A Meerkat's Bolthole

EtA: entire thread so far is about Castle, not the return of the reprint. I am hereby put in my place. *grin*


Am very very very pleased to say that STAYING DEAD is once again available in mass market (and the author stops pulling her hair out and muttering dire things about the warehouse software glitch)

http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=11931&cid=

(hopefully soon B&N and Amazon will get the memo, too. and yeah, Powells, I'm looking at you.....)

Go, buy a copy! Buy a copy for yourself, for your friend, for the parent who wonders why you read "that crap' (hi dad. nope, statute of limitations still hasn't run out on that comment).

And, to celebrate this return to availability, there's a slight change to the on-going contest: the winner will be able to choose as their prize a copy of either Staying Dead, Curse the Dark or Bring it On in mass market!
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Meanwhile, who here fell off the sofa when the cop on "Castle" last night mentioned sleestacks? *raises hand* And then showing us the evidence board (which I had just been writing about in Pack of Lies), and repeating the motif again in Castle's storyboard, and having the two leads consciously stop and acknowledge the connection in their professional lives...and then moving on, without missing a beat -- and oh, the moment when the two of them are trying to figure out what's next in the why-he-dunnit theory, and both hitting the "oh f**k I'm screwed' moment where they couldn't figure out the next plot twist...

I really do fangirl this show, hard. Acting and writing and directing, all. Thank god it's not on Fox, or they would have canceled it already.

Any other Castle fans out there? And if you're not watching, why not?

The same art, and yet interestingly different.... I am not displeased a'tall.

So, Staying Dead is #7 on the Fictionwise fantasy list. It's a small list in a small pond, but it pleases me nonetheless. The reader review -- only one, but they liked it, they really liked it! -- pleases me even more.

And, for those of you craving that next Wren Valere fix, the short story "Palimpsest" (from Powers of Detection) is also up on Fictionwise, and only 64 cents! Go, read. Hey, Publishers Weekly liked it, so will you!

In fact, read 'em all, they're short. I'll write more. ;-)

Update from Madame Editrix: Staying Dead will be an e-book in June.


Download early, download often...

It appears that Amazon.com, at least, is offering the mass market edition of STAYING DEAD on their site. It won't be available until June, but you're now able to pre-order it, should you (or a loved one, or a casual acquaintence or a random stranger on the street) wish to do so...

(as The Great Joss says -- "what is this 'shame' you speak of?")

That is all. Carry on.


(more news, and reports of a web site overhaul, to come within days. Okay, more likely a week or so...)