All the Things Plus the READ THIS! Author Q&A Deets!

Happy Calm Before the Storm! March grabbed what seems like ALL the holidays this year, but April's managed to get its share, particularly Passover, which is upcoming, and a ton of special "days" that mean April is keeping up with March as best it can. And right around the corner is May, and the prep for the start of my con season, and that means madness. Well, madness is the natural state at the Manse, so extra madness. Special madness. Extra special madness. So to speak. But before we take the crazy up to eleven, we have fun times, in the form of the READ THIS! Author Q&A with not just one author, but three AND an editor, meaning four times the coolness and fun. So let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

Have You Gotten Your Copy Yet? Fall's Girl, my first straight-on mystery, co-written with Bebe Bayliss, is alive and out in the world, available from all the usual suspects! Trot on over to B&N.com, Amazon, or anywhere else you buy your books, grab your copy TODAY, and meet Stacey, who we think you're going to love as much as all y'all love Kitty!

Speaking of Picking Up Copies... All of these are available now from Ginger Blue Publishing and available at Amazon, B&N.com, and the rest of the usual suspects. If you haven't grabbed these yet, now's the time!

Romantic suspense set in and around New Orleans, now with an (extended) epilogue! (Re-release.) Mosaic post-apocalyptic novel set in the far future that's reverted to Old West ways, where love, friends, and family are what get you through.

A collection of paranormal tales, with new bonus stories and an introduction from the author of BITE CLUB. (Re-release.) A collection of all my humorous SF/F/P (non-Alien series) stories, together in one place for the first time!

It's Preorder Time! There is no Kitty without Belle. Want to read the book that is, truly, the reason I started writing? Well, now you can, because Natural Born Outlaws: The Legend of Belladonna Book 1 by moi writing as A.E. Stanton, is coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing! Get your preorders in now from Amazon, B&N, and all the other usual suspects, so as to grab the bookie wookie as soon as possible. (And yes, for you audiobook lovers, scroll farther down because the excellent audiodrama has been available from Graphic Audio for a while and is waiting for you to enjoy it.)

Speaking of Preorders... It's time to preorder this great anthology about, well, familiars and the magic-users who hang out with them, coming from Zombies Need Brains, featuring "Have Voodoo, Will Travel" by moi and Bebe Bayliss. Don't miss out on this one, get your preorder in TODAY!

April 2024 READ THIS! Author Q&A

April's READ THIS! author Q&A featuring Guest Host Hal Bodner and Authors Bebe Bayliss, Jean Marie Ward, and moi, WITH editor Joshua Palmatier will be on Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 9pm-10pm Eastern. Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend! You do not need to be a Discord member/user to attend: Use this link https://discord.gg/GYpzD25JvW to go directly to the chat room! (You also don't need to have finished the book to join in the fun. We authors know that everyone reads at their own pace and we just want to hang out with you guys and have some good times!) Once in, you'll get to join in the fun of asking authors about their "process" and more. PLUS, one lucky winner will get May's READ THIS! selection for FREE! I know! It's too happy to be true! But true it is, so don't miss out! (You must be present in the chat to win. Physical copies U.S. only; ebook copies worldwide.)

April 2024 READ THIS! Selection

The READ THIS! Selection for April 2024 is:  Dragonsesque (anthology)  Featuring "A King Arthur Dragon in Space Station 23's Court" by Gini Koch & Bebe Bayliss And "Lord Bai and the Magic Pirate" by Jean Marie Ward, With special editorial guest Joshua Palmatier Gini's Take: A cool anthology featuring stories from the dragon's point of view. If you like dragons, this one's for you. About the Authors: Gini Koch (www.ginikoch.com) writes all the things, often now with Bebe Bayliss (www.bebebayliss.com), and Jean Marie Ward (JeanMarieWard.com/) rounds out the trio of dragon writers ready to tell you all about why they like the "big lizards," with editor Joshua Palmatier (www.zombiesneedbrains.com) along to share what he looks for in anthology submissions (hint, hint for the authors, pubbed or aspiring, out there -- this is one you definitely don't want to miss) and what you can do to avoid the dreaded "not for us."

May's READ THIS! Selection   And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!

The READ THIS! Selection for May 2024 is:      Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed by Jose Pablo Iriarte

It's a new year and a new "I'm not quite done" message. BUT, I'm so close to done that I'm willing to say that all y'all can start expecting the Official News Of Goodness much sooner than later. (And now I wince and duck, waiting for what 2024 will throw at me for my hubris in sharing that I'm excited to be this close to turning the book in.) So, watch this space, I have all the digits crossed that the information here is going to be new and different soon, quite soon...

Read Out Loud! Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right!

Speaking of Reading Out Loud... Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!

So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for Aliens Like Us and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!

That's it for today, but, never fear, another Update, including details for the next READ THIS! selection, will be arriving in a couple of weeks! In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, hope this year continues to give all of you much joy and goodness, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch all y'all on the flip side! Love, Gini