I think I may have the blog fixed. I doubt I’ve any readers at all left, but just in case, I need to make an announcement: my first novel, A Home in Percival, will be available on Amazon within the next day or two. (Insert much happy flailing here.)
I probably need to set up an author page in the next week or so, so I will keep this one for technical details for my own reference. But first: the cover!
And also the full paperback cover:
I hit “Publish” yesterday, so within 72 hours (or 48 from about now) the e-book and paperback will be available at Amazon. The e-book will be exclusive to Amazon, and will be available on Kindle Unlimited. I’m working on self-publishing the paperback via Ingram Spark as well, so it can be sold from other venues.
It’s roughly 280 pages, a very gentle cozy fantasy. (An aside: it has a bit of a slow start, since it begins in the autumn of 2021 and the main character, Macrina Magid, literally has done no in-person socializing for about a year and a half. Remember the pandemic?) Many of the incidents are based on real life, though no characters are – except Macrina’s two cats. And there’s a lot of me in Macrina, but I gave my consent to that 🙂 But everything is just a bit better when you have a) magic and b) an author. As an example, in real life the city of Eugene finally got a good high-end steakhouse in 2024; in my book, it has one back in 2022 – and it betters the real thing by having a river view.
As you might guess, I am not enjoying the wait until this thing is officially up and for sale!