Heather Ames's Blog - Posts Tagged "suspense"

I finished my 2nd round edits in 1 week. All 432 pages. I caught one continuity problem, my editor another. Funny how things slide past even the most vigilant eye when a manuscript becomes so familiar. Kaylen and Brian and the rest of the characters in this book are like family members now. Some are family you want to be around, others are the ones you see coming and want to make a run for the door with some unexpected but suddenly all-important errand.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, the tentative publication date for "Indelible" has been moved to June 24, 2014.

1 day to go before the release date for "Indelible."
I'm working on publicity with Mundania Press, and a new website with Paula Johnson. Until the new website is completed, my old one is still up and running, and I post to it on a regular basis.
It's a frantic, exciting time.

Now available in paperback and e-book form from Mundania Press (http://www.mundania.com/)
in e-book format: Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket.

It has truly been an exciting and very full week for me!

Indelible is now available in paperback through Amazon as well as Mundania Press. I just checked and it's now listed on Amazon's site.

I'm very excited to see 99 people have currently signed up for the giveaway.

I've been asked about the availability of "Indelible" in paperback as well as e-book form. As well as being available at Mundania's website, it can now be found also on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_see...

Happy reading to all of those who can't wait to find out if they have won the givewaway!

When I read the first book in a series, I want to feel that I'm invested enough in the characters to want to go forward with them on their journey. What I've done with "Indelible" is put Brian and Kaylen onto the path of discovery: self, emotional, even career. This will not be a static world where everything remains basically the same, with only cases needing to be solved. Relationships evolve, careers go through peaks and valleys, old scars have to reopen in order to heal, and riddles left unsolved will slowly be answered.

I want to take readers with me on the emotional roller-coaster of their lives.

I've enjoyed pinning outfits to a board I created for Kaylen Roberts, my female protagonist in "Indelible." She's quite the clothes-horse, as she openly dubs herself, and high-end fashion is her particular weakness. Choosing outfits and accessories she would wear during the book gave me an opportunity to make her more visual, both for myself and my readers. I usually clip from fashion magazines and keep a file, but this is way better!

I loved the book club meeting where "Indelible" was the book of the month. Questions were as varied as the attendees. Readers asked about my research, and how I came to choose the names of the protagonists (I have always liked Brian, Swift came from the writer, Kaylen just came to me, and no, although I fleetingly thought maybe her mother was Kay and her father, Len, that wasn't the reason she has that name at all. Her father will feature in book 3, "Maine Issues," and he's a bit of a pill and named Preston.)They were interested in how I knew about boats, clubs, and many other topics. They didn't ask about how I wrote about people going into dark places and even darker situations. Perhaps they were afraid to find out the answers? They are all waiting for the sequel, "Swift Justice."

I'll be attending this year, since it takes place in Portland, OR, my home town. Really looking forward to this. "Indelible" will be available in the book room, and I'll be at the event for the duration.