Clean My House

Happy Friday! Hope everyone had wonderful weeks and are looking forward to wonderful weekends, extra long ones for those celebrating Labor Day. But before we head off for that, there's some news, and a new contest, so let's get to it all shall we? We shall!

First up, there's a new book for pre-order in town, and it's the next story featuring my Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, A Study in Starlets. It'll go on sale on September 11th at Amazon and other e-retailers. This story is the next adventure for Sherlock and John, after the events of "All the Single Ladies" in Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets.

Not an e-reader? Don't despair. A collection of three alternate Holmes novellas will be available on April 12, 2016 and is available for pre-order from Amazon and other retailers, now.

We're also down to the last few days to support the Alien Artifacts and Were- Anthologies Kickstarter. Alien Artifacts will have "Alien Epilogue", which takes place in the Kitty-verse after the events of Universal Alien. And Were- will have my standalone story, "Missy the Were-Pomeranian vs. the Masters of Mediocre Doom". I mean, you can't really pass either one of those up, now, can you? No, you can't. So get in on the Kickstarter now, so you get the anthologies plus a whole lot of other goodies, too! (If we hit the next goal, for example, you'll get not one but two additional free reads from some of the anchor authors -- it's a win-win all the way around!)

And, speaking of pre-orders, don't forget to pre-order the third installment of the Martian Alliance Chronicles, A Bug's Life. You can pre-order from Amazon and Smashwords and, yes, it'll be available on September 15th at B&N and all other e-retailers, too.

If you don't have them yet, get the first two installments now:
The Royal Scam -- Amazon; Barnes and Noble; Smashwords
Three Card Monte -- Amazon; Barnes and Noble; Smashwords

And, of course, we can't mention pre-orders without the reminder that you can pre-order both Alien in Chief (coming December 1st) and Camp Alien (coming in May 2016) right now from any and all retailers, including your favorite physical bookstores. I'll be posting my December book tour information as we confirm stops, so keep your eyes on the Datebook to see if I'm coming to a city near you!

And now it's time for a new contest. Namely one that lets one of you clean off my desk. That's right, it's time to win the edited galley of the award-winning Alien in the House!

This contest is for Hook Me Up! subscribers only. If you're not on yet, get on now, because this is just the first of many contests coming down for the rest of this year. Send an email to gini@ginikoch.com with "Hook Me Up!" in the subject line and you'll be in and able to win, win, win.

Contest will run from today, September 4, 2016 through Wednesday, September 16, 2016. Winner will be announced by September 18th and will have until September 25th to claim their prize. After that time, the Gods of Random will snatch back the prize and demand a new sacrifice, I mean, winner. Contest is open internationally.

That's it for today but, as always, more's on the way. So enjoy the long weekend and let's be pre-ordering and winning readers out there. Peace out my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!

Love,
Gini

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