My Main Character Blog Hop: Annie Fuller in the Victorian San Francisco Stories
Ana Brazil has tagged me in this blog hop where I will answer seven questions about my main character in my Victorian San Francisco series. Ana has a forthcoming historical mystery entitled Fanny Newcomb & the Irish Channel Ripper. I suspect my character Annie Fuller and Ana’s Fanny Newcomb might quite like each other! You can find out more about her work and Fanny Newcomb here. ♣♣♣♣ The concept behind my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series came from my desire to find a way to introduce the reading public to the women who lived and worked in the far west at the end of the 19th century (the subject of my doctoral dissertation). As a fan of mysteries with amateur detectives (Sayer’s Lord Peter and Harriet Vane) and female sleuths (this was in the early 1980s and Sue Grafton had Read more…
Dandy Detects is now an Audio Book
I am excited to announce that my first short story, Dandy Detects, is now available as an audio book on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes. I am trying a new narrator, Alexandra Haag, who I love, and I hope she will be able to do the rest of my work. But, ultimately it is the fans of the series who can tell me if Alexandra has captured the world of Annie Fuller, Nate Dawson, and the O’Farrell Street Boarding House. The price for the audiobook is $3.95 (I don’t set the price and I know this seems steep for a short story—but it is cheap for an audio book—and it has already been discounted on Amazon to $3.45). To encourage you all to give it a try I am giving out a limited number of free coupons—just send me a message Read more…
Read Tuesday: Give the Gift of Reading for the Holidays
Chris McMullen, an enthusiastic and energetic indie author, has organized what we all hope will become an annual event–Read Tuesday–a day dedicated to the buying and gifting of books for the holiday season. I am happy to be participating. In my case, I have discounted the print editions of all three of the Victorian San Francisco Mysteries 20% for the day. To get this discount, click on the book’s cover to get to the estore listing. At check out, you can use the Discount Code: GXZNLUK2 to get your 20% off. This will only be available for the next 36 hours. In addition, my print editions also remain in the MatchBook program with the bundled ebook versions Free for the rest Read more…
Holiday Gift Promotions
Thanks to the fans of my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, 2013 turned out to be another excellent year for me as an Indie Author. So in a spirit of gratitude I thought I would run a series of different holiday promotions, discounting my books in various ways. First, at $6. 99, this newly published box set of the first three ebooks in my series represents a greater than 40% discount of the combined cost of the three novels. Nearly a 1000 pages of Victorian romance and mystery and perfect as a gift to give to readers of almost any age. My second promotion starts today, as Maids of Misfortune goes on a Kindle Countdown and will be 99 cents in the Kindle store from November 23-29, 2013. Let your friends and family know, or better yet, gift them a copy Read more…
Last Stop on Bloody Lessons Tour: Review and a Giveaway
If you go on over to Christy’s Cozy Corners you will get one last chance to win, in this case a copy of Bloody Lessons!
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