me a note! Buy the book! Help me find old, stabby knives for the chandelier! Whatever makes you happy makes me happy!

No, I'm almost never this enthusiastic about anything. Don't get used to it. Heh.