What's Next for Perilous Pauline?

February:

The Mystery of the Green Mist releases in print! Buy Print Edition

Some blog visitors have told me they can't comment on my LiveJournal blog, so I'm in the process of opening/shifting my personal blog here. At this point, not sure if I'll keep the LiveJournal blog and cross post or let it go. I've been blogging there since 2005, so we'll have to see. If you have an opinion, let me know!

I have a limited number of my non-fiction handbooks, Made-up Mayhem and Adapting Your Novel for Film that I'm selling at a special rate here while supplies last. I'm also offering a small discount on Managing Your Book Writing Business, also while supplies last, if you want all three non-fiction handbooks.

The Mystery of the Green Mist  releases in Kindle edition! Buy Kindle Edition

Working on new book. Sort of. Lot of it in my head. But its taking shape.

If you are in New Orleans, I'll be doing a workshop at EpicCon, Sheraton Hotel. Conference runs the 5th and 6th. :-)

I posted new cover art for Tangle in Time ! (Sharon Garner won the "Name the Novella" contest!)

January:

It's January and that means a new prize for my run up to Girl Gone Nova release contest! Still haven't done my last two pre-proofs but getting to them! But first I need some lunch...

My steampunk romance novella has been accepted for publication, but it needs a title, so I'm having a "name that novella" contest!

Finished my Lonesome Lawmen preproofs! Also finished The Spy Who Kissed Me and my short story in The Mystery of the Green Mist proofs and sent them in! Still have A Dangerous Dance and Do Wah Diddy Die to finish!

Working on pre-proofs of my Lonesome Lawmen series, so they can be back out early next year! Woot! Turned The Last Enemy in and am halfway through Byte Me. Also launched the December Girl Gone Nova Countdown contest with this prize:

November:

Okay, decided to try this ...

Wrong Time, Wrong Place, Right Girl
A Science Fiction/Steampunk Romance Novella

...on for size. So far I like it okay. Set up pages for the  novella, too. Did an interview and also posted an excerpt. :-)

I have a finished rough draft of my steampunk novella, but not a title! I liked Steamed,  but there is one book releasing with the title and another already out there with the title. Sigh. Out of Time would work, too, but I already used it. I'm really stumped. I don't even have a lame, place holder title for it and I wanted to work on my Behind the Book for it, while it is fresh in my mind.

Also, my sister is working on some steaming cool stuff for the release of Girl Gone Nova and the novella!

My Author Island contest is up and running (this month's prize to the left) and I'm also doing another book launch tomorrow here. It goes live Saturday morning (the 14th) with a $40 Amazon gift card up for grabs!

I'm working hard on my steampunk novella. Not sure where it will take me, but I'm having fun! Will also be doing some contests at Author Island in the run up to the release of Girl Gone Nova.

I'm having a blog launch party for The Key audio book! Here's the prize:

The party starts here on Monday, November 9th, 2009!

October, 2009

Got my cover art and release date! 4/2010!!!!! Almost finished short story for anthology, though its too long.

Got pre-proof of Ghostly Dreamspell anthology! That's a step closer to publication! The anthologies are pretty fun, from my point of view. I get a new book on the shelf and only had to write a short story or two. LOL!

Turned in Girl Gone Nova!!!! Signed the contract. No release date or cover art yet! But its IN!!!

September, 2009

Turned in Out of Time proof! That will be first book to re-release! Hoping Pig in a Park --as The Spy Who Kissed Me -- and with a brand new cover, will be next re-release!

Also did a Behind the Book interview about Girl Gone Nova.

Hopefully you noticed that our THIRD chapter anthology, A Texas Box of Chocolates has released! Here's the scoop on our release party:

And...I turned in Girl Gone Nova and signed the contract! There's going to be a third book in this series and I'm dying to get to work on that, but have to a short for our fourth anthology first! Also working on pre-proof of Out of Time. I can't wait to see what L&L will do with the cover and interior layout of this book. L&L has a gift for making my books look PRETTY.

July, 2009

The Key  is now available in audio book!

Edits continue on Girl Gone Nova. But I am getting close! Also pulled my back list and will be re-releasing all my books with L&L Dreamspell. No huge reason. Just seemed like the right time to bring all my titles together under one umbrella. :-)

June, 2009

I completed the rough draft of Girl Gone Nova and turned in some short stories to anthologies! I'm hoping to turn GGN into my publisher by the end of July.

In other news, I'll be at ApolloCon this weekend, so if you're go, be sure to look me up. I'll be around The Final Twist Table. :-)

December, 2008

Well, October was interesting and and November I don't want to talk about. Let's just say I'm still here. And Girl Gone Nova is GROWING again! I'll be posting an excerpt sometime after the first of the year, so be sure to check back! Doc (my heroine) is finally speaking to me and telling me her story! It feels GREAT! :-)

Oh, and Managing Your Book Writing Business released! What with getting my trash kicked AGAIN, I almost forgot!

Buy from Fictionwise.

Buy from Amazon.

September, 2008:

A Death in Texas  has released!  You can buy it here:

Buy A Death in Texas from fictionwise.

Buy A Death in Texas from Amazon.

Survived Ike pretty well. Now trying to get my writing mojo back again! I feel like I'm caught in a causality loop!

I'm involved in the CFS Unleash Your Story for September. Our nest is empty and I'm still trying to get my writing mojo back with the fund raiser for CFS. And the launch of A Death in Texas! And then there's the hurricanes....

I need chocolate!

August, 2008: Non-fiction is out! Woot! (links on my home page!) Son back in school. Me trying to work on Girl Gone Nova.

Okay, I took my son to see The Mummy. I owed him big time because he helped me get my computer back up and running after I upgraded my hard drive. Despite the setbacks, I did get some work done on Girl Gone Nova (the title is growing on me. Or growing on the story. It fits in some weird ways.) If you Twitter, I'm paulinejones. I know, original. I need to work on my marketing. **g**

My publisher tells me that my two non-fiction books should go live on amazon be the end of August or sooner. Fictionwise release is coming, too!

July, 2008: Didn't see any movies, so had a pretty productive week. The release of my first two nonfiction books is imminent!

This last week in July has been a mixed bag. Got a lot of family stuff done, and worked on the non-fiction, but not a lot on paper done on the fiction. Lots going on inside my head, though! If I can resist the urge to go to the movies, should be a more productive week from now until the end of the month.

Here's my research for the nonfiction: Perilous Pauline on You Tube

Also involved in two birthday celebrations this month, one at Author Island and one Long and Short Romance Reviews:

I passed most of the Fourth WRITING! Woot! I have a working title for the book, though it's possible that will change over time:

Project Enterprise: Girl Gone Nova

I'm not quite ready to post an excerpt, but hopefully soon!

I also finished Sunbeam, the short in my newsletter, so it will conclude in the next newsletter (subscribe link in the navigation box above). You can read the first part by going to Adventures in Reading or clicking here.

I'm working on the non-fiction, the fiction and mulling contest ideas for the cool stuff my sister sent me, which you can see here. Also updated my blogs and joined Twitter. I'm out of control!

June, 2008: Well, I'm back from the cruise, rested and refreshed and anxious to get moving on the books! Still haven't tackled the novel, but its there in my head, demanding attention! Just need to get the nonfiction out of the way...

May, 2008: I recently read a blog that said readers want to know what an author is working on next. Usually I don't post an upcoming title until:

• I have a title
• I have a publication date

Usually I have a title before a publication date. Right now, I have a project in the queue that has neither. I'm hoping that further into the project, the title will come to me. I will tell you that it is:

• Set in the Garradian universe from The Key
• Is a stand-alone, spin off or next in the series. I'm not quite sure. I thought it was a sequel, but a discussion on another list made me wonder. It will have characters from The Key, but won't feature Sara and Fyn as the main characters. Fyn does make an appearance in my short story in the Death in Texas anthology, being released by my local chapter this fall. But he hasn't decided if he will appear in the new book. Sara's conflicted about it, too, now that she's a mom.

If you've read my blog or subscribe to my ezine, then you know why I've been slow getting a book out. I actually started this book last summer, but then real life whacked me upside the head, so I'm just getting back to it. I'm really enjoying getting back into this wild and whacky universe I created and I hope readers will like it, too.

My goal is to have a rough draft by the end of July. We'll see how that goes. If I make my deadline, then it should release in 2009 and should have a title well before then. It might even have a cover by the end of 2008. :-)

If you browse this website you'll also notice that I have two non-fiction books releasing the end of June, two more in the pipeline for a fall release and several short stories in upcoming anthologies (still waiting for release dates). So I haven't been sitting on my hands the whole time.

I want to thank all you wonderful readers who have bought/read The Key and written me or posted reviews. The great feedback has helped keep hope alive while life was kicking me around. :-)

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