Saturday, December 29, 2012

Spinster's Folly now available in more venues

Dear Readers,

I have updated the Buy Links Page above to include many more places where you can purchase Spinster's Folly and my other novels and short stories. The novels are available as print books as well as ebooks, while the short stories and collections are now available at several ebook sellers.

There are new links above to Barnes & Noble's website for both print and nook ebooks. Link to my works as Kobo ebooks. Find nearly everything I've made into ebooks at the iTunes Bookstore for your iPads and iPhones. Unfortunately, Spinster's Folly hasn't arrived there yet, but I'll keep looking for it, and add the link when they get it in stock.

Now you will be able to read the books from The Owen Family Saga, as well as my collections and short stories on a wide variety of dedicated eReaders, SmartPhones, iPods and tablets, as well as on your own computer, if you so desire. You can outfit your favorite gizmo with apps, widgets, and thingamajigs that will allow you to access my works for Kindle, Kobo, and nook books from Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble; and the Aldiko Reader, the Inktera eBook Store, and Versent Books apps from Google Play for ebooks you download from Smashwords. I'm sure you have your favorite geegaws already loaded, or will soon get them, so I haven't included links to such places. Perhaps that's in the next Page upgrade.

Happy Reading!

Friday, December 14, 2012

Steve Westover's Gold Clash

Steve Westover is the author of the suspense novel Defensive Tactics, the fantasy Crater Lake: Battle for Wizard Island (the beginning of a series), and now, the newly released sequel to Defensive Tactics, Gold Clash. He, his wife, and four children live in small town, rural Missouri, which they have enjoyed for the past twelve years. He says, "I never expected to be living on a farm with chickens, cows, kittens and a dog. The kids love ‘em. My life revolves around spending time with my family. Being a father and a husband are the most important things I can concentrate my time on and I enjoy it."

He adds, "I have always enjoyed writing, but I had never even considered writing a novel until one morning I woke up with the idea for some characters in my mind. I was curious if I could write a book so I thought I'd give it a shot as an experiment."

The rural lifestyle must be good for creating fiction.

Here are a few tidbits about Gold Clash, which was released on December 11, 2012:

According to legend, when the Mormons were forced to flee Missouri in 1838, they left behind a cache of Mormon gold. Mob boss Alex Nicas desperately wants it, and he’ll do anything to obtain it―including abducting two youth participating in a pioneer trek.


 When Jimmy agreed to lead a youth activity through the historic Missouri countryside, he had no idea what he was getting into. Now he and his friends Paul and Emily must race to recover a long-lost treasure and rescue two teenage hostages before the conflict tears an entire town apart. This action-packed thrill ride of a book doesn’t disappoint!

Learn more about Steve Westover and his books at his website. Don't miss the recipes and places to visit on the "Kansas City" page.

Saturday, December 01, 2012

Sweet Saturday Samples - Dec 1, 2012

Welcome back to Sweet Saturday Samples.

I'm signing books next Friday at the Payson Public Library from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and hope to see many of my Payson-area friends. I'll have Spinster's Folly on hand, as well as the first three books of "The Owen Family Saga," The Man from Shenandoah (very limited amount of copies left), Ride to Raton, and Trail of Storms. See you there!

This week's sample is an excerpt from The Man from Shenandoah.

Carl turned off toward Rulon’s house. The sun had come out bright and strong, and it felt good and warm on his back. He grinned. “Hush, we’re going west.”

As he reached the corner, Carl saw a group of mounted men dashing up the cross street in front of him. Panic rose in his throat as he recognized the Yankee patrol that had jumped him, and he wheeled his horse to find a place of concealment. Then he realized where he was, turned Sherando again, and tried to calm his pounding heart. The soldiers were probably racing through the streets of Mount Jackson to make a ruckus, and he felt foolish to be caught in their trap.
 

“Easy, boy,” he told his horse. “It ain’t likely they’ll take after me in town.”
 

The Yankees drew up at the far end of the street, then turned and started back to town. As they thundered toward him, Carl noticed a young girl opposite him, evidently trying to decide whether to cross. She hesitated a moment, then bolted out into the street. In the middle, she looked around at the approaching soldiers, tripped, and fell into the road.
 

Without thinking, Carl spurred his horse into the street, leaned out from his saddle, and plucked the arising girl from the muck. Sherando carried them across the road while the Yankees whooped and whistled as their horses rushed by, venting their disappointment. Carl got down the street, turned a corner, then pulled up and set the girl on her feet and slid off his horse.

“Hush my mouth! That was the darn-foolest thing I ever seen a body do!” Carl made no attempt to stop the hot words from tumbling out of his mouth. He glared at the girl, standing in the street with her chin up and her eyes flashing, auburn hair disheveled, the front of her clothes mud-caked and dripping. “You surely could have been killed, and that’s a fact! You keep clear away from that gang of Yankees, you hear? Darn fool girl, anyhow.” He got on his horse and left her standing there. Then he rode away, shaking mud and slime off his arm, and muttering to himself.

 

I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse at The Man from Shenandoah. Thank you for participating in Sweet Saturday Samples. Click on the link to go visit other authors' blogs with samples of their work. I'm sure they like comments as much as I do.
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