It took five years but it is finally here!
Huzzah! It was in 2007 that I signed the first contract to publish the story that was then called “90% Proof”. It got past three rounds of editing, and then the anthology project was shelved due to editorial illness and I was offered the rights back.
Then in 2008 I signed the second contract to publish it, and in 2011, when nothing had happened to it in three years, I asked for the rights back. After a re-write and an expansion, I offered it to Carina, and they re-titled it, and today it is actually published as His Heart’s Obsession! I can un-cross my fingers, finally 🙂
As if to reward me for my patience, it’s already had some lovely reviews, and topped Carina’s bestseller list, so I’m officially removing it from my ‘most jinxed story’ category (re-crossing my fingers just in case that was unwise.)
I’ve never had so many reviews before a book was actually out!
The Book Vixen says
Tracy’s Place says
and The Novel Approach says
Thank you to all of them 🙂
If you are feeling so inclined, you can get a copy here :) Thank you!
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Review of Under the Hill: Bomber’s Moon
And while I’m doing a reviews post, I think I’ll sneak in this lovely review for Under the Hill: Bomber’s Moon from Talking Two Lips
Awesome! Congrats!
Thanks Virginia 🙂
I have to check this out Alex. I haven’t read your work in a while. I need to see if my toshiba thrive will open these….. =)
*g* Thanks Mitch! There’s some nasty bigotry from the bad guy in this, but otoh, I think my hero is one of the more lighthearted I’ve done so far.
Hi Alex!!
Happy (long awaited) release day to you for His Heart’s Obsession 🙂 The reviews are wonderful – really looking forward to it. I must say I have been sort of “stuck” in contemporary land (which is odd for me!), and still have your two Under The Hill books to read as well. They are all next in the queue!
My best to you and yours,
Dianne
I can’t wait to read it!
Congratulations! You have the patience of a saint.
I enjoyed both False Colors and Captain’s Surrender. I’m headed over to Carina to pick up a copy of His Heart’s Obsession.
Thanks Jennifer 🙂 I hope you enjoy it!
@Dianne
Thanks, Dianne 🙂 This leaves me in the position of not having anything left to come out this year, mind you, which is making me feel eager for some writing time, and means there will be plenty of time after this to get through as many contempories as you fancy 😉 It’s probably going to be another year before I have anything else out.
Thanks for the support!
@Char
*g* Thank you! But no, I just have a tendency to get easily distracted with doing other stuff, and then find it’s been 18 months and nothing has happened on project x and I can’t remember when it was last mentioned. A couple of years passed before I even noticed!
I hope you enjoy it 🙂 Thank you!
Happy Birthday, Alex!
In The Gloam
by Michael H. Hanson
Beware the golden ratio
and avoid the value of pi
cower from absolute zero
and symmetrical space and time,
avert the neutral neutrino
don’t challenge the speed of light
for Science is an albino
devoid of the colors of life.
Instead embrace silvery music
and dancing, and fine art, and poems
watch any movie dubbed classic
and kiss someone fun and winsome
swim like a strong kinesthetic
drink wine and read ancient bound tomes
steer past the isle of metaphysics
find truth in the magical gloam.
*g* Thanks so much, Michael! I’m all for doing both, to be honest. Sometimes you need to know how to build a better clock, and sometimes you need to dance.