Finally, after a long and bumpy extremely difficult road with this novel, I’m happy to announce that DIRTY EDEN will be released sometime this weekend and will be available on Amazon either Sunday or Monday. The Kindle version will be available first and then the paperback version 1-2 weeks later.

I have to stress – especially to all of my NON-loving YA literature friends out there – that DIRTY EDEN is so different from THE MAYFAIR MOON that you might wonder if I suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Who knows, I might. She really couldn’t tell you.

If you like dark humor, finely crafted F-bombs and strange worlds with even stranger people, then you might like DIRTY EDEN. However, I don’t recommend DIRTY EDEN to anyone who:

• is scared of evil children
• is a hamartophobiac
• is a narcissist
• doesn’t like rats who like Teriyaki Chicken
• is offended by foul-mouthed Blue-Jays
• is a prude
• cannot decipher the life or death instructions: “Sp…sashit nyer…ace!”
• has bad memories of venereal disease
• discriminates against men with wooden legs, or
• is eyeball squeamish

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Despite the ‘extremely difficult road’ I went down while writing this novel, I have to say that I totally had fun with it! There were no rules and I love writing without rules. Unlike anything else I’ve written, DIRTY EDEN was almost 100% a do-whatever-the-fuck-I-want novel and I took full advantage of that freedom. I just hope everyone else likes it as much as I liked writing it because it was certainly a dark and bizarre journey.

Once the print version is available, I will be putting up 2-3 signed copies on a Goodreads giveaway, so be looking out for that! In the meantime, if any reviewers out there would be interested in reviewing DIRTY EDEN, contact me through my contact page and I’ll send you an eBook file right away. I have noticed while scouring the net for YA book reviewers that there aren’t nearly as many reviewers out there that like to review and publicize adult books. If anyone knows of any, please pass them along to me!

And if you’re wondering, no, DIRTY EDEN ain’t no erotica.

Lastly, please visit my friend, Daniele Serra’s web site! He did the kick-ass artwork for the cover. He’s pretty amazing!

P.S> I’ve also put DIRTY EDEN up on Goodreads with a release date of 3/12 – go here to add it to your to-read shelf and help spread the word! :-)

My favorite season approaches and that means cooler weather, the smell of burning leaves, feelings of primal and paranormal company all around us, especially at night (even long before Halloween) and of course Halloween. I love fall and notice how truly happy and inspired and creative I am during that time of year. I was in Hasting’s yesterday and saw probably the coolest book display ever:

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Awesome. I couldn’t resist a photo. THE WALKING DEAD, WORLD WAR Z, among other great and delicious zombie literature and even David Moody’s HATER and DOG BLOOD books.

So anyway, not a lot going on lately. Still agent-hunting and in the meantime editing so much that I can’t see straight. This is what I get for having more than one novel project at a time. Hey, I figure having two books on submission possibly doubles my chances of finding some sort of representation.

So far, I’m still delusional. :-)

I’ve uploaded the newest edit (and hopefully the last one before actual publication) of DIRTY EDEN chapter one and would love and appreciate any opinions or critiques, complaints or compliments.

Well, I’m off to Starbucks and my nieces 2nd birthday party. Here she is, mean face and all. Heh.

Lastly, I’ve changed my Bio page a lot, if you’re interested.

So, it’s been a long time since my last post and I have to admit, I still don’t have much going on. Though, I thought I’d put up a few things just to be able to say I did, that I updated my blog.

First, on Dirty Eden, I have come to face the reality that the first chapter just wasn’t cutting it. Brian had some of his writing class peeps read it and provide advice, which I truly appreciate! In fact, I appreciated it so much and agreed with everything they said that I completely revamped it. I have to say that I got more positive than negative feedback from everyone, but there were a few key points that everyone seemed to share. Anyway, I took all of the advice to heart and did exactly what they thought I needed to do.

You can read the new version of Chapter One in a pdf. here.

How about some cool photos? I went to visit my brother in Eureka Springs and stopped at some cool old places along the way. I love old abandoned buildings like this.

We went to the river and Jonah decided to take a picture of the sun! Is it true that doing this can potentially fry your camera? Well, it didn’t hurt mine, thankfully.

Not too far from where I live is Burns Park, which is huge place that…let me just copy/paste from Arkansas.com:

1,700-acre park featuring a pre-Civil War log cabin; covered bridge; 36-hole golf course; indoor, outdoor tennis courts; camping, picnic area, horse trail, ball fields; amusement park; disk and miniature golf; 6.2 miles of paved hiking/biking trails; four miles of combined paved/unpaved trails; addition to half of the 14-mile River Trail; Off-Road Trail System includes hiking, biking and equestrian trails…

Anyway, there are also a lot of old mining shafts and underground tunnels as well as many more of those old buildings and places that I love.

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Look at this little guy…

Of course, ya have to take a photo against all the cool graffiti, right? Doesn’t everybody do that? *shrug*

Let’s see…I’m love The Colony on Discovery and I also can’t get enough of Man Vs. Wild, Man Woman Wild, Dual Survival, Wonders of the Solar System and I’m now all into The Event. Yes, a lot of television lately.

Where does ‘the apocalypse’ come in to this blog? My frame of mind according to my television shows should give you an idea!

I need a Maxpedition backpack…..

(Update: The Event sucks.)