Kickstarter Update & More…

I don’t know about you, but this summer ended up being crazy busy. Which is funny in and of itself, because we really didn’t schedule or plan that much. It just sort of…happened.

One of the side effects of the general craziness is that I did not realize exactly how much time had passed and I got behind on updating things here.

I’d meant to post an announcement about how excited I was that my Kickstarter campaign for Blowback funded. Also meant to make a post when all of the digital rewards/stretch rewards went out. Clearly, neither of those things happened.

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Blowback Kickstarter Final Countdown!!!

We are in the final stretch for the Kickstarter campaign to get everyone early access to ebook and trade paperback editions of my new Finder book! Only a handful of hours left, and we’re not quite fully funded yet.

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the campaign yet, you can do that here.

If you’re already a backer–thank you! Please consider sharing this so we can fund and get everybody books and a free short story.

But hurry! This Kickstarter campaign ends at 7PM EST this evening.

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On Imagination and Kickstarters

Last week, my husband and I took our children camping for a few days with some friends from church at a State park about an hour away. We had all had a blast, and it was a wonderful time of fellowship and refreshing.

The puddle in the picture on the left was there all week. To most of us, that puddle wasn’t anything spectacular. It’s a puddle that’s formed in a low spot where who knows how many bikes have cut through the grass right there.

But to my four year-old daughter? That puddle was magical. The very first time she set eyes on this puddle, she excitedly exclaimed that she’d found a dinosaur footprint.

We had to pass this puddle every time we trekked up to the bathroom, and every time my daughter was in fresh raptures over that ‘footprint’. She wondered how big the dinosaur was, and where it was now. She was so excited.

In other words, she saw something mundane and ordinary and her imagination made it truly special and unique.

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Blowback Kickstarter is Live!

So excited to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for Blowback went live yesterday afternoon!

My goal is to get Blowback out to you wonderful readers months before it officially releases in November.

Rewards

In this campaign, you can get an ebook edition of Blowback or a trade paperback edition (including an autographed trade paperback) months earlier than the official release date in the fall. You can also get all five of the Finder books in either digital or trade paperback editions, for a discount.

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Blowback: Chapter 3

Here is the next chapter in my upcoming new Finder novel. Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Vince went very still, his dark eyes narrowing. There were only a couple of reasons that he could think of why this particular detective from Zone 3’s Station Authority Precinct 1 would be calling him—and none of them were good.

“Commosky.” He risked a quick glance at his comlink display. “Looks like you’re not calling from an official comlink, so talk away.”

“Not now. Later.”

Vince inhaled through his nose, barely registering the smell of aloe vera still filling the office. He took exception to the peremptory way Commosky treated people sometimes. “Detective, you’re not the only one around here who—”

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Blowback: Chapter 2

Here is the next chapter in my upcoming new Finder novel. Enjoy!

Chapter 2

Vince usually set both of his holoscreens to cycle through stunning planetary or space holos when he wasn’t watching anything or using them as giant secondary screens. The one on the wall to his right currently displayed a gorgeous view of sunlight glinting off a lake at sunset with blue-gray mountains in the distance, while the other displayed an incredible shot of a pink, purple, and blue nebula from somewhere on the other side of the galaxy.

Swiping his palm over the right-hand corner of his jade green desk, Vince triggered a pop-up holographic panel and touched a translucent silvery button. The nebula on the holoscreen to his left dissolved into the round, dark-skinned face of one of the Station’s most popular newscasters.

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