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wired

Happy Anniversary, Shattered!

Three years ago, I dipped a toe into the self-publishing waters with Shattered, a collection of three fractured fairy tales.

Shattered: Broken Fairy Tales

Since that time, Shattered has become what I fondly refer to as “my little book that could”. It’s sold the most copies, was the first to recoup the small monetary cost I put into it, and still finds its way into new markets.

Shattered was followed up by another broken fairy tale, Wired, about a cybernetic Rapunzel in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Wired cover

Over a year ago, I published another fairy tale collection, Entangled. I didn’t plan this, but all three retellings ended up exploring some variation on the theme of mothers and daughters.

I was in the midst of a burnout, so poor Entangled slipped through the cracks and got no marketing push. I think I even failed to announce its release on this blog. It didn’t have its own page on my site until a week or so ago.

It does now, complete with excerpts from all three stories.

Entangled: Broken Fairy Tales

Many, many thanks to Robin Cornett, who designed all three covers and came up with the titles for Shattered and Entangled (including the “broken fairy tales” subtitle).

So, what’s next for the broken fairy tales anthologies? I wanted to write retellings with stronger scifi elements, and happily my muse handed me three more ideas. (She’s used to working in threes when it comes to fairy tales.) I’m especially excited by the one featuring space mercenaries.

I have other projects on my plate, but I’m hoping to squeeze these in around them.

In the meantime, Happy Anniversary, Shattered!

Wired, out now

A cybernetic Rapunzel in a post-apocalyptic world has plans of her own

Now available at Amazon US | Amazon UK | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords

A few things about Wired:

  • It’s a short story, about 4600 words long
  • You can read it for free on this site. Just go to the Works page and look under the Onsite Fiction heading
  • It’s free on Smashwords, but 99 cents on Amazon and B&N. That’s because those sites don’t allow me to set the price at zero. They may price-match, but I have no control over that.

And, last but not least, I hope you enjoy it!

I have the awesome-est people in my life

Like, for example, my sister-in-law, Robin Cornett, photographer and web designer, who makes me look good online.

Exhibit #1: This website. Robin customized the theme, found the header image, made the cute buttons on the right, hunted down with the fonts, and did a lot of plugin stuff on the backend, half of which I know nothing about. She pays attention to the little details, the things that make the site stand out.

Exhibit #2: Book covers. Like this one she put together for Wired (which, by the way, is now FREE on Smashwords. Enjoy!).

If you look closely (click the image to enlarge),  see if you can spot the cool touch she added to the texture of this cover. (Again, it’s all in the details.)

Exhibit 3: Headshots! I am terrible about pictures. I don’t take ’em and I don’t have ’em taken. But I’ve know for a really really REALLY long time that I should have a nice author picture. Robin to the rescue again. Here are the two choices she sent me. Which one do you like?

So, if you need a website redesign or a family photographer in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, you know who to go to, right? 😉

Thank you, Robin!

new schedule for wired

So. I think the plan to post an installment of Wired *every* day this week was a bit much. I have readers in different time zones, not to mention with very busy lives! I need to give y’all more time to read each installment before moving on to the next one. So here is the new and revised schedule for Wired: Part 4 goes up Friday morning. Part 5 (the last one) goes up the following Monday. And next time I do this (why, yes, there will be a next time! I need to apply the lessons learned from this time, right?) I won’t post more than three installments a week.

Sound good to everyone?

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