Lots of news this quarter!
In January, I attended author
Robert Vaughan's retreat, known as "Write on the Beach," held
at his home outside Gulf Shores, Alabama. The sand is
sugar white and the seclusion complete. Robert, a Spur
Award winner, Pulitzer nominee, and New York Times Bestselling
author has written under around forty pseudonyms and put out
more than 250 books. We
spent our time together working on plots for upcoming books
and on putting together the "dreaded synopsis."
I recently learned that both Summer of Fire and Rain
of Fire have been selected as double finalists
in the 2007 Zia Award competition sponsored by New Mexico
Press Women. There are five books on the short list
from which the winner will be selected on April 28. The
other finalists were published by the University of New
Mexico Press.
Lake of Fire,
the third book in the Yellowstone Series has
been moved by Medallion Press from August, 2007 to October,
2007. The reason for this is Medallion's new distribution
deal with Independent Publishers Group, for U.S. and global
distribution! This is a high honor considering IPG is
very selective in terms of the new publishers it takes on for
distribution. Typically about 2% of the publishers who
approach IPG for distribution are accepted. For more
information on Independent Publishers Group, please visit: www.ipgbook.com.
Medallion has requested the full manuscript for Night
of Fire, the fourth Yellowstone Novel set
largely in Jackson Hole during the period 1925-1927. I
am writing hard to get it done. The story follows
the growing family of characters from Lake
of Fire (set in 1900) onto a dude ranch in
Jackson Hole. Night of Fire takes
place between the earthquake-activated Gros Ventre Landslide
on June 23, 1925 and May 17, 1927, when the dammed-up waters
behind the slide break free. This natural disaster
destroyed the town of Kelly, Wyoming, and mud stood feet
deep in Jackson Town.
I am writing this at the FTW Ranch in the Texas Hill Country,
where I am an observer at a marksmanship seminar. Hopefully,
it will help some of my characters learn how to shoot. We
are also visiting the legendary and historic YO Ranch, which
is a living museum still taking in guests the way the dude
ranches of old did. Lany is a good traveler and has been keeping
us company on the tour.
Medallion also requested the full on the third San Francisco
contemporary single title, Sins of the Fathers,
writing as Christine Carroll. To see more on the first, Children
of Dynasty (September, 2005) and the second, The
Senator's Daughter (February, 2008,) please
see www.readchristinecarroll.com for
information.
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