I suppose I should have posted a notification and thank you to all the readers and fans of Deb Riley in Municipal Blondes yesterday when the last three chapters posted. Sorry, I forgot!
So, thank you for all the kind comments, email, and votes. I really enjoy writing from Deb's perspective-a very different voice from my other works either as Wayzgoose or aroslav.
You might have noticed that in the chapters released yesterday, a new character appeared: Teresia. "Who the hell is that?" you might ask. Well, she will be properly introduced in the Dag Hamar mystery, For Mayhem or Madness that I plan to start rewriting this fall. But before I wrote For Blood or Money (November 2006), I wrote a short story called "A Dangerous Woman." That story is strictly about Dag and Teresia and I've decided to post it here on Tuesday. It's a short, just 2800 words, so I won't bother turning on scoring. Hope you enjoy meeting Dag's cousin.
And what comes next?
This week I'm starting rewriting the long-delayed sequel to MB, Stocks and Blondes. I have a rough draft that I compiled back in January of 2007. Obviously, times have changed in the intervening twelve years and the story needs to be updated. And I've learned a little about writing in that time, so I hope to improve that first draft significantly. Maybe that will make up for what I've forgotten about computer security!
And as one final note, you can download the pre-release eBooks for Municipal Blondes, Wild Woods, and aroslav's Double Time by contributing $5 per book to my PayPal account. Just be sure to include the email address to which you'd like the download link sent and the name of the book you are donating toward.
And why isn't the link included in this blog post? Because the post wouldn't show up on the front page of SOL then. You can find the PayPal link in the end notes of any of those stories.
Now I'm going to take a look at the old manuscript and get it ready to type. See you back here soon!