Book Trailer for Justice Incarnate!

Here's the latest of my life adventures! It's the book trailer I played with instead of finishing the plotting board that was on my agenda. Hey - I needed the creative outlet, right?

It is Friday after all!

If it piques your interest buy your own Justice Incarnate now!

Happy reading,
Regan

Write Stuff Wednesday

Today's write stuff MUST feature the newest venture from Echelon Press:

Echelon Press Shorts!

This is a line full of the Write Stuff for the right price. Yesterday, I was a guest blogger for the September 1st launch of the line that features excellent short fiction from a wide range of authors. Today - I'm happy to tell you - Marc VunKannon is blogging for your amusement as Chasing His Own Tale is released from the confines of an anthology to stand alone in the spotlight.

This spoof on all things serious may have started from a seed planted by an editor, but Marc grew the story into a vastly entertaining piece of fiction - and the blog's a good read too!

Head on over to Echelon Press Shorts, meet Marc (you won't be sorry) and leave him a comment - you might just win a copy of Chasing His Own Tale!

Happy Reading - especially when you're reading the Write Stuff!
Regan

Big Day!

It's a big day for short stories! Echelon Press Shorts has arrived!

This is great news for readers of every genre! With new releases on the 1st and 15th of every month, you won't ever lack for a great read. Visit the blog to meet and dish with authors Mondays through Fridays and then check out the fabulous stories they offer. This week alone you'll hear from Regan Black (hey that's me!), Marc Vun Kannon, Mary Welk, and Michelle Sonnier.

Personally, I'm thrilled to add that Echelon Press Shorts is releasing the next installment of the Hobbitville Saga today!!! You've been patient - now reap the reward! Brianna and her crew are back - and on a mission to keep Hobbitville a secret when outsiders threaten to crash the fun and expose the band's special hang out...but wait, you can read it all NOW.

Echelon Press Shorts is so excited they're giving away free ebook downloads to celebrate! You won't want to miss this...head on over now and see why shorts are something to shout about!

I used to love reading sci-fi shorts...what's your fave genre for short stories?

Happy Reading!
Regan

An Update

Well there's been much goings on these days! The boarding school daughter is doing GREAT and LOVING life...not sure if it's more about living away from pesky younger brothers or if it's truly about the most awesome opportunities in education. Either way she does call home and it's wonderful to hear her so very happy. And the pesky younger brother has been exploring his musical talents: he's got quite an ear for music and is adding trombone to his brass expertise that began with tuba.

Then there's the latest in my writing career - I've sent some tiny, short stories out into the world recently, as well as FINALLY setting free the third manuscript in the Shadows of Justice series. Whew! Time will tell on all of the above. Most exciting however is my continued work through the Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass. This has been just one epiphany after another. It's thrilling (and a little scary) to watch my writing grow, literally overnight.

Echelon Press is launching a new Short Story division and I'm proud to say the latest in the Hobbitville Saga (young adult) will be featured there in coming weeks. I'll also be featured on the new echelon shorts blog and I'll keep things linked from here to there and twitter to there and facebook to there ....and well you get the idea!

As for what I've been reading? Well, that too will post here soon with links to some of the best books around, because my 'to be read' pile has been offering up some FABULOUS books!

Stay tuned,
Regan

Arbor Day?

In Reverse!

At the moment there's a truck in my back yard and some brave young man is about to climb a 75 foot pine and start topping it.

I can't tell you how happy this makes me. I LOVE trees and nature, but sometimes nature needs a helping hand and trees need groomed too.

And yes, we'll be able to have some real grass to romp and play in for the first time in too many years!

Regan - who is so mesmerized by the de-treeing I'm having a hard time focusing on the writing that needs done.

Noon update: They've taken a break for lunch and you wouldn't believe how much better my yard looks already - even with the truck and chunks of tree trunk lying around. This is SO awesome. I admire the expertise and efficiency. If you're in this area and need tree care - call Red's! I've added all kinds of pictures to my facebook page so you can see more of the process for yourself.

More soon!

4pm and these guys are done, stumps and all. They've been at it since before 8am and they've been fantastic! Two seventy-foot pines (give or take a few feet) and countless other smaller trees sized up, trimmed up and cleaned up. It couldn't have been easy with my endless questions and strict feline supervision like this:

WOW. My yard looks at least twice as big and I can't wait until we get some grass in here. I'm actually excited about spending time back here again.

It's hard to find words (and it's sure not easy for a writer to admit that) to express my gratitude to Red and his team. So efficient, knowledgeable and professional - and friendly too. They took care with my property and my family and never stopped smiling - not even when they were up to their elbows in muck trying to dig out a broken gate post. Amazing. Truly Amazing.

And of course, the dogs were thrilled to come and explore the wide open spaces Red's Tree Experts created for them!

Happy Un-arbor day!