Some important changes
I'm not going to belabor what has been going on at Dreamspinner Press. For eight years, they've been partners in this writing adventure, and for the majority of that time, they were the shining gem of partners in this genre. I hope Dreamspinner can pull themselves back from their current predicament, and do the right thing for their authors. In fact, I am confident that they are making every effort to do so. As an author who has lost contracts to failing magazines, and struggled to regain rights to books when I waited too long to request the rights back from publishers, I couldn't take the risk this time. The books at risk included Gerry’s Lion—of all my writing, it is my husband's favorite. Also at risk was my cherished Chessmaster Chronicles collection, including my very first published work, The King’s Mate.
My books were at the end of their contract cycles. This made the decision to request the rights back both easy, and difficult. In the end, I made the request. Despite reports that I've heard to the contrary, I can speak only to my experience here, and the rights were promptly released, and the books promptly taken down (at least as far as I can tell so far).
As a result, there are a number of missing covers, and some missing purchase links, on my website today. I will be working to get these reformatted, and at least some of them will be re-released through Purple Horn Press. I'm so sorry that for now none of you will know the joy that Gerry felt, bringing Leo with him to the Easter egg hunt. But maybe by the Fourth of July, you can experience a different joy with him...
My books were at the end of their contract cycles. This made the decision to request the rights back both easy, and difficult. In the end, I made the request. Despite reports that I've heard to the contrary, I can speak only to my experience here, and the rights were promptly released, and the books promptly taken down (at least as far as I can tell so far).
As a result, there are a number of missing covers, and some missing purchase links, on my website today. I will be working to get these reformatted, and at least some of them will be re-released through Purple Horn Press. I'm so sorry that for now none of you will know the joy that Gerry felt, bringing Leo with him to the Easter egg hunt. But maybe by the Fourth of July, you can experience a different joy with him...
A Christmas Vision released!
A Christmas Vision is now available from Purple Horn Press. This is holiday angst and romance and just loveliness. Join Carl and Austin and find a little Christmas magic in the world. Maybe there is a destiny. Just maybe, Austin is it for Carl. Find out at Purple Horn Press!
Andrew’s Prayer now available in Paperback!
The third book in the College Rose Romances series is now available in paperback. Like the others in the series, this release, through Purple Horn Press, is available exclusively from Amazon. This keeps the cost down for those looking to complete their collections, or replace their old edition with the new cover art.
Website refacing
The website is getting some plastic surgery! Fonts and colors and artwork will be changing a little and the site may be slightly unstable until it's all done. None of the urls are changing though, so this shouldn't break links except where content is actually removed. This is most likely to affect the old ARDOR pages.