Three Book Deal with DAW!

It's official and I can now announce it. I've got a three book deal with DAW in the USA (part of the Penguin group). Two novels wiill be SF and the third is my magic pirate fantasy. Two of them have been written already and one is for delivery by August 2014. I am thrilled! DAW is my dream publisher. Thank you to Sheila Gilbert, my new editor, and Amy Boggs of Donald Maass, my agent.

And thanks for Kari Sperring for the intro to DAW and to Kari (again), Charlie Allery, Tina Anghelatos and Jaine Fenn for holding my hand (or rather listening to me burble) through the getting an agent process.

I love overnight success. It's only taken me 15 years to achieve!
:-)

Movie of the Week: Elysium

Not sure what to expect but it was good, if violent and dystopic.

Earth is ruined. The elite live on a space station called Elysium where theirpicture perfect lifestyle in maintained. Everyone else grubs for a living amoingst the remnants of cities. The lucky have jobs that will probably kill them, the unlucky just go hungry.

Max has a factory job, but one day when somethig goes wrong he gets a fatal dose of radiation and is told he has five days to live. He's always dreamed of getting to Elysium, but now it becomes the only option if he's going to libe. Their wondrous medical machines can deal with what ails him. Just getting there is difficult enough and he ends up with his childhood sweetheart and her (sick) daughter in tow, but Max can make changes not just for himself, but for the world.

Yeah, OK, there are some big questions, like why did they bolt the exoskeleton to Max's bones through his clothes? Good job he never had to change his T shirt. What keeps the atmosphere in the station when it seems open to space? How do they expect medical machines that have been developed for a space station of ten thousand souls to suddenly fix the ailments of seven billion people? But I'm carping. It's worth watching if you just go with the flow..

If Monty Python and the Holy Grail were marketed like Game of Thrones

Enjoy!