Laura Rae Amos's Blog
December 26, 2012
the best books of 2012 that I didn't get to read yet
*** cross-posted from my blog... where I have the pictures working, lol! http://lauraraeamos.com/2012/12/22/th... ***
Everybody else makes their "best of year" books list, but because my backlog of books to be read is always so long, I never get to make one of those. I'm envious of those of you who read books as soon as they come out... or even in the same year! But I'm usually reading for novel research or book clubs or willing myself to read a title before the movie version comes out (Anna Karenina). And people just keep writing AWESOME books that sit there clogging up the top of my Goodreads to-read list.
And I WILL read them. Some day. Very soon if I have any say in it.
So my list is going to have to look a little different. These are the best books released in 2012 that I am totally itching to read when I get the time, but haven't gotten to yet. Blurb quotes are taken from Goodreads.
In order of excitedness:
#10: Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter
"A dazzling, yet deeply human, roller coaster of a novel, spanning fifty years and nearly as many lives. From the lavish set of "Cleopatra" to the shabby revelry of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Walter introduces us to the tangled lives of a dozen unforgettable characters." -- Isn't that cover beautiful!? I swear I didn't just pick it for the cover though. It sounds like an epic and colorful novel.
#9: This is How You Lose Her, by Junot Díaz
"The infinite longing and inevitable weakness of the human heart." -- I love Díaz! And I love "love stories". This collection looks like it'll revisit Yunior from his Oscar Wao novel. I'm looking forward to it!
#8: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
"After two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby." -- It's about a lighthouse keeper and his wife, enough said, lol! But really, the story sounds complicated and emotionally-wrought. Just my style!
#7: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves
"At first, their only thought is survival. But as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers lurking in the sea, and the possibility that T.J.'s cancer could return. As T.J. celebrates yet another birthday on the island, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man." -- This looks like an intense and steamy guilty pleasure read. I'm hoping it's better written than the last few guilty pleasure reads I've picked up, lol!
#6: A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
"A powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family." -- I never noticed how big southern fiction was until recently. It seems to be all over the place - or maybe it was before too, but now they're branding it as such? In any case, this looks intriguing!
#5: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
"Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind." -- I am prepared for this book to shatter my heart. That's what people have been saying, huh? I've got a stock of tissues ready. *sniff-sniff*
#4: When it Happens to You by Molly Ringwald
"Ringwald follows a Los Angeles family and their friends and neighbors while they negotiate the hazardous terrain of everyday life--revealing the deceptions, heartbreak, and vulnerability familiar to us all." -- A friend of mine enjoyed this one, and because I know her taste is exceptional, I'm excited for this one now too! And I love these slow, deep-probing, interconnected stories. I'm very interested to see how Molly Ringwald does as an author!
#3: One Pink Line by Dina Silver
"A spirited young couple who find themselves in a predicament that changes the course of their lives". -- This book has been on my list for a long, long time. It's described as tender, warmhearted, absorbing, and wry. About love, family, and difficult choices. Yes, please! That's about all of my favorite things wrapped up into one book! I can't wait to read it!
#2: Can I Get an Amen? by Sarah Healy
"Growing up, Ellen Carlisle was a Christian: She went to Jesus camp, downed stale Nilla Wafers at Sunday school, and never, ever played with Ouija boards..." -- I fell in love at the Jesus bobblehead on the cover. OMG! <3 <3 <3 I love stories that explore faith. Not a religious book, but a book about God and faith and religion in life. I'm very much looking forward to this! And it looks funny too!
#1: Girl Unmoored by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
"Apron starts to see things the adults around her fail to like what love really means, and who is paying too much for it." -- One of my favorite book bloggers gave this one a rave review. Oh my, a little girl named Apron, Jesus Christ Superstar, death and homophobia, set in the 1980's. I can feel my heart breaking already.
What new releases of 2012 did you find that you didn't get to read yet?
If you've read any of my picks, please feel free to tell me they're AWESOME! :D
* and if you read any of these and didn't think they were AWESOME, please just don't tell me, lol!
** upon further examination, it seems One Pink Line was a late 2011, and not 2012. I'd be sad to take it off the list, but I should offer up one more 2012 pick to round out the top 10, so I'll give you Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, which I had no intentions of reading simply because EVERYONE else was raving about it (you know how that goes?). But my friend Carla says it's actually really good, and she has impeccable taste, so I suppose I'm sold! ;)
Everybody else makes their "best of year" books list, but because my backlog of books to be read is always so long, I never get to make one of those. I'm envious of those of you who read books as soon as they come out... or even in the same year! But I'm usually reading for novel research or book clubs or willing myself to read a title before the movie version comes out (Anna Karenina). And people just keep writing AWESOME books that sit there clogging up the top of my Goodreads to-read list.
And I WILL read them. Some day. Very soon if I have any say in it.
So my list is going to have to look a little different. These are the best books released in 2012 that I am totally itching to read when I get the time, but haven't gotten to yet. Blurb quotes are taken from Goodreads.
In order of excitedness:
#10: Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter
"A dazzling, yet deeply human, roller coaster of a novel, spanning fifty years and nearly as many lives. From the lavish set of "Cleopatra" to the shabby revelry of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Walter introduces us to the tangled lives of a dozen unforgettable characters." -- Isn't that cover beautiful!? I swear I didn't just pick it for the cover though. It sounds like an epic and colorful novel.
#9: This is How You Lose Her, by Junot Díaz
"The infinite longing and inevitable weakness of the human heart." -- I love Díaz! And I love "love stories". This collection looks like it'll revisit Yunior from his Oscar Wao novel. I'm looking forward to it!
#8: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
"After two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby." -- It's about a lighthouse keeper and his wife, enough said, lol! But really, the story sounds complicated and emotionally-wrought. Just my style!
#7: On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves
"At first, their only thought is survival. But as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers lurking in the sea, and the possibility that T.J.'s cancer could return. As T.J. celebrates yet another birthday on the island, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man." -- This looks like an intense and steamy guilty pleasure read. I'm hoping it's better written than the last few guilty pleasure reads I've picked up, lol!
#6: A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
"A powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family." -- I never noticed how big southern fiction was until recently. It seems to be all over the place - or maybe it was before too, but now they're branding it as such? In any case, this looks intriguing!
#5: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
"Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind." -- I am prepared for this book to shatter my heart. That's what people have been saying, huh? I've got a stock of tissues ready. *sniff-sniff*
#4: When it Happens to You by Molly Ringwald
"Ringwald follows a Los Angeles family and their friends and neighbors while they negotiate the hazardous terrain of everyday life--revealing the deceptions, heartbreak, and vulnerability familiar to us all." -- A friend of mine enjoyed this one, and because I know her taste is exceptional, I'm excited for this one now too! And I love these slow, deep-probing, interconnected stories. I'm very interested to see how Molly Ringwald does as an author!
#3: One Pink Line by Dina Silver
"A spirited young couple who find themselves in a predicament that changes the course of their lives". -- This book has been on my list for a long, long time. It's described as tender, warmhearted, absorbing, and wry. About love, family, and difficult choices. Yes, please! That's about all of my favorite things wrapped up into one book! I can't wait to read it!
#2: Can I Get an Amen? by Sarah Healy
"Growing up, Ellen Carlisle was a Christian: She went to Jesus camp, downed stale Nilla Wafers at Sunday school, and never, ever played with Ouija boards..." -- I fell in love at the Jesus bobblehead on the cover. OMG! <3 <3 <3 I love stories that explore faith. Not a religious book, but a book about God and faith and religion in life. I'm very much looking forward to this! And it looks funny too!
#1: Girl Unmoored by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
"Apron starts to see things the adults around her fail to like what love really means, and who is paying too much for it." -- One of my favorite book bloggers gave this one a rave review. Oh my, a little girl named Apron, Jesus Christ Superstar, death and homophobia, set in the 1980's. I can feel my heart breaking already.
What new releases of 2012 did you find that you didn't get to read yet?
If you've read any of my picks, please feel free to tell me they're AWESOME! :D
* and if you read any of these and didn't think they were AWESOME, please just don't tell me, lol!
** upon further examination, it seems One Pink Line was a late 2011, and not 2012. I'd be sad to take it off the list, but I should offer up one more 2012 pick to round out the top 10, so I'll give you Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, which I had no intentions of reading simply because EVERYONE else was raving about it (you know how that goes?). But my friend Carla says it's actually really good, and she has impeccable taste, so I suppose I'm sold! ;)
November 29, 2012
My Next "Big" Thing: Windows, a novelette
*** Cross-posted from my blog.
I was tagged by Annie to join the Next Big Thing blog meme. You may have seen it going around the internet like mad (in the writers' blog circle, at least.) Go check out Annie's next big thing, Once the Darkness Comes, which sounds really fascinating! And then I'm so far behind on my blog reading that I didn't even know that my friend, Shana had already tagged me too in hers too, (*headdesk*), so go check out her post about the second in her amazing Swan's Landing series: Submerging too!
My own next big thing is actually quite a "small" thing. A novelette, which I'm thinking might end up at around 15,000 words (that's about 50 pages in print, though this one won't be printed until I release my WIP story collection, How to Stand on Your Hands). Pretty sure it won't be much bigger than that, but who knows — EWTF turned out about 1.5 times bigger than I thought it would!
What is the working title of your book?
Windows
Where did the idea come from for this book?
Well, let's just say, I used to run a lot when I was younger. And there were some pretty hot guys in my neighborhood. But that is all Leslie and I share in similarities. Honest, lol!
What genre does your book fall under?
It's a quirky sort of literary fiction, edging on psychological drama, maybe. It's definitely a dark comedy too. New adult, if that is indeed a thing. Leslie is twenty-two years old and fresh out of college.
What is a one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Alright, it's gonna be a run-on one though. ;)
Leslie harbors an intense crush on one of her boss's clients, Joshua, and she loves jogging at dusk, when the windows come alive with families, with lovers, with unknown friends; her curiosity gets the best of her... and the worst too.
How long did it take to write the first draft?
This is a very old story. It's one of the few pieces I'm keeping from my college work. But even then, the first draft of this story was only 3000 words. And now it's grown almost 4 times in size. While I'm keeping the basic shape of the story, I've added so much to it that it's hardly the same. The "new first draft" that I'm finishing up right now took me just a couple weeks. It was one of my NaNo projects for this year.
So I'm not sure how to answer this question. In a way, this new first draft has only taken me a few weeks. But on the other hand, it's taken me almost ten years to write it.
What actors would you use for a movie rendition of your book?
Leslie: she's hard for me to see. She's not a woman who really sees herself much in the world - she lives a lot in her imagination - so when I'm in her head, I don't really see her either. I'm going to hate myself for saying this, but honestly, I could see Kristen Stewart pulling it off. She does vacant well, I think, lol! She's plain, awkward, and sort of odd-looking, creepy in a harmless way (really, can't you see it?). I'd like her hair lighter brown and shoulder-length, like she wore it pre-Twilight. She's actually been in a lot of indie films too, and is not bad when she's not trying to be Bella Swan.
For her "friend", Brian, I'm thinking Michael Cera, but that could be because I'm imagining those horrible little jogging shorts he wore in Juno, lol! Brian is supposed to be about eighteen, tall, skinny, and boldly dorky. But I'm terrible at keeping up with the young actors, so I don't know who else is out there at the moment.
Joshua just needs to look incredibly gorgeous, so he could be anyone really. ;)
Will it be self published or represented by an agency?
Self published like the renegade indie that I am! :D
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
Something made me keep coming back to this one over the years. It's been through about a million revisions, a dozen or so rejections (I stopped sending it out years ago knowing there was something missing from it). Of all my college work though, most of it I'm burying in the closet, but this one keeps begging to be finished.
Eventually I learned what the story needed (eventually I also learned to tell stories properly in general — ten years does amazing things to a writer, lol!). I also think EWTF helped a bit with that. Leslie's story was born before she was "Leslie", but it wasn't until I wrote EWTF and I met Drew's Aunt Irene that I thought, "Hey, she seems a lot like this other girl's mother." And this girl had a father out of the picture too, and an older sister, all which fit the story. So I put the two characters together, and that was how the nameless girl in my old draft of Windows became Drew's cousin Leslie.
Leslie's "friend" Brian is a new and much needed addition as well. She needed something to bring her back out of her head from time to time. He forces her to face the real world, even when she doesn't want to. So with these brand new layers, the story blossomed. It all fit together really nicely, new themes came out, and the revision just poured out of me.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
This is hard. I want to say some of Mary Gaitskill's work, a bit, for the characters, the oddity, and the writing, though I'm really not a fan of her storytelling at all. I was also reading a lot of A.M Homes when I first wrote this back in college, but again, it's got more story to it than some of hers. For the story — a lonely character who is obsessed with something to an unhealthy degree, which is really just a distraction for the deeper troubles in their mind — I've seen a lot of indie comedies that would fit the bill, but I can't recall any books at the moment. So I'll give you an indie film, Lars and the Real Girl. Not just because it has Ryan Gosling in it.
And no, pretty as he is, we can't get Ryan Gosling to play Joshua (he's too blond). And besides, I have him in mind for another WIP of mine. ;)
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
Well, Leslie is a true and actual stalker... so there's that, lol!
This story also got me one of the best rejections I've ever gotten. It was a really neat hand-written note from one of my favorite lit journals, Zoetrope All-Story. It was short and sweet — he wrote, "Thanks for the interesting read." Yes, it was still a rejection, but dude, I was 24 and fresh off my English degree, and Zoetrope is not only one of my absolute favorite lit journals, but also totally top tier. I wasn't really expecting that much even. But in this business, you take every grain of encouragement you can get!
I'm tagging:
Kim Haas! Go check out her blog and add it to your bookmarks, and she'll be telling us about her WIP soon!
And because most of the people I know have been tagged already, here are some more of my friends who have already done it or have been tagged and plan to do this soon:
N.M. Martinez
Leah Raeder
Zoe Cannon
Ashlee Scheuerman
Paula Jones
I was tagged by Annie to join the Next Big Thing blog meme. You may have seen it going around the internet like mad (in the writers' blog circle, at least.) Go check out Annie's next big thing, Once the Darkness Comes, which sounds really fascinating! And then I'm so far behind on my blog reading that I didn't even know that my friend, Shana had already tagged me too in hers too, (*headdesk*), so go check out her post about the second in her amazing Swan's Landing series: Submerging too!
My own next big thing is actually quite a "small" thing. A novelette, which I'm thinking might end up at around 15,000 words (that's about 50 pages in print, though this one won't be printed until I release my WIP story collection, How to Stand on Your Hands). Pretty sure it won't be much bigger than that, but who knows — EWTF turned out about 1.5 times bigger than I thought it would!
What is the working title of your book?Windows
Where did the idea come from for this book?
Well, let's just say, I used to run a lot when I was younger. And there were some pretty hot guys in my neighborhood. But that is all Leslie and I share in similarities. Honest, lol!
What genre does your book fall under?
It's a quirky sort of literary fiction, edging on psychological drama, maybe. It's definitely a dark comedy too. New adult, if that is indeed a thing. Leslie is twenty-two years old and fresh out of college.
What is a one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Alright, it's gonna be a run-on one though. ;)
Leslie harbors an intense crush on one of her boss's clients, Joshua, and she loves jogging at dusk, when the windows come alive with families, with lovers, with unknown friends; her curiosity gets the best of her... and the worst too.
How long did it take to write the first draft?
This is a very old story. It's one of the few pieces I'm keeping from my college work. But even then, the first draft of this story was only 3000 words. And now it's grown almost 4 times in size. While I'm keeping the basic shape of the story, I've added so much to it that it's hardly the same. The "new first draft" that I'm finishing up right now took me just a couple weeks. It was one of my NaNo projects for this year.
So I'm not sure how to answer this question. In a way, this new first draft has only taken me a few weeks. But on the other hand, it's taken me almost ten years to write it.
What actors would you use for a movie rendition of your book?
Leslie: she's hard for me to see. She's not a woman who really sees herself much in the world - she lives a lot in her imagination - so when I'm in her head, I don't really see her either. I'm going to hate myself for saying this, but honestly, I could see Kristen Stewart pulling it off. She does vacant well, I think, lol! She's plain, awkward, and sort of odd-looking, creepy in a harmless way (really, can't you see it?). I'd like her hair lighter brown and shoulder-length, like she wore it pre-Twilight. She's actually been in a lot of indie films too, and is not bad when she's not trying to be Bella Swan.
For her "friend", Brian, I'm thinking Michael Cera, but that could be because I'm imagining those horrible little jogging shorts he wore in Juno, lol! Brian is supposed to be about eighteen, tall, skinny, and boldly dorky. But I'm terrible at keeping up with the young actors, so I don't know who else is out there at the moment.
Joshua just needs to look incredibly gorgeous, so he could be anyone really. ;)
Will it be self published or represented by an agency?
Self published like the renegade indie that I am! :D
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
Something made me keep coming back to this one over the years. It's been through about a million revisions, a dozen or so rejections (I stopped sending it out years ago knowing there was something missing from it). Of all my college work though, most of it I'm burying in the closet, but this one keeps begging to be finished.
Eventually I learned what the story needed (eventually I also learned to tell stories properly in general — ten years does amazing things to a writer, lol!). I also think EWTF helped a bit with that. Leslie's story was born before she was "Leslie", but it wasn't until I wrote EWTF and I met Drew's Aunt Irene that I thought, "Hey, she seems a lot like this other girl's mother." And this girl had a father out of the picture too, and an older sister, all which fit the story. So I put the two characters together, and that was how the nameless girl in my old draft of Windows became Drew's cousin Leslie.
Leslie's "friend" Brian is a new and much needed addition as well. She needed something to bring her back out of her head from time to time. He forces her to face the real world, even when she doesn't want to. So with these brand new layers, the story blossomed. It all fit together really nicely, new themes came out, and the revision just poured out of me.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
This is hard. I want to say some of Mary Gaitskill's work, a bit, for the characters, the oddity, and the writing, though I'm really not a fan of her storytelling at all. I was also reading a lot of A.M Homes when I first wrote this back in college, but again, it's got more story to it than some of hers. For the story — a lonely character who is obsessed with something to an unhealthy degree, which is really just a distraction for the deeper troubles in their mind — I've seen a lot of indie comedies that would fit the bill, but I can't recall any books at the moment. So I'll give you an indie film, Lars and the Real Girl. Not just because it has Ryan Gosling in it.
And no, pretty as he is, we can't get Ryan Gosling to play Joshua (he's too blond). And besides, I have him in mind for another WIP of mine. ;)
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
Well, Leslie is a true and actual stalker... so there's that, lol!
This story also got me one of the best rejections I've ever gotten. It was a really neat hand-written note from one of my favorite lit journals, Zoetrope All-Story. It was short and sweet — he wrote, "Thanks for the interesting read." Yes, it was still a rejection, but dude, I was 24 and fresh off my English degree, and Zoetrope is not only one of my absolute favorite lit journals, but also totally top tier. I wasn't really expecting that much even. But in this business, you take every grain of encouragement you can get!
I'm tagging:
Kim Haas! Go check out her blog and add it to your bookmarks, and she'll be telling us about her WIP soon!
And because most of the people I know have been tagged already, here are some more of my friends who have already done it or have been tagged and plan to do this soon:
N.M. Martinez
Leah Raeder
Zoe Cannon
Ashlee Scheuerman
Paula Jones
November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy Black Friday to all you crazy bargain-hunters out there! ;)
Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving! (Or a happy regular Thursday for non-Americans, lol!)
And now that Thanksgiving is over and we're all stuffed with turkey, it's time for Black Friday! I don't do that "camping out in front of a store at 3am" business, but I definitely appreciate a good deal. Especially the kind you don't have to leave your couch for. ;)
I only have one book out at the moment, and I'm putting it on sale this weekend!
Does someone on your holiday shopping list like sharp and witty women's fiction, or light and heartfelt literary fiction? Exactly Where They'd Fall would make a great gift for your wives, girlfriends, sisters, moms, daughters, and friends... or the occasional in-touch-with-his-feelings kind of guy. Or feel free to buy one for yourself, I won't tell. ;)
Paperbacks are 50% off list price, $7 (plus shipping). E-books are 75% off list, $1.49. Now through Tuesday. Happy shopping!
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Nook US
Nook UK
Smashwords w/ coupon: TM26D
Paperbacks on sale through Etsy only
I'll also be sending out my fall newsletter soon, and it'll have details about my upcoming story - with a teaser! Make sure you're signed up: http://eepurl.com/oCZfH
And now that Thanksgiving is over and we're all stuffed with turkey, it's time for Black Friday! I don't do that "camping out in front of a store at 3am" business, but I definitely appreciate a good deal. Especially the kind you don't have to leave your couch for. ;)
I only have one book out at the moment, and I'm putting it on sale this weekend!
Does someone on your holiday shopping list like sharp and witty women's fiction, or light and heartfelt literary fiction? Exactly Where They'd Fall would make a great gift for your wives, girlfriends, sisters, moms, daughters, and friends... or the occasional in-touch-with-his-feelings kind of guy. Or feel free to buy one for yourself, I won't tell. ;)Paperbacks are 50% off list price, $7 (plus shipping). E-books are 75% off list, $1.49. Now through Tuesday. Happy shopping!
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Nook US
Nook UK
Smashwords w/ coupon: TM26D
Paperbacks on sale through Etsy only
I'll also be sending out my fall newsletter soon, and it'll have details about my upcoming story - with a teaser! Make sure you're signed up: http://eepurl.com/oCZfH
October 12, 2012
my weekend reads: stories about death
On my main blog, I'm talking about some great books: The Opposite of Love, Looking for Alaska, Shelter Me, and a brilliant and heartbreaking short story from The New Yorker.
Come chat with me! http://lauraraeamos.com/2012/10/12/we...
Come chat with me! http://lauraraeamos.com/2012/10/12/we...
October 5, 2012
What better to blog about than a book sale? 99c this weekend!
So I get this shiny new blog with my Goodreads Author account, and I just never knew what to put in it. I think I was waiting for something poignant or scholarly, or at the very least, witty. I wanted something like that for my inaugural post here, but instead, what I have for you is a book sale!
(That's worth blogging about, right?!)
Exactly Where They'd Fall is on sale this weekend for 99 cents in all e-formats.
On Amazon
On Barnes & Noble
On Smashwords, w/ coupon code: NV38U
There's also a brand new excerpt from chapter 2.3 on my main blog, and the reason why I wanted to do a Columbus Day Weekend Sale! (Nobody ever does anything to celebrate Columbus Day Weekend - why don't we make it a reading holiday!?)
The sale will go on through Wednesday! Then it's back to regular list price ($4.99). Grab a copy! Tell your friends!
Happy reading!
(That's worth blogging about, right?!)
Exactly Where They'd Fall is on sale this weekend for 99 cents in all e-formats.
On Amazon
On Barnes & Noble
On Smashwords, w/ coupon code: NV38U
There's also a brand new excerpt from chapter 2.3 on my main blog, and the reason why I wanted to do a Columbus Day Weekend Sale! (Nobody ever does anything to celebrate Columbus Day Weekend - why don't we make it a reading holiday!?)
The sale will go on through Wednesday! Then it's back to regular list price ($4.99). Grab a copy! Tell your friends!
Happy reading!
