Me, excited? Ahahahaha. Yes. Of course I am! Yule Be Sorry, Beaufort Scales’ second full-length book and my first cozy Christmas mystery, is out today. Yay! I’m so happy to be sharing this with you, and, as ever, it’s as much your success as mine to have got the book this far. I may have written…
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The Dresden Files & a Very Jetlagged Video
In which I admit that I can’t identify with any character that’s particularly cool, and therefore almost didn’t buy the Dresden Files. But despite the cover, Harry Dresden isn’t as cool as all that… I actually shot this video last week, when, although I’d been back from Tonga for almost a week, I was having…
Lovecraftian Monsters & Transcendental Curry – Oddjobs
I get a little click-happy on Amazon whenever I go away, particularly when there’s a long flight in the offing. And this purchase I blame partly on the pre-flight click-fever, and partly on the fact that I was looking for good back cover copy examples. It turns out that Oddjobs by Heide Goody and Iain…
Launch Day for Baking Bad – A Cozy Mystery with Dragons
Okay lovely people. I know you’ve heard me carrying on about cozy mysteries (or a particular cozy mystery with dragons) for quite long enough now, but today is launch day, so bear with me. Before we get into it, though, I have some huge thank yous to say. Firstly to all of you who have…
Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: a Universe of Possibilities, Beauty, & Optimism
Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is one of those books that’s been on my TBR for more years than I care to mention. I’ve had the book that accompanied the original TV series since I was ten or eleven, so it’s not like I haven’t had plenty of opportunity to read it. I’ve even read his The…