I was going to call this a portmanteau post, and then a quick check of how to spell the term led me to Wikipedia, which reminded me that the term “portmanteau word” was coined by Lewis Carroll. I imagine if he’d survived to the 21st century he might have appreicated portmanteau posts too. So, first thing: a …
In celebration of the release of Speechless, my second book, Flux, will be absolutely free on Kindle for 3 days only. Free days begin at 12am Pacific time this Saturday and end at midnight on Monday.
My novella Speechless is now available in a bunch of e-formats at Dreamspinner! Here’s the blurb: Travis Miller has a machining job, a cat named Elwood, and a pathetic love life. The one bright spot in his existence is the handsome guitar player he sometimes passes on his way home from work. But when he …
One thing I love to do is place my stories in real places, with all the details of life in those places. As it happens, both Good Bones and Speechless are set in the Portland area. And one detail that’s mentioned in Good Bones and alluded to in Speechless is this place: As you might …
The Romance Reviews is having a Sizzling Summer Reads Party. Each week in July there are contests with lots of giveaways and a grand prize. I’ll be taking part too: a quiz question about Good Bones will appear during the final week. In the meantime, hop on over and see what you can win. PS–Five …
I get inspiration from all kinds of places. The farm in my novel Good Bones is an amalgam of two real Oregon farms, with a few embellishments thrown in. Here are a couple of photos from one of those farms. This farm doesn’t have a pond or adjacent wilderness, and of course Chris Nock doesn’t …
My novella Speechless will be available July 18. Head here to check it out.
My new novella will be released by Dreamspinner Press in July (I’ll let you know when I have an exact release date). In the meantime, here is the fantastic cover and the blurb: Travis Miller has a machining job, a cat named Elwood, and a pathetic love life. The one bright spot in his existence …
Thanks to all of you who have bought the books in the Praesidum trilogy, I made another satisfying donation today to Doctors Without Borders. Doubly satisfying, actually, because a donor was matching all donations today. Give yourselves pats on the back. And then you can do me a favor: Go to my Amazon author page …
Thanks so much to all of you who visited and/or commented during the blog hop. I’m happy to announce that the random number generator has chosen the winner of a Kim Fielding book of her choice: Savanna T! The grand prize winner is Amilyn. I have a novella and a short story coming out this summer, …