Drive-by Updates
…Just buzzing by with a handful of updates.
Sechs Tage (the German version/translation of Six Days)
Beautiful cover art and a wonderful translator to work with, it is sad to report, this book has been pulled from the publisher. It is no longer available through them and will not be in print in German for the foreseeable future (until it and the rest of the library find a new home). I do have a handful that I will be bringing to Scares That Care. This will be your last chance to snag a copy. I only have a couple, so it will be first-come-first-serve. If you are not going to the convention and are interested in one, you can purchase direct from me while supplies last—contact me for details.
Lost Highways: Dark Fictions from the Road anthology, edited by D. Alexander Ward, coming from Crystal Lake Publishing, will include my short story Jim’s Meats. Available through press online as of July 20th, and they will have a table in the dealer’s room at Scares That Care. For more information stalk the Facebook page.
Welcome to the Show anthology, edited by Matt Hayward, coming from Crystal Lake Publishing, includes my short story Open Mic Night. Available from press online as of August 3rd, and they will also have a table at Scares That Care. For more information check out the publisher’s Facebook page.
The next update will include all the details for the upcoming Scares That Care convention weekend, and of course, the recently finished vampire novel.
Now Available – Gracie
Once upon a time there was a nail, and an entire room of men crossed their legs in unison. Later, another chapter came along and made yet another room uncomfortable. These two stories about Gracie—originally published in Fresh Blood and Mia Moja respectively—were put together for a limited edition flip book for STC 2015. Now, Gracie’s back, and you can finally get them in ebook!
LEFT FOR DEAD: When Susan’s 8-year-old daughter is brutally attacked, she becomes consumed by her need for revenge but mere punishment is not enough…
FALL FROM GRACE: Grace has spent seven years adjusting to the tragedies of her youth, and now teeters on the edge of the abyss and smiles at the monsters inside…
Note: there is a trigger/parental warning on this one.
* * Grab it for only $2.99 * *
Cobwebs
Wow, it got dusty in here! Sorry about that. But I’m back… let’s clear the cobwebs.
With the shutting down of the Buttercup of Doom podcast, I shall return to more regular posts on the website. After all, a girl still needs a platform to lament, right?
In the meantime, how about a quick update? (Sure, Kelli!) Hmm, I fear I might have been hanging out with myself for too long, I’m now answering myself when I type. Oh, and then speaking about it in third person. Why does the voiceover sound like me though? I want a better voice actor! Okay, so I may have gone a bit stir crazy in here by myself. We’ll work that kink out as well. Where were we? Oh yeah… updates:
- There’s a new facebook group for fans, a better way to have open conversations than some of the other options.
- I have a short in the upcoming anthology Welcome to the Show, edited by Matt Hayward — very exciting premise and TOC in that one, check it out.
- yes, I’m writing a vampire novel.
- yes, I will have something fun and weird for Scares That Care Weekend this year (as well as the vampire novel) and it involves an artist
I think that covers it. Life was a bit tactile for a couple years, and while it changed some things (buh bye Buttercup), others will be returning (like the blog!). I’m here. I’m still me. You can’t get rid of me that easy…
Now, where’s the duster? I’ll clean up a little around here and then I need to get back to those fangs…
Hiding in the Corner
Just a quick note for those wondering about the silence of the blogs. It’s not truly quiet, it’s just been hiding behind a microphone for a while.
All my normal snark and sassiness, my opinions and epiphanies, still happen—they’re just shared on the podcast rather than written out on the blog like the old days.
But here’s the thing. The decision has been made to stop doing the podcast. My time needs to be focused elsewhere. I will be doing one final episode this summer, after I get all caught up on the other demands on my list, and then it will be gone. Finished. Over.
You can still listen to all of the aforementioned snark and sassiness, as the episodes will remain online for a while. Check out the Buttercup of Doom on the podcast page of the menu here, and listen while you can…
I may or may not snark on the blog as I have in the past. I will most likely post mini writing101 podcasts on my patreon page. And of course, I’ll be writing. Which is what I should have been doing the whole time. But things are shiny and sometimes we have to investigate them for a while and see what happens. I did. But now this writer, is returning to her regularly scheduled pipedream.
Sechs Tage
aka SIX DAYS…. NOW AVAILABLE IN GERMAN 🇩🇪
Whether you actually speak German or are just a collector, here’s something new for the library…
Available in paperback or ebook, *ahem* I mean… Erhältlich in Taschenbuch und ebook, through amazon.de (for those in Germany/abroad) or direct from the publisher at Voodoo Press
As well as iTunes • amazon.com (for those in the USA/North America)
Jenny Schultz wakes trapped in a pitch-black basement with no recollection of how she got there. With no outside stimuli, Jenny naturally turns inward and revisits her guilt-ridden past, desperate to figure out which wronged person would be angry enough, evil enough, to do this to her.
She must survive her own demons, and then time itself when she finds remnants of previous captives—a plate, a tooth, a bone. Scratched hashmarks in the stone walls around her, leave her to wonder what happens next.
What happens after six days?
Praised by both Jack Ketchum and Ed Lee… a first novel you can’t miss!
Hug-a-Horror-Writer… GIVEAWAY
It’s Hug-a-Horror-Writer Month!! Or at least that’s what I’ve been calling it… The Halloween season is a beautiful time for those who love all things dark and dreary, whether it’s a gore-fest of bloody exploding puppies, a quieter deeper creepier bent that crawls inside you and keeps you up at night, or a way to win a FREE BOOK just for giving a horror writer a hug!
tl;dr — Leave a review for a chance to WIN a FREE BOOK
The details: first, the book you can win. No one has the same TBR pile or even gets their fix in the same format, I get that. So the winner will get to choose not only WHICH book they would like to win among my titles, but which format they want (ebook, paperback, even audiobook in some cases). And all you have to do is share your thoughts on something you’ve already read!
So, how to enter to win? Easy! Leave a review and share it…
- Go to Amazon (this link will get you to all my books)
- Choose a book to review
- Give it some stars and a couple (or a lot) of words
- Share the book’s page on Facebook or Twitter (on the right side of the page you’ll see these icons
- Include “i just reviewed” in your sharing post
- Tag me in the post (@kelliowenauthor on facebook, @kelli_owen on twitter) or otherwise let me know you’ve done this (via tweet, fb, email, however)
- Your name goes in the hat once for each review
While you can (and should) continue to review beyond the drawing because it’s nice and authors really do appreciate it, I do have to set a date to award a winner… how about Monday, Nov 13? That gives you three week(end)s to formulate your thoughts and set them free in the world.
Go. Review. Win.
And thank you in advance for the hugs… H a p p y H a l l o w e e n ! !
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