Wherein I Chatter

So, the first thing that I'd love to write down here is that I wrote today, but that'd be a lie. Mostly I medicated and rehabbed my daughters' horses, who managed to mangle themselves just before summer, the riding high season for girls of a certain age, started.  I did manage to give my sound and currently whole riding horse, Tallahassee, a rub and a 'good girl'. In between barn trips, I did the business of writing. I checked on submissions and decided where to submit the idle shorts. I re-worked my business card. I tweaked this spanking new site. I rehearsed speaking about my first novel, Billie Mae, in preparation for interviewing agents at the Florida Writers Association Conference this coming weekend. But I didn't like, actually write.

My friend, Rachel Caine, NY Times best-selling author of the Morganville Vampires and Weather Wardens books, has been developing Morganville as a webseries by way of a successful Kickstarter fundraiser. She's developing her new craft of scriptwriting while jumping into the deep end of learning to produce for film. Talk about a challenge! But the results have been fantastic. Check out this trailer for Morganville: The Series. The first episode airs on October 27th on Geek and Sundry. I read Glass Houses, the first Morganville book, in first draft. I am thrilled that the story has resonated with so many readers and taken Ms. Caine to fantastic new levels of art!

Another friend, science fiction writer M.J. Carlson, self-published his debut novel this month. I've been reading M.J.'s work for years now and while Changed is well worth anyone's time and small change, I can tell you that the best is yet to come. Changed features an interesting concept and engaging characters. The descriptions of a future, climate-change affected Jacksonville, FL, are worth the read alone. Combine that with a solid action-oriented story with a hard science core and about halfway in, you have a page-turner. M.J. has extensive medical and computer science experience and it shows in his work. Go read Changed now so that you can say that you were in at the beginning later. 

Thanks for spending a few minutes with me today!!!