Like Riding a Bike?

Hey, guys, how’s it going?

I’m going to have a book coming out in October through Turtleduck Press! But it’s been a long time (since City of Hope and Ruin in 2016) and I’ve realized I’ve got to relearn all the marketing stuff that I haven’t touched in a while.

(I did put out two short story collections, containing stories I wrote for TDP plus a few new ones in there–The Short of It (2017) and Half-Formed Places (2021)–but those are different beasts entirely.)

Between life and the pandemic and everything, I had a hard time keeping on top of what I was supposed to be doing, let alone extra things like keeping up with marketing trends and new methods, but the day has come to jump back in.

I actually went to a webinar this morning! And I’ve promptly forgotten most of it, though my understanding is that they will send the video out so I can watch it again. The biggest thing I remember is that she recommended getting a launch/marketing specific calendar and putting everything on there, so it’s all in one place and you’re keeping track of it. Sounds good to me!

Maybe it will come back to me, like riding a bike, but I’m skeptical. Bike riding is always the same, and marketing techniques are always changing.

But I am excited to have the book coming out! It feels good to have something done after all this time, and especially after the last couple of years and all of their madness. I thought I’d share a little bit about the story. It’s a Gothic Horror story, and the inspiration comes from this picture:

This is a picture I took on a trip to eastern Canada in 2013. I forget where exactly we were, but my husband and I climbed to the top of Gallow’s Hill to find an elementary school immediately next to a graveyard. And, as I said at the time, if that wasn’t the ideal setting for a horror story, well, nowhere was.

And hey! Now it IS the setting of a horror novel!

I hope you guys will enjoy the book once its out!