21.July.2007.Sat
It’s been a month, so I thought I should update you all on a few things.
First up, Heroes Often Fail is still on track for a September 2007 publication with Aisling. This novel is the next River City novel to be published. It takes places in March of 1995. The previous novel ended in September of 1994.
My story, “Home for Christmas,” will be appearing in a yet unnamed Christmas anthology that will benefit Toys for Tots. I appeared in last years edition, By the Chimney with Care, with my story “Three Days of Christmas.” Both stories feature Katie MacLeod in a contemporary setting, as a detective now. All profits will go to Toys for Tots. I won’t be paid for this story, though I will get a free contributor’s copy. Anyone who would like to buy a copy when the time comes can contact me directly or go to the publisher’s website at Wolfmont.
I completed the “Medium” story, now titled “Dead Even,” I have it submitted to the anthology I wrote it for. We’ll see if it is a fit or not. I sincerely hope it is, but if not, I believe Dominic from Jersey will find another home fairly quickly.
Another anthology, Oh, Enemy Mine, should have made its selections very soon. I have three stories in contention there. The publisher for this one is Aisling.
I’m roughly two-thirds of the way through the revision of my hockey novel, All That Counts. Once I’ve finished, I’ll begin the submission process. This one will be published under my real name and not the crime fiction pen name I use (Frank Zafiro). I’m hoping to find a home for this with a Canadian Publisher, too, given the subject matter.
On a personal front, I was recently promoted to lieutenant at work. However, anyone who thinks this means I’ll lighten up on Lieutenant Hart in the River City novels and stories is mistaken...as you’ll see in Hereos Often Fail!
Once Heroes Often Fail is released, watch for an appearance schedule. I’ll be doing a number of book appearances here in Spokane at local bookstores. Throughout the first six months after the book’s release, I will also be doing appearances around the region in places like Seattle, Portland, Tri-Cities, Olympia and elsewhere. If you are a bookstore manager or owner and would like to set up an appearance, please email me. I enjoy bookstore appearances quite a bit, because it is an opportunity to connect with the readers one on one. I received some excellent feedback from readers of the first book, Under a Raging Moon, some of which I incorporated into the newest book or other stories.
Fact is, folks, I’d write these books and stories even if they went into an Emily Dickinson trunk and were never read...but the fact also is, I absolutely love interaction with readers. You are the ones that keep my work from filling that trunk. You bring it alive in the world by reading it, sharing what you read with others and having that unique bond that author and reader experience, even if it is only for a few hours.
So thank you.
First up, Heroes Often Fail is still on track for a September 2007 publication with Aisling. This novel is the next River City novel to be published. It takes places in March of 1995. The previous novel ended in September of 1994.
My story, “Home for Christmas,” will be appearing in a yet unnamed Christmas anthology that will benefit Toys for Tots. I appeared in last years edition, By the Chimney with Care, with my story “Three Days of Christmas.” Both stories feature Katie MacLeod in a contemporary setting, as a detective now. All profits will go to Toys for Tots. I won’t be paid for this story, though I will get a free contributor’s copy. Anyone who would like to buy a copy when the time comes can contact me directly or go to the publisher’s website at Wolfmont.
I completed the “Medium” story, now titled “Dead Even,” I have it submitted to the anthology I wrote it for. We’ll see if it is a fit or not. I sincerely hope it is, but if not, I believe Dominic from Jersey will find another home fairly quickly.
Another anthology, Oh, Enemy Mine, should have made its selections very soon. I have three stories in contention there. The publisher for this one is Aisling.
I’m roughly two-thirds of the way through the revision of my hockey novel, All That Counts. Once I’ve finished, I’ll begin the submission process. This one will be published under my real name and not the crime fiction pen name I use (Frank Zafiro). I’m hoping to find a home for this with a Canadian Publisher, too, given the subject matter.
On a personal front, I was recently promoted to lieutenant at work. However, anyone who thinks this means I’ll lighten up on Lieutenant Hart in the River City novels and stories is mistaken...as you’ll see in Hereos Often Fail!
Once Heroes Often Fail is released, watch for an appearance schedule. I’ll be doing a number of book appearances here in Spokane at local bookstores. Throughout the first six months after the book’s release, I will also be doing appearances around the region in places like Seattle, Portland, Tri-Cities, Olympia and elsewhere. If you are a bookstore manager or owner and would like to set up an appearance, please email me. I enjoy bookstore appearances quite a bit, because it is an opportunity to connect with the readers one on one. I received some excellent feedback from readers of the first book, Under a Raging Moon, some of which I incorporated into the newest book or other stories.
Fact is, folks, I’d write these books and stories even if they went into an Emily Dickinson trunk and were never read...but the fact also is, I absolutely love interaction with readers. You are the ones that keep my work from filling that trunk. You bring it alive in the world by reading it, sharing what you read with others and having that unique bond that author and reader experience, even if it is only for a few hours.
So thank you.
