Joyfully Reviewed as a new review for The King’s Diamond here. Thank you, Lisa!

Current Mood:  pleased

Angela Bendetti has a post about wanting the Shiny New Idea Joy, and whoo boy, do I hear that.

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Current Mood:  contemplative

Since today is pre-holiday-weekend slow, I’ve been compiling a list of as many retailers as possible, and it’s now up on the Publications page.

And can I just say how much it thrills me to see how many countries my books are available in. ‘Cause it thrills me a lot.

Current Mood:  accomplished

This is something I’m not terribly comfortable asking, but I’ve been thinking about it for a couple days and I’ve decided the worst result is that no one does it. So.

If you have read any of my books, please leave reviews or ratings for them, particularly at Torquere Books or Amazon. It doesn’t need to be a huge review: even just a “I own it” and a star rating at Amazon will be a boost.

If you do write a review, be honest: this isn’t about my ego. Even a mediocre review is better than no review at all. Reviews help sales; sales earns me more royalties; more royalties brings me closer to the day I can write full time. Everybody wins. (Well, I hope you think it’s a winning situation for you: I can only assume you’re here because you like what I write.)

• Chiaroscuro at Amazon
• The King’s Diamond for Amazon Kindle
• Something Beautiful at Amazon
• My page at Torquere Press

New reviews for Diamond at Literary Nymphs and Amazon, which also has new reviews for Something Beautiful. Thanks, everyone!

(Also . . . I get a little bit of a thrill when there’s a “customers who bought this also bought . . .” list. That’s so awesome.)

There’s a new review for The King’s Diamond at Rainbow Reviews.

Damalepazhur is the king of a land long ago and far away, and he really needs the fabled diamond he’s heard of for protection. The diamond is a young man named Ketu, a fisherman, and he reluctantly joins the palace household, and learns to have a fondness for the king, even if court life is strange to him.

When a stranger comes to the city and tries to turn the people against Damalepazhur, Ketu steps in to do his job, revealing the identity and the plot of the stranger, putting himself right in the path of danger. Will Damalepazhur be able to thank Ketu the way he wants to?

Purchasing information is here.

(Now I’m going to go jump up and down for a bit.)

It was bound to happen eventually: My first contest!

I got the cover art for this novella today, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. So I’ve created a page where its information will be centrally stored come Wednesday.

The big version is below the cut.

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The King’s Diamond comes out in a week and a day (always something so poetic about “and a day”, don’t you think?) so here’s a taste. (I’m so excited about this story, y’all. Trying something completely new is so much fun.)

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The King’s Diamond, my Birthstone Single Shot, will be released April 16, 2008.

Yay!