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  • The covers are here …

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    So, I finally got the new cover art for the mass market re-releases of Karma Girl (due out in July) and Hot Mama (August). Here they are.

    From what I’ve been told, the new cover for Jinx (September) will also look something like these. My publisher should be sending the art work to me pretty soon.

    When I get the cover for that book, I’ll post it on the blog, too — and start working on getting the all-important Jinx bookmarks made.

    Just admit it — you know you want a Jinx bookmark to add to your Bigtime bookmark collection. 😎

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    The end is near …

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    So, I’m working on a second draft of the second book in my Spy series — You Only Spy Twice. I’m up to 70,000 words now, and I can see the end (of this draft at least).

    I’ve got to finish the chapter I’m working on. Write my final big action sequence, then tie everything together at the end. Sounds like a lot (and it is), but it’s a lot closer to being done than I was this time last week. I might meet my March 1 deadline after all. :bubbles:

    What about you guys? Anybody do any writing this weekend?

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    A nice surprise …

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    I got an interesting letter in the mail this week from the Salt Lake County Library System — Karma Girl has been nominated for the system’s semi-annual Reader’s Choice Award! Yeah!

    According to the letter, every year the Reader’s Choice Committee selects twenty or more recently published books that have been recommended by other staff or customers. Books that have previously won the award include The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd; Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder; and His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik.

    Some folks put Karma Girl on their year-end best lists (thanks Tia, Susan, and Jody), but this is the first award I’ve been nominated for. I doubt I’ll win, but it really is an honor just to be nominated. And if I do win, how cool would it be to put award-winning author in my bio? 😎

    I also received a lovely e-mail this morning from Michele R. She writes:

    “Oh – my – gosh! You are an amazing writer! I just finished reading HOT MAMA and the book is fantastic! … I don’t know how you came up with such a good plot but I think your writing is right up there with J.K. Rowling!”

    Thanks so much Michele! This reminds me of another lady who came to one of my book signings and told me she thought Karma Girl was “better than a Nora Roberts book.” I will never forget being compared to Nora — and now J.K. Those kind of compliments are things writers never, ever forget — and what keeps us going in this crazy, often heartbreaking business.

    Let’s recap. I’ve been nominated for an award, Karma Girl is better than a Nora Roberts novel, and my writing is right up there with J.K. Rowling’s. Can world domination be far behind? :ww:

  • A few good books …

    For those of you who don’t know, I send out an electronic newsletter every month, with my latest news, a recipe, and more. (If you want to sign up for the newsletter, go to the home page. The form is on the bottom right-hand side.) 

    One of my features is a couple of short book recommendations. I also ask folks to write in and share their own recommendations, which I post here on the blog.

    Purple Ranger offers up these recommendations for February: The Unhandsome Prince and Heroics for Beginners, both by John Moore. Thanks Purple Ranger!

    I’ve read Moore before (A Fate Worse Than Dragons), and his books are funny, tongue-in-cheek fantasy and fairy-tale spoofs, sort of like Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series or Terry Brooks’ Magic Kingdom of Landover series. Anyway, if you like funny, you might like Moore’s books.

    What about you? Got any good books to share?