Has it really been a month and a half since I posted last?!
Part of my radio silence has been due to my novel, A Borrowed Hell, going dark October 1st when the original publisher decided to close. (The press still exists, but under a different model.) Fortunately, another publisher picked it up very quickly and the book was released in 2nd edition December 16th by Digital Fantasy Fiction, an imprint of Digital Fiction Publishing! The final stages of the re-release are nearly complete now. The new Kindle edition is up with a great new cover and jacket blurb, and the paperback version is due to switch over any moment. If you didn't have a chance to check the book out before, I hope you will now! Perhaps this will entice you:
Lost in a barren alternative world, July Davish has two options: Confront his hellish past or be trapped there forever.
Fate has dealt July a lifetime of nothings; no happy childhood, no lasting relationships, and now, no job. His mantra of perseverance has gotten him through it all, but faced with losing his home, he finally sets foot on the same road of self-destruction the rest of his family followed.
An accident changes everything. When two colliding cars send him diving from a San Diego sidewalk toward safety, he lands somewhere far from safe—in a bizarrely deserted version of San Francisco. Though he wakes in his own reality, he continues to pass out, dragged back to that strange world each time. July is willing to do anything to end his world-hopping, right up until he learns the price: reliving a past he's tried his whole life to forget. He’s not sure his sanity can take it. Not even to get back to his own world, a woman he’s falling in love with, and a life he finally cares about.
I'm proud to say that the novel was recently nominated to the Nebula Recommended Reading List, and I would appreciate anyone eligible to upvote on the list or who might be voting in any of the fantasy awards coming up over the next 12 months, to please keep A Borrowed Hell in mind. If you're not voting, but did (or do) happen to read and enjoy it, please consider leaving a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads! (Amazon reviews are the most helpful thing you can do in making an author's book visible to others.)
In more good news: I'm thrilled to announce that while waiting for the re-release of A Borrowed Hell, I heard from Kevin J. Anderson that he was acquiring my epic fantasy, The Halfblood War, for WordFire Press! I don't have a release date yet, but I will update here as soon as I know more.
For me, 2017 has had its myriad ups and downs, but 2018 is looking shiny and new. I hope that all of you have had the holiday season celebrations or non-celebrations you most wanted, and I wish you all the best for the coming New Year.
Part of my radio silence has been due to my novel, A Borrowed Hell, going dark October 1st when the original publisher decided to close. (The press still exists, but under a different model.) Fortunately, another publisher picked it up very quickly and the book was released in 2nd edition December 16th by Digital Fantasy Fiction, an imprint of Digital Fiction Publishing! The final stages of the re-release are nearly complete now. The new Kindle edition is up with a great new cover and jacket blurb, and the paperback version is due to switch over any moment. If you didn't have a chance to check the book out before, I hope you will now! Perhaps this will entice you:
Lost in a barren alternative world, July Davish has two options: Confront his hellish past or be trapped there forever.
Fate has dealt July a lifetime of nothings; no happy childhood, no lasting relationships, and now, no job. His mantra of perseverance has gotten him through it all, but faced with losing his home, he finally sets foot on the same road of self-destruction the rest of his family followed.
An accident changes everything. When two colliding cars send him diving from a San Diego sidewalk toward safety, he lands somewhere far from safe—in a bizarrely deserted version of San Francisco. Though he wakes in his own reality, he continues to pass out, dragged back to that strange world each time. July is willing to do anything to end his world-hopping, right up until he learns the price: reliving a past he's tried his whole life to forget. He’s not sure his sanity can take it. Not even to get back to his own world, a woman he’s falling in love with, and a life he finally cares about.
I'm proud to say that the novel was recently nominated to the Nebula Recommended Reading List, and I would appreciate anyone eligible to upvote on the list or who might be voting in any of the fantasy awards coming up over the next 12 months, to please keep A Borrowed Hell in mind. If you're not voting, but did (or do) happen to read and enjoy it, please consider leaving a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads! (Amazon reviews are the most helpful thing you can do in making an author's book visible to others.)
In more good news: I'm thrilled to announce that while waiting for the re-release of A Borrowed Hell, I heard from Kevin J. Anderson that he was acquiring my epic fantasy, The Halfblood War, for WordFire Press! I don't have a release date yet, but I will update here as soon as I know more.
For me, 2017 has had its myriad ups and downs, but 2018 is looking shiny and new. I hope that all of you have had the holiday season celebrations or non-celebrations you most wanted, and I wish you all the best for the coming New Year.
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