It’s getting closer to Legacy of Risks, Consequences Book 2, to be released!
22 February 2022!
Available for Pre-order now at:
If you haven’t read Heart of Deception, Consequences Book 1, it is available here:
Getting closer!
Interviews!
I have been remiss! I have been meaning to share a group of interviews I’ve done – both live and on blogs but with everything that’s happened over the last couple of months, it completely slipped my mind!
So, here they all are!
Oh, before we get too settled in to have a look at those links, remember:
Legacy of Risks is due out on 22 Feb 2022!
So, on with the links:
There will be more but these are the ones so far.
The other thing is, Dark Reign is back from the Beta Reader and I hope to get it to Corvus Quill Press very soon.
Sad News
I was going to write an uplifting note this week with more links to books and interviews.
However, I received the news yesterday that my sister had passed away from cancer. While we were expecting this, it still was not welcome news. I was hoping she’d hold out until her birthday in March.
She worked really hard for FAP (a hereditary bowel cancer), helping a large number of people along the way. She had a strong tie to WEHI after working on various projects as a consumer advocate and consultant with them through the Cancer Council of Victoria.
Elaine touched a great many hearts, some of whom have reached out through the various FAP groups on Facebook. She was a gentle soul who meant much to a lot of people.
I remember when Countdown first came on the ABC back in the 70s. Dad and mum had a little black and white television in their room and the night that Countdown was on, we’d have tea a little earlier so Elaine and I could go watch Countdown in their room. It was a time of bonding for the two of us.
She called herself, and I have to agree, a long-term survivor of FAP as the cancer she had was not related to FAP. It was fast-acting and aggressive and she only went into hospital 2 weeks before her death.
Right up until a week ago she was bright, positive and still making jokes with the nursing staff.
One of the things Elaine loved when she was younger was skiing. She would go up to the snowfields every winter and spend at least 2 weeks there. She even travelled over to the US in 1978 to ski on Vermont.
I like to think that she is somewhere skiing to her heart’s content. Life is a lot different without her, even though we were 4k kilometres apart. Ski on, Elaine, and watch out for those ice patches!
Pre-Order!
Legacy of Risks is now available for Pre-Order. here are the links!
And if you have yet to read its prequel, Heart of Deception, you can buy it here:
For those who have read Heart of Deception, I would really appreciate a review – it would be awesome to get some reviews! Tell me what you like about it, what you didn’t like!
Dark Dimensions is still available to buy:
Dark Reign is still being worked on. Last week I had a suggestion to change the POV in the second half. Agreeing with the suggestion, I went through and changed a lot of the second POV back to the first POV for a more dramatic feel. From what feedback I’ve received while doing so, this has been a good change. So, Dark Reign will be a little longer before it goes to the publisher.
While we’re here talking about books, I have a few friends who have books out and books about to come out. So, here they are!
First off the blocks is John Murray McKay. John resides in what he called Mordor – we all know it as South Africa. John has a few different genres he writes in and he writes a tight book with great dialogue and wonderful visual scenes. His books can be found:
The Girl’s Guide to the Apocalypse
The Venom Protocols
Land of our Fathers
Let’s look at MJ Spickett. MJ lives in a place more known for its Ice Road and snow than for its heat. MJ lives in the northern country of Canada. She has a vivid imagination and has produced many books on her own but is working on a new series. MJ’s characters are rich and their interactions are dynamic.
Whispers of the Immortal
So, please, do us all a favour and have a look at these books.
If you haven’t read them, I shamelessly implore you to read them and if you have, I equally shamelessly implore you to write a review for each of the books you have read!
And enjoy your week! I know I will!
End of the Heat
Well, for a few days, anyway. Then we’re back to melting. Okay, so that’s what the spa is for!
Onto other things, I had an online interview yesterday morning with Josh Lindquist of Nerds with Friends. It was a great interview and I had a lot of fun! Looking forward to doing it again!
For those who are interested, here are the links to the interview:
and
I hope you enjoy watching it as much as Josh and I did making it.
So 22 February is fast approaching and Legacy of Risks is now available for pre-order.
I’m so excited that the sequel to Heart of Deception is almost here. It will answer those questions you may have – does Marek get the use of his legs back? Do the Royals challenge the Mannors Family in court? Find out in Legacy of Risks!
Dark Reign – as I said, this has completed editing, however, I did get some feedback regarding it and I’ve been rewriting it to see if the suggestions make it better. I’ll let you know as soon as I’ve worked it out!
Holidays are nearly over
So, Happy Holidays to everyone, hope you are safe during this time of the year, no matter where you are.
I have made it home after a wonderful week with my sister in Castlemaine! I have to thank my long time friend, Sue, for picking me up from the airport and delivering me to their home and picking me up from the train station in Sunbury and driving me back to the airport. Wow, I still can’t believe I went from about +24C at Castlemaine to +14C at Sunbury! What a change! And, then, when I got back into Perth at 20.37, it was still +31C!
During the time I was away, so much happened. The Omicron variant of covid-19 hit Sydney and threatened Victoria, two truckers made their way to Western Australia with the Delta variant – I did hear that they had tested negative when they left Sydney but were positive by the time they reached Perth.
So after two weeks at the Pan Pacific Hotel (which reinforced in me that I prefer fresh vegies) I finally made it out of hotel quarantine on 21st December, just in time for Christmas! Simon was pleased because he was worried I’d come back with the virus. I could have told him he was panicking – he’s got more chance of getting it than I did in Victoria. After all, if I’d come down with it, I wouldn’t have been able to stay with my sister.
On another bright note, Legacy of Risks will soon be available – I’ll post a pre-order link here! And I will try and get the trailer link and post that here as well.
Legacy of Risks is the sequel to Heart of Deception and there is a third book which has been submitted for publication.
Dark Reign has completed editing and is now with the final proof reader, so as soon as that’s finished, I’ll send that for publishing as well. So, hang in there, more of Troy and Pril is on its way!
And after all the melting heat Perth went through over Christmas weekend (each day over +41C) we’ve finally cooled somewhat. Heading for +31C. Needless to say, now that our X-Box kinect is up and running, I’ve already spent 10 minutes on it and I will spend extra time on it. Gotta get back into the swing of X-Box! My inspiration is the ad in Australia where the mother is playing either Nintendo or Wii (not sure which) late at night! 😀
Quick note
Heart of Deception has been reviewed by Books Charming. You can find the review
here.
I’m so humbled by all the reviews and ratings so far. Thank you all!
Back Home
Well, not quite. I am currently in 14 days’ hotel quarantine!
But, I have a laptop, internet access, movies and everything I need. (Rubbing hands together) What mischief can I get up to?
I think I’m a little slow on the uptake – I only found out yesterday that the movies are free. Binged yesterday in between setting up this laptop with everything I need. Oh, have yet to do scrivener. Might not, though. This computer does have ywriter. I can make do with that!
So, I did finish NaNoWriMo. It took me until the Sunday night but as I was flying out the next day I really didn’t want to be trying to upload it from over there!
For those who don’t know what I did – I actually wrote 2 short paranormal stories straight from my head. It just kept tumbling out and I have no idea where it came from. And then it took a twist I hadn’t expected! Yep, I did it! I brought dimensions into the situation.
Oh, hang on, I wrote 3 – the first one at least had a bit of a background. The others had just an idea that came from watching paranormal on youtube and a challenge on FB about dolls head lamps – because they just look spooky!
Anyway, it’s done and if you’re interested in reading my little diary on my hotel quarantine, I have started it in FB as a page : J A Duxbury December 2021.
Away from Home
Okay, so the time has come. I am booked on a flight on Monday 29 November to Melbourne to visit my sister.
It will be an interesting flight as there’s a 90 minute stop-over in Adelaide. Of course, being in National Novel Writing Month, my laptop will be in my carry-on luggage. 90 minutes is a long time to cover!
It’s been an interesting Nano this year. I followed on from last year and did another story with Sam Mitchell. I’ve had lots of feedback on it, so it may get expanded in the future.
One of the things I talked about during the year and got told ‘you absolutely have to write that’, was what would happen if one of those ghost hunting teams (one of the ones who fake everything 😉 ) has unexplained things happen while they’re investigating and at the end of the story a ghost comes right up to them and says really loudly so there’s no fudging it, ‘Boo!’
So, I started that. Although by the end of almost 5000 words, it didn’t end that way. No, I had 2 ‘ghosts’ who weren’t really ghosts and when they argued about how they got to where they were, they were overheard and had to cough up the truth. Even to the fact that they’re a couple of thieves! <sigh>
The joys of pantsing. And, now, I came across something else I got dared to write and guess who’s coming out to play? Yep, one of the aliens! How does this happen? That was supposed to be a one-shot story, not a series of stories! Oh well, let’s see where that one goes!
Having said all that, I’m sitting at 33447. I’ve been this low before and managed to scrape through, so guess what? Don’t talk to me this weekend. I’ve got very itchy fingers! 😀
Interviews
Here is where I have to applaud the efforts of Michael Evan, my publicist. I’ve had these interviews posted online so far:
Can’t wait for some more interviews to come through!
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