30.April.2007.Mon
Well, I shipped off the final submission draft of Heroes Often Fail to my publisher this weekend. That’s not to say the final FINAL version of the book, as there will surely be a collaborative editorial process before the September release. But it felt good to get the revision finished.
That is, it felt good and bad. The novel is pretty dark and I definitely tapped into the current of emotion traveling through it. Some of the scenes I added or heavily revised dealt with the emotional core of the book. When I hit SEND on the email to the editor of Koboca Publishing, it was with relief and a heavy heart. Relief for having finished this stage and being able to move on to other projects in the interim. A heavy heart because of the emotional hangover from the book itself.
Don’t let a little darkness scare you. Just remember the creed of the series: In River City, the good guys usually win...but never completely...and never without cost.
Heroes Often Fail is the immediate sequel to Under a Raging Moon in the RIVER CITY SERIES of police novels. It will be released in September 2007 from Koboca Publishing.
That is, it felt good and bad. The novel is pretty dark and I definitely tapped into the current of emotion traveling through it. Some of the scenes I added or heavily revised dealt with the emotional core of the book. When I hit SEND on the email to the editor of Koboca Publishing, it was with relief and a heavy heart. Relief for having finished this stage and being able to move on to other projects in the interim. A heavy heart because of the emotional hangover from the book itself.
Don’t let a little darkness scare you. Just remember the creed of the series: In River City, the good guys usually win...but never completely...and never without cost.
Heroes Often Fail is the immediate sequel to Under a Raging Moon in the RIVER CITY SERIES of police novels. It will be released in September 2007 from Koboca Publishing.
25.April.2007.Wed
The Red Coyote Press anthology Map of Murder has won the short story fiction category in the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. The link is HERE.
Congratulations to Susan Budavari and Suzanne Flaig, who edited Map of Murder.
I am proud to note that my story, “In the Shadow of El Paso” is included in this...well, in this Award-winning anthology!
Congratulations to Susan Budavari and Suzanne Flaig, who edited Map of Murder.
I am proud to note that my story, “In the Shadow of El Paso” is included in this...well, in this Award-winning anthology!
23.April.2007.Mon
I am working on the final submission revision of Heroes Often Fail.
This weekend was mostly tweaking and preening, as I downplay one storyline, tweak it and make it more palatable while amping up another. I’m adding a half dozen scenes or so and re-working a couple fairly radically.
Welcome to Revision Land.
One of the scenes I wrote this weekend involved Lieutenant Hart, the man everyone loves to hate. It was a fun scene, and a successful one, I think. The other major scene I worked on (still in progress) is a new scene with Detective Browning.
The novel needs to go to the publisher soon, so I’ll be working on this fairly steadily over the next couple of weeks, at least. The publication date is still Septemeber 2007 and I’m pretty excited about it.
This weekend was mostly tweaking and preening, as I downplay one storyline, tweak it and make it more palatable while amping up another. I’m adding a half dozen scenes or so and re-working a couple fairly radically.
Welcome to Revision Land.
One of the scenes I wrote this weekend involved Lieutenant Hart, the man everyone loves to hate. It was a fun scene, and a successful one, I think. The other major scene I worked on (still in progress) is a new scene with Detective Browning.
The novel needs to go to the publisher soon, so I’ll be working on this fairly steadily over the next couple of weeks, at least. The publication date is still Septemeber 2007 and I’m pretty excited about it.
08.April.2007.Sun
I’m pleased to announce that my short story “The Worst Door” was selected as a finalist for a Derringer Award.
The Derringer Awards are given each year by the Short Mystery Fiction Society for...you got it, short mystery fiction. There are four categories, based on the length of the story.
Last year, “Good Shepherd” was a finalist in the Long category. “The Worst Door” is a finalist this year in the Short-short category.
Apparently, there were 170 nominees from which the 20 finalists (5 in each category) were selected. Selection occurred by blind judging. Now the winner will be selected by a vote from the membership of the Short Mystery Fiction Society.
It is a a deep honor to be a finalist. The award winners will be announced in about a month.
The Derringer Awards are given each year by the Short Mystery Fiction Society for...you got it, short mystery fiction. There are four categories, based on the length of the story.
Last year, “Good Shepherd” was a finalist in the Long category. “The Worst Door” is a finalist this year in the Short-short category.
Apparently, there were 170 nominees from which the 20 finalists (5 in each category) were selected. Selection occurred by blind judging. Now the winner will be selected by a vote from the membership of the Short Mystery Fiction Society.
It is a a deep honor to be a finalist. The award winners will be announced in about a month.
01.April.2007.Sun
I finished the first draft of a new short story today called “Jack’s Town.” It is set in La Sombra, with the same characters that are featured in my short story “In the Shadow of El Paso.” That story appears in the anthology Map of Murder, currently available from Red Coyote Press.
In this story, Carl is once again the main character and Isabella, la morena de su corazon, is also featured. Carl goes up against the richest man in town, Jack Talbott.
No telling when and where this one will be available, but it has gone from the idea stage to the corporeal.
In this story, Carl is once again the main character and Isabella, la morena de su corazon, is also featured. Carl goes up against the richest man in town, Jack Talbott.
No telling when and where this one will be available, but it has gone from the idea stage to the corporeal.
