Spring is in full swing here in New York and all the allergies are activated. LOL. There's also a lot of rain. Which is lovely except that it puts a damper on baseball season.
BUT! We have books. And reading. So that's good stuff.
I also celebrated a birthday this month! Had a lovely day and got some very sweet presents from my family. My whipped ganache for my brownie cake failed several times, though, so now I'm going to be making chocolate ganache and whipping it up until I cracked the issue and can make gorgeous ganache (I'm really bothered by the fact that it kept failing! LOL). So if anyone is wondering why I'm bouncing off the walls from a chocolate high over the next few weeks, that'll be the reason. Other than the failed ganache, though, I had a lovely birthday and am delighted to have made it one more time around the sun!
In the publishing arena this month, things are relatively quiet--specifically scheduled that way so I'd have plenty of time to do Kickstarter fulfillment. I do have a standalone short story from last year's Haunts and Howls collection out wide today. There is a fun angsty romance short story up at The Cafe now. And I have some look ahead news to let you all know about.
This month's release is THE TROLL AND THE DRESSMAKER, a fantasy fairytale with some unexpected heroes. This was originally published in HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND FAIRY DALES, so for my print readers, that's the way to get the story. But if you just want to read the standalone eBook for THE TROLL AND THE DRESSMAKER, now's the time to get it.
A story for a stone. A stone to save her people…
The village life of a dressmaker comes with few surprises
but a lot of activity. Just the way Erin likes it. She still has time to visit
her best friend in the neighboring village, only has to travel to the castle
occasionally, and generally enjoys her quiet life. Even when a troll takes up
residence under the bridge leading out of the village, the only thing it
requires to allow passage is a story. If the troll likes the story, it leaves
the teller a stone.
Erin regales the troll with many stories as she crosses the
bridge, but never receives a stone. She accepts her tales just don’t please the
troll. Not everyone can spin stone-worthy stories. And at least the troll
doesn’t otherwise bother her.
But when a mysterious threat starts to stalk the village,
Erin learns just how valuable a good story can be. Because one story will be
the difference between saving the lives of the people she loves, or the death
of everything she holds dear.
Author’s Note: The Troll and the Dressmaker is
also published in the contemporary fantasy collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND FAIRY
DALES.
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THE CAFE AT KATSIMONSBOOKS
The latest Cafe story is available to read for free now! And SAM AND BECKY AT THE CAFE is a lovely angsty Romance with a "my best friend's sister" trope and a very guilty hero looking to make amends.
