Dearest Gentle Reader, Those of you who know me well, know that I like to give out a sample of forthcoming books to tempt readers’ appetites. Nonfiction is a pretty alien beast for me, but I still thought you might like a look-see. So here, without further ado is the Table of Contents of The […]
Sep282020
Sample That Tasty Book: The Heroine’s Journey Table of Contents & Introduction
Sep142020
Heroine’s Journey Cover Art
Something different today, Gentle Reader! A little while ago I released the Heroine’s Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture for preorder. Shall we talk about the cover? This time nonfiction? The thing about covers is they need to do a ton of work for a book. A fiction cover needs to signal […]
Sep32020
Fictional Travel – Favorite Movies With a Strong Sense of Place
I’m a pretty chronic traveler, Gentle Reader. My parents put me on a plane by myself to the UK when I was 9. I pretty much never stopped moving after that. I’ve lived and worked overseas, as a student and as an archaeologist. Since I became a full time author I’ve travelled more, not less. […]
Aug122020
The Enforcer Enigma Special Extras
Dearest Gentle Reader, much to my surprise (and others), The Enforcer Enigma released August 1, 2020. (It was originally slated for the beginning of November, but I bumped it forward because of the Morbs.) Here are some special extras for this book! Colin and Judd get their own story at last! Thank you so much […]
Aug32020
Faking Trademark in Fiction for Comedy Gold (San Andreas Shifters Special Extra)
So there is this thing about using trademarked names when you are writing fiction, Gentle Reader. Names like Facebook, or Coke, or (heaven forfend) Disney. (Frankly I’m slightly scared even to type that name into a blog post.) It’s a complicated legal thing which basically comes down to (so far as I can tell) most […]
Jul312020
The San Andreas Shifters Pack House In Detail! (Enforcer Enigma Special Extras)
My darlings, here is a special behind the scenes look at the pack house in the San Andreas series that features prominently in all the books in the series, but which I really had to puzzle through and lay out for The Enforcer Enigma. The Pack House Sketches By request over email (which I promptly […]
Jul272020
Fictional Travel – Favorite Books With a Strong Sense of Place
I’m a pretty chronic traveller, Gentle Reader. My parents put me on a plane by myself to the UK when I was 10. I pretty much never stopped moving after that. I’ve lived and worked overseas, as a student and as an archaeologist. Since I became a full time author I’ve travelled more, not less. […]
Jul222020
Sample That Tasty Book! Enforcer Enigma Opening Scene
The Enforcer Enigma is coming, Gentle Reader, and probably sooner than you thought! Sample the Yummy? Chapter One: Take Me Home, Werewolf Pack Colin knew they were going to cause problems the moment they walked in the door. It was so obvious, in fact, it transported him to some Old West movie full of clichés. […]
Jul202020
Heroine’s Journey is Up for Preorder
Something different today, Gentle Reader! A little while ago I released the Heroine’s Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture to my newsletter, the Chirrup. And then quietly posted it online for preorder. COMING OCTOBER 1, 2020 Since I was already working on getting The Enforcer Enigma published, I was pretty quiet about […]
Jul152020
Gail Discusses Enforcer Enigma, Heroine’s Journey, & Tons of Gossip (Video)
A fun FB Live Q&A Video for you today, Gentle Reader. I finally got some of my energy back and am a bit more upbeat than last time. The first question tackles some weighty matters and we delve in and out of the current troubling state of the book industry, but mostly I managed to […]
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