First, a big hello to everyone who is visiting from the Skyrockets In Flight Blog Hop! Welcome to my little corner of the web, I’m glad to have you here! For those of you hearing about the blog hop just now, scroll to the bottom of the page and you’ll see the linky list; please hop around at least a little; there are a lot of free giveaways going on over the next few days!
Next, for those who are visiting, I’ve JUST released a new book, What Not to Fear. It’s the second book in my Artifice series. The first one was Fae Eye for the Golem Guy, and people have said plenty of good things about it. Go on, check ‘em out. Everybody loves Pixie Fairy Godfathers!
I’ve got a special offer for anyone who buys What Not to Fear. Send me some form of Proof of Purchase (screen cap of the buy screen works great, but I’m pretty easy to convince) and I’ll email you a copy of the song that Blue of Hello-The-Future recorded special for the book! That’s right, with each copy of What Not to Fear you buy, you get a free copy of Too Good To Me!
OK, if any given one of you buys more than one copy of my eBook, I’m cool with it, and I’ll send you another copy of the mp3, but that’s… a little odd. Still, maybe you really liked it and think I deserve the extra pat on the head! Yeah! That’s the ticket!
Now, in other news, I’ve currently put everything on hold to work on a pair of submissions to the Machine of Death 2 anthology. Yeah, it sounds gruesome, but it’s really not as much as you think. The theme of the book is ‘what would you do if you knew how you were going to die’. Not when, or why, or any real details, just a few words. A friend of mine who has read my Steam Punk recommended I submit something, said my work would fit right in and they’re looking for Steam Punk.
Of course I got not one, but two ideas, one Steam Punk the other Cyber Punk. So I’m writing both and submitting them.
Other than that, I go back to work on the 5th, at least part time, doing summer planning. While it sounds like that might cut down on my writing, I do most of my plotting and planning and non-writing writing related activities while driving. Also, I’ve been either sleeping in way late or getting up too early and shorting myself on sleep, and the part-time thing will get me on a set schedule, so I fully expect to get at least four manuscripts done in July.
No, I’m not that fast. Two are half done and two are shorts. Also, I’m going to be rewriting some small portions of the MS I’m pitching at Authors After Dark. Because, y’know, I’m going to be at Authors After Dark. Yep, if you want to meet the mind that the Pixies crawled out of in person, come on down to the book signing. I’ll be there! If you can’t wait that long, come on over to Dorian’s Parlor. I’ll be there, too!
Ok, ok. I know many of you are tapping your feet impatiently, saying, ‘We were told there would be cake! Where is the delicious cake?’ You’ve read this far, it’s only fair to give you delicious cake. Or, rather, a contest for delicious cake. OK, I’m lying. They’re cookies. Some homemade, some not. There are other goodies as well. Cookies, and candy, and coffee, and even some cheesy toys that reminded me of the theme of my contest, which is my new book, What Not to Fear. Plus, I’ll send you a signed cover flat and a copy of the eBook as well!
Entry is simple – the heroine of What Not to Fear is a female police officer. Name your favorite female police officer in the comments, along with a way to contact you if you win, and you’re entered in the contest! I’m kind of assuming fictional police officers, but if you know a real life one who needs some internet shout outs, put ‘em on up there!
Good Luck Everyone!
EDIT – Just wanted to note that I *will* ship internationally if need be!
The list of blogs for the hop is just below. Thanks for dropping by!
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‘Allo John! I’m really not sure what you were trying to say here, but thanks for dropping by!
Is the giveaway international??
Awesome prize, my favourite female police officer at the moment is Kate Beckett from Castle.
jessicamariesutton(at)msn(dot)com
Hallo Jess!
Yes, yes it is international! I’ll have to go edit the post to mention that.
Beckett is a great character; tough without being butch, feminine without being effeminate. Very fun to watch!
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I’ll be honest I can’t even think of a female cop at the moment. Can an FBI agent count? Agent Scully? lol I was a big X Files fan once. I really want some cookies!
Thanks for the giveaway.
quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com
Sure! FBI Agents can count as cops in my book!
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I love Brenda from The Closer.
sstrode at scrtc dot com
Y’know, I don’t get to watch The Closer as much as I’d like. I think it has something to do with the Ur-Goth stealin’ the remote and flipping between Law & Order (it’s *always* on somewhere) and some CSI derivative (ditto).
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My favorite has got to be Anita Blake. *-* She’s not exactly a police officer, but she has a lot of power. LOL
Thanks for the giveaway!
Y’know, I think she started out as the equivalent of a U.S. Marshal. Lately she doesn’t act very cop-like, but she did start that way.
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I vote for the lady in the Closer also, but one that comes to mind, why I don’t know, is Angie Dickerson (can’t remember the name of her show on TV) but I really liked her!!!
Judy
Hallo Judy, good to have you here!
Y’know, I don’t remember the name of Angie Dickenson’s character either. Pepper Anderson maybe?
Ab fab my gdooly man.
My favourite female police officer is Lindsay Boxer from James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club series. She’s awesome and kickass!
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Y’know, I haven’t read that one. Didn’t they make a TV show out of it though?
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I think my favorite is actually a team–Cagney and Lacey
Whoa. I remember them from when they were on TV originally. That kinda dates me, doesn’t it? Very cool show though, way ahead of its time.
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My favorite female police officer is Olivia Benson from Law & Order SVU.
mizztuts AT bellsouth DOT net
Yep. Probably ought to be burned into our screen by now; L&O is one of the Ur-Goth’s favorite shows, and Olivia is her favorite character. Have you ever seen the muppet version of it on Sesame Street?
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OMG that is so easy–JD Robb’s Eve Dallas is the most awesome, butt kicking
homicide cop in the world!
Y’know, I have not actually anything with Eve Dallas. I’m guessing I must correct this!
Thanks for the new reading suggestion.
I really like Rizzoli from Rizzoli and Isles, she’s so kickass and the show is awesome
Morganlafey86(at)aol(dot)com
Oh, hellz yeah! I’m sorry, but my favorite thing about Rizzoli isn’t her Action Hero status or even her looks. I love her voice! *grins*
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thanks for the giveaway and for making it international!!
my favourite police officer is kate beckett from castle as well!she’s too good
Janhvi Jagtap
justjanhvi at gmail dot com
No problems! Depending on where exactly someone is, it might take just a little longer for things to get where I send them, but I’ll get them there.
I like Olivia Benson from Law & Order SVU. I also love Ziva David from NCIS. Does she count? Thank you for the awesome giveaway!
shadow_kohler(at)att(dot)net
Y’know, I don’t know if Ziva qualifies or not, but I’m giving her a pass from sheer awesome.
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My fave cop is Sara Pezzini from Witchblade.
Thanks for the giveaway.
I’d completely forgotten her! Thanks for the reminder!
can you count fbi consultants??? Bones is amazing.
and I read a series about a lady cop turned private eye. 
it was a cozy mystery series about a Georgian in California. it was a named after food kind. I can remember all of that except the author or title of a book!! argh! 
I’ll hunt around and see if I can find that one. It’s tweaking my memory, but that could just be sympathetic memory frustration.
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