The First READ THIS! Q&A of the Year is THIS Thursday (aka Tomorrow), a New Release, and More!

I'm Headed to My Birthday and More, Hook Me Up! Gang! As I mentioned in the last newsletter, it's my birthday on the 25th. And my request remains the same -- reviews for the bookie wookies are the best gift all y'all can give me, and every other author out there. The hubs, however, has to try harder. And he's succeeded. We're taking a long overdue real vacation: A 10 night, 7 island Caribbean cruise! I'm hugely excited, in no small part because Cruise the Falls (Book 3 in the Fall's Girl mysteries) is going to take place on a cruise ship, in the Caribbean, so I can't wait to soak in all the things! But, before then, we have the first READ THIS! Author Q&A of the year on THIS Thursday (aka tomorrow), and it's gonna be a great one, so let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

It's Alive! When the Galaxy's Invading & It Doesn't Look Good, Who You Gonna Call? Kitty. It's a typical day of bureaucracy and stress for President and First Lady Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, made more stressful when alien spacecraft are spotted making a beeline for Earth, none of them from the Alpha Centauri system...or, what Kitty calls Thursday. Well, the ebooks are alive everywhere, and the physical books should be live by the end of the week -- they take longer to go through processing. BUT, ebooks are live right now! For the physical books, hit the Ginger Blue Publishing website, click on the cover, and link to your preferred format and distributor from there. Amazon -- ebook, trade paperback, and hardback  B&N.com -- ebook, trade paperback, and Trophy Hardback Kobo -- ebook Apple Books -- ebook

A Reminder About Bookie Wookies... All of these are available now from Ginger Blue Publishing and available at your preferred retailer. If you haven't grabbed these yet, now's the time!

Fem-Bots & Androids & Superbeings Oh My. It's Kitty vs. the End of the World. Origin stories, side quests, alternative universes, and more!

Mastermind vs. Kitty & Company. Place Your Bets. Planets, Power Plays, and Pets. Kitty's Got This.

Double the Kitty. Double the Fun...and Mayhem. Kitty, and Nightcrawler, and Prince. Oh My!

Watch as it all gets real... What's the worth of one life?

You're invited to a party to die for! Welcome to the Belt...proceed with caution

The Jumping Game is on! Come for the scandal, stay for the explosions.

Welcome to Washington, check your Poofs at the door... The future looks utopian...until you look just a bit closer...

And baby makes...the bad guys rue the day they made Mama Kitty angry... Love, engagement, Poofs...and intergalactic war. What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas...

More Kitty, and don't miss the gators! The Book That Started It All is alive again! Meet Kitty...all over again!

My first book of movie and TV reviews, and, as I may have mentioned a few times, it's an Amazon #1 bestseller, too! (Hey, a girl likes to share the coolness when she can!) The re-release of the first book in The Martian Alliance Chronicles. Things aren't what they seem when Princess Olivia of Andromeda jumps aboard a spaceship to escape a loveless marriage.

A group of mystery-solving grandmothers, a daring granddaughter, a surf bum, homeless men, and a mysterious stranger all involved in a series of brutal murders in a sleepy seaside town... The re-release of my first humor collection, now with bonus funny! Despite what you may have heard or believe, all the stories are true...well, almost all...

The story of the Old West's most notorious female outlaw, the infamous Belladonna. Available in Hardback, trade paperback, and ebook. Read the story that started it all... Stacey Weir didn't mean to become an amateur sleuth. But when her adoptive father's accused of murder, there was only one thing for her to do...

Friends to lovers 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!

January 2026 READ THIS! Author Q&A

January's READ THIS! Q&A featuring Author Temple Hart will be on Thursday, January 15, 2025 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 February'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.)

January 2026 READ THIS! Selection

The READ THIS! Selection for January 2026 is:  The Powers That Be by Temple Hart Gini's Take: An alternative present day satirical take on the superhero genre, with a great hero/villain pair, fun sidekicks, and a meaty conspiracy plot. About the Author: Temple Hart traveled across the United States in her youth, from New York to Florida and from Maryland to Utah, trying to find herself. It took a while, but she succeeded. And she also found out a few other important things. She was very very lesbian, she ate up geek fiction, she loved to write, she had a somewhat skewed and sarcastic worldview, and she really loved love, and romance, and all that red hearts and Cupid's arrows stuff. And she refused to be ashamed about any of it, the love of love in particular. Now settled in Georgia (well, you know, for now), Temple works to combine those loves into her own brand of satirical sapphic superhero superfiction. Which she loves. https://www.jbgarnerwrites.com/abouttemplehart

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

The READ THIS! Selection for February 2026 is:        Media & Me My Love/Hate Relationship With Hollywood By Gini Koch

It's Still Pre-Order Time!

Spread the word: Aliens Like Use -- aka the book EVERYONE has been waiting for -- is releasing on April 7, 2026 from Ginger Blue Publishing, and it's available for pre-order right now! So, now's the time to get your copy reserved from your distributor of choice:  Amazon -- ebook (trade paperback and hardback editions will be available on release day) B&N.com -- ebook, trade paperback, and Trophy Hardback Kobo -- ebook Apple Books -- ebook An Important Note #1: If you pre-ordered this book back when it was with DAW your preorder WILL NOT reactivate. The ISBN numbers are different, and that publisher will not advise the various outlets that they should look for the new ISBN number coming from this publisher (it's not their job to do that), and there's no way for the new publisher to get those pre-orders transferred, either. SO, if you pre-ordered before, please do so again, via the links at the Ginger Blue website. An Important Note #2: You cannot go into a Barnes & Noble store to pre-order. The in-store systems and the online systems don't actually work all that well together (I know, it's the same company...a battle for another day with a different army). So if you're planning to get your copies from B&N, please go to the Ginger Blue website and choose your links from there.

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 Aliens Like Them, 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