Ah Monday, we meet again!

So yeah, the weekend was spent dealing with paperwork and filing (did you know that 8+ years of royalty statements =  a LOT of paper?  It does.  I probably should get that stuff scanned in at some point, and coldfile the paperwork....) and the aforementioned culling of the shelves.  So I woke this morning to a pile of books giving me betrayed looks. Sorry guys, but it's better this way. Maybe you'll find new readers who will love you better than I could....

Part of the "purge and declutter" program this weekend was making sure all my cds had been loaded onto my laptop/ipod.  Ahem.  Apparently, they hadn't been. OK, that explains why I always thought I had more music than was showing up....

All that done, it's back to the word mines today. Staying on schedule means the first novella needs to be drafted by 1 August. I can do that. Probably. Wait, wait, it's almost August already? *panics faintly*

Also:  I KNOW, I said the blooper reel #1 would be posted this week for relevant Kickstarter backers.  And I really thought it would happen.  But it WILL happen.  Soon.  Promise.

Meanwhile, have a snippet:

I’d filled (the thermos) with holy water before we left Manhattan.  I had no idea if it would be useful against anything we might encounter, but my mother raised me to consider the angles and cover my odds.  Then again, tossing holy water onto wild current might blow half the city up.  It’s uncertainty like that that makes my job fun.

some days, you're there with the camera at just the right time...

"Cas, we've talked about this.  Personal space."

Pour yourself some Gin & Tonic and settle down with DOGHOUSE!

And lo, after much waiting... okay, it's been eight months since FIXED, I'm hoping you've been waiting! It's here!

When Ginny Mallard and her sometimes-partner Teddy Tonica are asked to look into the situation of an old man about to be evicted, the part-time investigators think it’s just a matter of sorting out misunderstandings.  But this is no simple landlord-tenant spat, bringing them headfirst – and nose-deep in trouble – into the world of back-room fights and animal rights…

And this time, Ginny’s shar-pei, Georgie, and the bar cat Penny are the only ones who can get the truth out of their sole witness: a puppy named Parsifal!

Normally, I don't mind much if you buy a book the day-of-release, or if you buy it a week later, or even a month later, when it comes up in your budget rotation.  But right now, with this book?  Really good week-of-release sales could be important.  So, yanno, if you're planning to pick it up, you might want to do it now.

The kittens and the time-share puppy would really appreciate it.

Here're some places you can buy it.

B&N * Simon & Schuster * iTunes * Mysterious Galaxy * Seattle Mystery Bookshop * Amazon * S&S Australia * Chapters/Indigo * Foyles * Powells * Better Read Than Dead (AUS)

And here.  Have an excerpt.

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