It’s hard to believe, but the holidays are just around the corner, and you know what makes a lovely gift? Books! You can get mine signed and personalized from BookPeople, my local independent bookstore. Just give them a call, or put in a very clear note requesting personalization with an online order, and they’ll then let me know to come in and personalize the orders.
Don’t wait too long if you want them in time for the holidays, since the whole process takes a bit of time to coordinate.
If you already have my books or are looking for something else, I also have a whole list of books I recommend, and I’m sure BookPeople would be delighted to ship any of them to your door, too. :)
I went down to BookPeople last week for the Travis Baldree event, and let me tell you, being a professional audiobook narrator certainly levels up an author reading. If you have a chance to go to one of his events, go! I kind of want to buy the audiobook now, even though I’m not a huge audio listener, just because his reading was so good. 😍
In other news, I’m THISCLOSE to finishing the second Books & Broadswords story, which is tentatively titled Rocks & Rapiers. It’s clocking in at about 18k words right now, which is twice as long as B&B, because it went and grew a plot. I think I only have the epilogue left to write, so fingers crossed I get it wrapped up this week.
Over the weekend, Mr. M and I went to the Electrify Expo, and we got to drive electric cars on the Circuit of the Americas track. They limited us to 60mph (boo!!), but it was super fun to drive around the same track that Formula 1 uses. I’ve seen it on TV, but driving it was a whole other experience.
Vinfast was there, which is a company I’d never heard of, but their ride-along person was a track fan, and he acted like a rally passenger, giving us all the info about what racing line to take and when to turn, etc, so that demo was easily the most fun.
The Ford person just fussed at me when the car started beeping because I was approaching the speed limit. Don’t give me a fast car and a long straightaway if you don’t expect me to use it, Ford!
The Volvo people just had their cars hard-capped at the limit, so no fussing required, lol.
Ford also had some pro drivers on hand to do a ride along in a MachE around a short, twisty track, and that was super fun. Going from zero to fast right at the barriers before slinging around the corner with squealing tires really got the adrenaline going. I asked the driver if he liked his job, and he laughed and said it was the best.
Oh my gosh, I can’t wait for the sequel, squee, I’m so excited.
I have a recommendation for you, Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld. I spotted it in a little independent book shop over the summer. It’s on my Christmas list.
That looks delightful, thanks for the rec! :)
You’re very welcome, I saw it and thought of you!
When my sister in law was pregnant she was mad because my brother asked her not to drive above 85mph. I boggled at this and said “I don’t think I’ve ever driven above 85.” She boggled back and said “EVER?!” AFAIK, nope not ever, not even on the Canadian highway with almost no other cars in sight. Some people just love the speed and then there’s me, I guess!
Looking forward to reading the sequel! I need to check my lists and see which of my nieces and nephews would like your books and haven’t gotten one yet!
Thank you so much. I love giving books as gifts and signed editions make it so special. I like to support small bookstores this is such a great idea!
So…do we get the first one in book form along with the second one? Oh please, oh please?
Maybe! :) It’s tentatively my plan, but it depends on how much time I have, etc.