I've set up a website just for the two new books in the Twist of Fate series. Since I believe very much in fate it was one of the things that happened at the right time---I think.
Visit http://www.devils-dance.com/ and see what you think. It's still under construction but I wanted something that would only be about my books.
ARLISS
Showing posts with label Devil's Dance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Devil's Dance. Show all posts
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
DOING THE HAPPY DANCE -- AGAIN!
I've just begun to listen to the audio book edition of my new romantic suspense novel, Devil's Dance. Wow. Narrator Andrea Bates sure got it right. You can feel the terror of the kidnapped seventeen year old Jen Connor as she awakens from a drugged stupor only to find she's been sold to a high-class brothel.
I'm an avid audio book listener and even though this one is mine, I highly recommend it as an excellent audio book that will grab you and won't let go until the end.
Even then, it's not over, because in November the sequel, The Devils Due, will be released by Books in Motion. You can listen to an audio clip of Devil's Dance at the publisher's website: http://www.booksinmotion.com/.
Devil's Dance is now available in trade paperback, Kindle, e-book, CD audio and MP3.
The Devil's Due will be released in trade paperback, Kindle and e-book in October.
Arliss
I'm an avid audio book listener and even though this one is mine, I highly recommend it as an excellent audio book that will grab you and won't let go until the end.
Even then, it's not over, because in November the sequel, The Devils Due, will be released by Books in Motion. You can listen to an audio clip of Devil's Dance at the publisher's website: http://www.booksinmotion.com/.
Devil's Dance is now available in trade paperback, Kindle, e-book, CD audio and MP3.
The Devil's Due will be released in trade paperback, Kindle and e-book in October.
Arliss
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
OKAY! NOW IT'S GETTING EXCITING
DEVIL'S DANCE has been released on Amazon in Kindle and paperback. The audio book will be out by the end of the month. That is really exciting after all these years of working on the manuscript. Barnes and Noble online has listed it for release on August 28 and they list the release date for THE DEVIL'S DUE as September 28.
But, here is the good news. They are offering a super pre-release price, so check it out. I set up a Tiny URL link to the page on their site to make it easier to find: http://bit.ly/B-N-Adams
After spending so many years committed to writing these books I feel like doing a dance myself. But then, I was drummed out of ballet school when I was a little kid. Like most five-year-olds, my mother thought I would be a graceful gazelle, and the costumes were cool. Well, I did have great pointe and do to this day. I just didn't have anything else. After that she enrolled me in the Krasner School of Dramatics and Singing. With a voice destined to go off tune and at that time in my life a very shy nature...that's not true anymore...the Krasner experiment was a flop as well.
When I did find my true passion, it was writing. I invite you to read DEVIL'S DANCE and THE DEVIL'S DUE. Afterwards, I would love it if you posted reviews either on blogs or Amazon or both.
Thanks,
Arliss
P.S. At least I don't trip over my own feet anymore, but unlike my protagonist Jen Connor, I never would have made it past barre exercises in ballet!
But, here is the good news. They are offering a super pre-release price, so check it out. I set up a Tiny URL link to the page on their site to make it easier to find: http://bit.ly/B-N-Adams
After spending so many years committed to writing these books I feel like doing a dance myself. But then, I was drummed out of ballet school when I was a little kid. Like most five-year-olds, my mother thought I would be a graceful gazelle, and the costumes were cool. Well, I did have great pointe and do to this day. I just didn't have anything else. After that she enrolled me in the Krasner School of Dramatics and Singing. With a voice destined to go off tune and at that time in my life a very shy nature...that's not true anymore...the Krasner experiment was a flop as well.
When I did find my true passion, it was writing. I invite you to read DEVIL'S DANCE and THE DEVIL'S DUE. Afterwards, I would love it if you posted reviews either on blogs or Amazon or both.
Thanks,
Arliss
P.S. At least I don't trip over my own feet anymore, but unlike my protagonist Jen Connor, I never would have made it past barre exercises in ballet!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
FINALLY BACK ON TRACK
What is a writer's worst nightmare? Writers block? Rejection slips? Well for me it's having a laptop crash, Outlook go crazy and AOL dump saved messages...never to be seen again...all in one week. That is the time you want to scream. I did, but no one heard me. Fortunately I was alone, because the words I uttered weren't warm and syrupy. I would have done a sailor proud.
After spending a bit of time licking my wounds, I hustled over to Best Buy, where my salesman Jaime was wonderful. He walked me through my various options and we selected the best laptop for my needs. Then came the tedious job of resurrecting all of the files from (whew...thank goodness) my external hard drive. I also learned that Windows 7 Home Premium, while much better than Vista, doesn't support several things. To do that you have to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional providing a little more ka-ching for Microsoft.
If you find yourself in that position, don't buy the actual upgrade if you are only upgrading one computer. It is $199. You can buy a download key for $89 saving more than 50%. Better in your pocket than Microsoft's. Of course you don't get a CD, only a nice piece of cardboard with the number, but who cares? It works. Know what it does? It let's you run some programs and support on XP. Yep. Back to what we had before, but we had to pay Microsoft to get it.
Okay, after a week of fiddling, swearing, transferring, learning and more, I'm finally back on track. Devil's Dance and The Devil's Due are being typeset for the galleys and I'm a happy camper. I actually have the time to write again, and am getting on with "Welcome to Paradise," a government fiasco embezzlement romp being co-authored with Meredith Holland.
By the way, I forgot to mention that the laptop that crashed was my "ailing from the day I got it" HP. The first time it crashed it was only 13 months old and it devoured it's motherboard. Fortunately I had a 3 year replacement warranty. I thought it would be replaced after three crashes. That's what the salesman told me, but no...it had to crash a fourth time for the replacement to kick in.
I bought an ACER as a backup, because there was no way I could trust the HP not to crash again. How right I was. During the next year and a half, it ate two more motherboards and a hard drive. Now all I needed was for it to crash again before May. Can you see me dancing around chanting, "Crash...Crash!"
It accommodated me, I now have a new Dell, courtest of the warranty and some additionatl money, and will never buy HP products again. Within this 2 1/2 year period I buried this laptop and two relatively new HP printers. My complaints to HP fell on deaf ears, so "Sayonara, Baby." You won't be seeing any of my dollars again.
That's all for now--
Arliss
After spending a bit of time licking my wounds, I hustled over to Best Buy, where my salesman Jaime was wonderful. He walked me through my various options and we selected the best laptop for my needs. Then came the tedious job of resurrecting all of the files from (whew...thank goodness) my external hard drive. I also learned that Windows 7 Home Premium, while much better than Vista, doesn't support several things. To do that you have to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional providing a little more ka-ching for Microsoft.
If you find yourself in that position, don't buy the actual upgrade if you are only upgrading one computer. It is $199. You can buy a download key for $89 saving more than 50%. Better in your pocket than Microsoft's. Of course you don't get a CD, only a nice piece of cardboard with the number, but who cares? It works. Know what it does? It let's you run some programs and support on XP. Yep. Back to what we had before, but we had to pay Microsoft to get it.
Okay, after a week of fiddling, swearing, transferring, learning and more, I'm finally back on track. Devil's Dance and The Devil's Due are being typeset for the galleys and I'm a happy camper. I actually have the time to write again, and am getting on with "Welcome to Paradise," a government fiasco embezzlement romp being co-authored with Meredith Holland.
By the way, I forgot to mention that the laptop that crashed was my "ailing from the day I got it" HP. The first time it crashed it was only 13 months old and it devoured it's motherboard. Fortunately I had a 3 year replacement warranty. I thought it would be replaced after three crashes. That's what the salesman told me, but no...it had to crash a fourth time for the replacement to kick in.
I bought an ACER as a backup, because there was no way I could trust the HP not to crash again. How right I was. During the next year and a half, it ate two more motherboards and a hard drive. Now all I needed was for it to crash again before May. Can you see me dancing around chanting, "Crash...Crash!"
It accommodated me, I now have a new Dell, courtest of the warranty and some additionatl money, and will never buy HP products again. Within this 2 1/2 year period I buried this laptop and two relatively new HP printers. My complaints to HP fell on deaf ears, so "Sayonara, Baby." You won't be seeing any of my dollars again.
That's all for now--
Arliss
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
THIS IS WHEN IT GETS EXCITING!
Right before Christmas I finished going through the pre-publication edits so the editor could send the manuscript for DEVIL'S DANCE back to L&L Dreamspell. Next comes the preparation of the galley and cover. The other day I received an e-mail from Books in Motion. I didn't think they would be recording the audio book until the 2nd quarter of 2010, but lo and behold, they are ready to record and it looks like all formats will be released at the same time.
How cool is that? After fourteen years, the book will be reality, with the second book in the set, THE DEVIL'S DUE, to follow shortly afterwards.
I can't wait to see the cover, and of course hold the book in my hand. DEVIL'S DANCE is dedicated to all of the young girls and women who have and have not survived kidnapping and/or rape.
The fictional story of Jen Connor's struggle to rise above what happened to her is not that different than what is happening all the time in reality. This book is set in 1956, when Jen is seventeen years old, and follows her life to the point where it is finally getting back on track after a series of tragedies. This is the story of a scared, intimidated girl becoming a self-confident woman and going on to help others.
When I said it is still happening, only a few months ago there was a story on TV about a teen who had been kidnapped by her good friend's father and sold into a brothel. That girl managed to escape. It never seems to end, and I am happy to shine a spotlight on this in the hope of raising awareness. It's much different now than it was in 1956 in most ways, but this is something that seems to prevail.
Her story picks up in THE DEVIL'S DUE and evolves into a mystery.
How cool is that? After fourteen years, the book will be reality, with the second book in the set, THE DEVIL'S DUE, to follow shortly afterwards.
I can't wait to see the cover, and of course hold the book in my hand. DEVIL'S DANCE is dedicated to all of the young girls and women who have and have not survived kidnapping and/or rape.
The fictional story of Jen Connor's struggle to rise above what happened to her is not that different than what is happening all the time in reality. This book is set in 1956, when Jen is seventeen years old, and follows her life to the point where it is finally getting back on track after a series of tragedies. This is the story of a scared, intimidated girl becoming a self-confident woman and going on to help others.
When I said it is still happening, only a few months ago there was a story on TV about a teen who had been kidnapped by her good friend's father and sold into a brothel. That girl managed to escape. It never seems to end, and I am happy to shine a spotlight on this in the hope of raising awareness. It's much different now than it was in 1956 in most ways, but this is something that seems to prevail.
Her story picks up in THE DEVIL'S DUE and evolves into a mystery.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Okay, okay, I've been really quiet for a while, but I'm back on the scene. A DREAM LOST is now entitled DEVIL'S DANCE but the second book is still THE DEVIL'S DUE.
In the middle of moving from one townhouse to another, the first edit for BOTH books came in. There I sat, surrounded by movers, boxes, more movers, more boxes, trying to work through the first half of DEVIL'S DANCE, when the second half came in.
And so it went for almost ten days. Unpack another box, crawl over one, curse not being able to find what I needed, read another of the editor's chapters, then start all over again. The first half was followed by the second half, which was followed by the second edit of both...and about forty unpacked boxes!
Okay, time for an exhale? Not on your life. THE DEVIL'S DUE came right on the heels of DEVIL'S DANCE. Latest report...all edits gone through, changes made and manuscript approved for galley for both books and only about twenty-five more boxes to go.
Today's good news...the contracts for the audio books came in, so 2010 should be an exciting year for me.
More later.
ARLISS
In the middle of moving from one townhouse to another, the first edit for BOTH books came in. There I sat, surrounded by movers, boxes, more movers, more boxes, trying to work through the first half of DEVIL'S DANCE, when the second half came in.
And so it went for almost ten days. Unpack another box, crawl over one, curse not being able to find what I needed, read another of the editor's chapters, then start all over again. The first half was followed by the second half, which was followed by the second edit of both...and about forty unpacked boxes!
Okay, time for an exhale? Not on your life. THE DEVIL'S DUE came right on the heels of DEVIL'S DANCE. Latest report...all edits gone through, changes made and manuscript approved for galley for both books and only about twenty-five more boxes to go.
Today's good news...the contracts for the audio books came in, so 2010 should be an exciting year for me.
More later.
ARLISS
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