Heart of Briar is out!

The truth is that in recent years the idea of a single launch day has pretty much fallen into disuse, if only because the physical books are on the shelf before the digital books are officially released.  But still, it's nice to have a single point in time when you say, "It's here!  It's a Real Book You Can Read!"

HEART OF BRIAR is (officially) out in the wild!  

 

 

“You can always count on (the) gifted Gilman to deliver richly layered fantasy filled with winning characters and well-defined worlds, and she doesn’t disappoint with HEART OF BRIAR. (A) terrific series starter.” ♦♦♦♦ (4 stars) – RT Reviews


 "Calling this story a retelling of Tam Lin doesn’t do it justice. Gilman has taken the bones of that fairy tale and reassembled it entirely, restrung with strength and ferocity and drive.... Jan’s journey starts to find Tyler, but ultimately she finds so much more.....  I finished this book revved up and ready for more." - All Things Urban Fantasy

but don't take it on faith - Read an excerpt!

Available via...

Amazon

Your Local Independent Bookstore

Barnes & Noble

and I will be out and about in the next 4 weeks, doing signings and readings and whatnot...

Powell’s Cedar Hills Crossing  (Portland, OR)
Monday August 12th, 7pm

Pacific Northwest Reading Series (Seattle, WA)
Tuesday August 13th, 2013

Pacific Northwest Reading Series (Portland, OR)
Wednesday August 14th, 2013

SF in SF (San Francisco, CA)
Saturday August 17th, 2013

Barnes & Noble (San Jose, CA)
Almaden Plaza, 5353 Almaden Expressway
Sunday August 18th, 2013 4PM

DragonCon (Atlanta, GA)
August 30th-September 2nd, 2013

 

  

And I just got the wonderful-and-yet-feared "read it in one sitting!" reaction from a reader.... Feared because oh shit that thing took me nearly a year to write, slow down! but also YAY! because the next book is scheduled for October.  Yes, October 2013....

 

 

for those wondering at the silence...

In early July, we lost the household's ElderCat, my beloved Pandora, as seen in the icon

(Dw is still refusing to let me load photos, sorry).

In late July, we added a new member to the household: Castiel, Kitten of Thursday.


It's been... an emotional and sleep-deprived few weeks.  But all are well, and CatofSize and Lil' Idjit are bonding beautifully...

for photos of Pandora

for photos of Cas (and Boomer) and another