Big Weekend at #6 on the Amazon Bestseller Free List

It was a very huge weekend as Scarlette shot to #6 on the Amazon free bestseller list and also went to #1 in teen historical fiction! This is the third time the New Adult has been on these lists, and I wanted to thank all those who helped tweet and post to spread the word about the recent free promotion! And if you were one of the weekend's downloaders, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the novel. Happy reading and thanks again!

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Free, New Woodcutter Short Story and Scarlette Blog Tour!

The Scarlette blog tour hosted by AToMR Tours has officially kicked off this week! To follow the tour, click here for the schedule, and a big thanks to the bloggers who are participating!

Also, to celebrate the tour, Scarlette is being re-released this weekend and includes a new short story from the woodcutter, Francois', perspective along with a new author's note on the history of Red Riding Hood for free! The novel and new added bonus material will be offered on both March 23rd & 24th via Amazon. Click here to download for free!

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Fab Facts: A Gévaudanian Werewolf in Paris

The year is 1767. The place is the Gévaudan province of France. For three bloody years an unidentified man-eating beast terrorized the southern French countryside and was know simply as The Beast of Gévaudan.

Tragic and horrific? Yes! But something I considered to be the perfect backdrop for my YA, SCARLETTE as it is a dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. And what better than the Beast to make a perfect wolf for the story?

However, as I researched La Bete, I was a bit puzzled, as the famous Beast's species is still somewhat of a mystery and considered to be a cryptozoologist's field day. The top two theories I've heard regarding the beast's origin: 1) a hybrid wolf or 2) a sub species of hyena that was possibly trained to murder by a local serial killer.

Louis XIV's menagerie at Versailles

Hyena you say? Hyenas are not native to France. Yes, but those fabulous french aristos loved to show and tell. Exotic menageries were a fad during the time. Perhaps the beast could have escaped from one, or traded hands when being brought from Africa or Asia.

However, a hyena is definitely not one animal I would want prancing in my chateaux. They are intelligent and powerful creatures. And their bite registers at 1000 pounds per square inch. Compare that with a lion's that weighs in at 691 psi and a great white shark at 669.

Their jaws can snap human bones and crush them into powder, and they love to disembowel their pray. Interestingly, many peasant victims were found disemboweled and missing limbs with their bones cracked.

There are two more inaccurate mainstream theories worth mentioning. First, the peasant's theory. It was thought at the time that La Bete was a werewolf. In fact, some peasants would grind up wolfsbane and sprinkle it over raw meat to try to kill the beast.

Second theory: the French aristocrat the Marquis de Sade, who we derive the terms sadist from, was posing as the Beast. Need I say more. ;)

To make matters worse, the local Bishop of Mende blamed the peasants for the attacks. He reasoned that La Bete was a post apocalyptic beast that was sent by God to punish them for their sins.

The peasants tried to protect themselves from the random attacks, but French law prohibited peasants from bearing arms. The French aristocracy did not want unruly peasants to have weapons at their disposal. Who knows what they might do with them? They might shoot off the aristo's wigs and then where would we be? So, many peasants made crude bayonets out of staffs, attaching blades at the ends. In the end, this was still not enough to protect themselves. Over one hundred people died, most of them women and children.

At the end of three years, the supposed beast was shot by a local peasant hero Jean Chastel. However, some think he was the serial killer who may have trained the Beast, and the reason he shot it was to get the fat reward King Louis XV was offering (6,000 livres) for the Beast's body. The beast was stuffed and brought to Versailles, but supposedly it began to reek and was thrown out like last night's chamber pot contents.

So where did the Beast go? Just like the giant government warehouse filled with countless crates in Indiana Jones, there is a rumor that the beast's remains can be traced to the Paris Museum of Natural History's underground secured storage.

I am buying my brown fedora, whip, and airline ticket right now. ;)

Happy Holidays: Free Download of Scarlette

Hello, fellow readers!
Just some quick news. Scarlette will be offered to download for free on Christmas day and the day after (26th) on Amazon for Kindle. So, click here to download and unleash the creep-fest!

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I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and happy reading!

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A New, Dark YA Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood: Snag a *Free* Copy November 4th!

Hello, awesome fans of the beastly kind. My dark YA fairy tale retelling Scarlette officially released today! And as a free gift to awesometastic readers, I’m giving away Scarlette for FREE this weekend on Sunday, November 4th.

What’s this YA paranormal book about, you may be wondering? Glad you asked:

Scarlette, an 18-year-old peasant, lives under a dark threat. A nightmarish creature lurks in the surrounding forest, killing the villagers one by one. When Scarlette's grandmother survives an attack, Scarlette learns that her grandmother hasn't suffered the bite of just any normal animal.

Now desperate, Scarlette searches throughout her province to find a cure. But there are those who want to keep their pasts hidden. As she begins to uncover the dark secrets of her village, Scarlette is befriended by a local nobleman and a woodcutter who share a gruesome history with the beast. To save her grandmother, Scarlette must unravel their mystery and solve an age-old crime. But as she pieces together the clues, Scarlette finds herself torn between the two men, both of whom want to be more than friends and hold the key to the cure.

Based on both the Grimm and Perrault versions of Little Red Riding Hood and set against the terrifying, historic Beast of Gévaudan attacks, this dark YA retelling blends two epic legends, giving the fabled girl-in-the-red-cloak a new, shockingly real existence.

So bust out some hot cocoa, lock your doors, turn off the lights, and read a new spin on the fabled girl-in-the-red-cloak.

Snag your FREE e-copy on Amazon HERE this Sunday, November 4th to unleash the creepfest!

And here’s the short version for all you skimmers. (!) *points finger* You know who you are. ;)

Who: You. Yeah, you!
What: A FREE dark YA paranormal fairy tale retelling for…wait for it…FREE
When: This weekend (November 4th, 2012)
Where: On Amazon Kindle. Right HERE.
Why: Because you love dark fairy tale retellings, want to be scared out of your mind, and stuff. Duh! And because it’s FREE.
How: With a click of your mouse or touch of your screen, of course.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! :D

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Werewolves, France, and Little Red Riding Hood: Interview with Davonna Juroe (D.L. King) on the Beast of Gévaudan Attacks

I was interviewed over at the She-Wolf blog and was able to discuss more in-depth about the 18th century Beast of Gévaudan attacks, and how I blended the Little Red Riding Hood tale with the historic monster for my YA Scarlette. To read the interview click here.

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Rowling and Meyer: Writing in Secret

Writer and blogger Tymothy Longoria featured me on a guest post today on why many writers choose to write in secret. Here is the link to view the post: Rowling and Meyer: Writing in Secret


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A Haunted Boarding School in Oklahoma: Interview with Sonia Gensler on The Revenant

Sonia Gensler grew up in a small Tennessee town and spent her early adulthood collecting degrees from various Midwestern universities. A former high school English teacher, she now writes full time in Oklahoma.

Over the past couple of weeks, I had the privilege of interviewing Sonia and was transported back in time listening to her talk about her forthcoming YA paranormal historical novel The Revenant (Knopf) due out June 14^th. Her musings were nothing short of captivating:

 

Can you give us a summary of The Revenant?

I’m terrible at short summaries of my stories, but I like this one-sentence offering from WorldCat:

“When seventeen-year-old Willemina Hammond fakes credentials to get a teaching position at a school for Cherokee girls in nineteenth-century Oklahoma, she is haunted by the ghost of a drowned student.”

How did the idea come to you?

Two of my critique partners live in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The first time I visited, my friend Martha pointed out Seminary Hall (now part of Northeastern State University) and told me it once was a boarding school for Cherokee girls. My brain instantly exploded at the story potential. The more research I did, the more exciting those ideas became.

How much research was involved?

A lot, but research is my favorite part! I visited the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center , as well as the Northeastern State University Archives and the Cherokee Heritage Center. I spent a lot of time exploring Tahlequah in order to get a better sense of the setting, and I spoke with Richard Allen, policy analyst for the Cherokee Nation, in order to gain his perspective on the Seminary. Added to that was a lot of book research on the seminary, Oklahoma History, and 19^th century American culture in general.

Can you give us a history of the Cherokee National Female Seminary?

The Cherokee Nation established the first female seminary in 1851, twenty years after the devastating Trail of Tears. The school was modeled after Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in Massachusetts (a school attended by Emily Dickinson). Sadly, this building burned in 1887, but within two years a new structure was built. This newer building (the setting of The Revenant) now stands as the centerpiece of Northeastern State University. Learn more about the female and male seminaries at the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.

Tell us about the seminary's ghost tours?

Every October the Graduate Student Association at Northeastern State University offers lantern-light tours of Seminary Hall that focus on creepy encounters documented within the building. Learn more from this article or visit their Facebook page!

Did you model The Revenant after one of the seminary ghost stories?

Not at all. The ghost stories surrounding Seminary Hall mostly revolve around the seminary’s longtime principal, Florence Wilson. Even though she died in another state, some believe she still haunts the school – the place where she felt most fulfilled, perhaps? I wanted my ghost story to revolve around students, and I threw in betrayal and murder just to spice things up!

What was one of the most interesting facts you learned while researching?

I was intrigued that the seminary admitted students who were as little as 1/128 Cherokee. According to Devon Mihesuah, author of Cultivating the Rosebuds, tensions developed between lighter-skinned, mixed-blood Cherokee girls and their full-blood classmates. 

I know from the school catalogs that the seminary did not include the Cherokee language or Cherokee customs/history in its curriculum for girls. The school was trying to model an elite east coast female academy as closely as possible, and it seems there wasn’t always room in the official curriculum for traditional Cherokee learning.

What was the hardest part about writing The Revenant?

I was worried about depicting the tensions at the Cherokee Female Seminary in a respectful way. It was an amazing school, and the Cherokee people are proud of it to this day, but the students encountered conflict and snobbery just as they do at contemporary schools. I endeavored to portray this as accurately and sensitively as possible.

Who are some of your writing influences?

Charlotte Brontë

First I’d have to mention Anne Lamott, whose Bird by Bird taught me it was okay to write a “crappy” first draft. (She actually used a stronger word, but you get the gist!) 

As far as my style and subject matter, I would say that my YA influences include Libba Bray, Meg Rosoff, Jennifer Donnelly, Linda Newbery, and L.M. Montgomery. Adult fiction influences include Charlotte Brontë, A.S. Byatt, Sarah Waters, and . . . gosh who am I forgetting? (Seems like I wrote a blog entry on this topic once -- oh yeah, here it is!)

I know you love Victorian ghost stories. Are you a long time fan? What are some of your favorites?

I was terrified of ghost stories for the longest time. When I was a kid I thought my dad’s house was haunted. I lost A LOT of sleep over the creepy nighttime noises in that place. But my attitude began to shift after I watched The Sixth Sense and The Others – these films sparked a new obsession with ghost stories because they were strong on character as well as spooky bits. 

What I love most about ghost stories is delving into the mind of a haunted character. But neither of those films is set in the Victorian era, so to answer your question I would recommend Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, Edith Wharton’s “Kerfol” or Elizabeth Gaskell’s “The Old Nurse’s Story.” More recently written ghost stories set in the Victorian era are Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black, Patricia Clapp’s Jane-Emily, and Clare Dunkle’s The House of Dead Maids.

Do you have the same love for the Victorian era in general? Can you tell us a bit about your favorite aspects of that period?

I’m obsessed with the clothing, etiquette and social restrictions of the Victorian era. I know it wasn’t a time of female empowerment, at least as we would define that today, but I’m inspired by the stories of women who worked around the rules – the ones who published novels, were professional artists or photographers, or fought for educational reform and women’s suffrage. 

Mostly, however, I enjoy stories of women who manage to follow the rules while at the same time defining themselves as different or even slightly eccentric – as wanting more than an economically secure marriage and ten children. I’ve always been more drawn to characters who flout convention in small but effective ways, thereby pursuing their passions without thoroughly forfeiting their social standing.

Do you notice a high teen interest in the Victoria era? What do you think draws them to this time?

I hope it’s the things I’ve mentioned above! Mostly I think the restriction on physical intimacy between boys and girls heightens the romantic tension in historical novels. Readers of all ages respond to that. 

And in fiction, 19^th century women can bend the rules even more – they can be spies, foretell the future, practice magic, or slay vampires – all while wearing their corsets and pretending to be proper young ladies. This makes for great dramatic tension!

How did you find your agent, and can you tell us about your journey to publication?

I found my agent the traditional way. I did exhaustive research, and then I queried. Keep in mind, however, that it was my second completed novel that got me an agent, and it was my THIRD completed novel that got a book contract.

What would you say is one of the most difficult aspects of being a writer?

Rejection. Does it ever get easier? I mean, along the journey to publication, agents and publishers reject your book, and then when the poor baby FINALLY gets a contract, a certain portion of readers will reject it. It’s absolutely normal and expected that your book won’t match everyone’s tastes, but knowing that doesn’t always make the rejection easier to bear. Maybe I’ll grow a thicker skin in the future?

What's one piece of advice you would give to aspiring authors?

Read EVERYTHING in your genre/age group. You really need to know the market you’re writing for. This will not, as some people seem to believe, taint your own writing – rather it’s going to help you offer something that is both appropriate and unique to the market.

What is your writing process like? Any rituals, etc.?

I research. Then I brainstorm. And then I outline. My outline needs to be pretty detailed before I’ll start drafting. During the drafting process I whine and tear at my hair a lot. My drafts are UGLY. Revision is more fun.

As for a daily ritual, I don’t really have one. I do find that I’m more productive in the afternoons, and it’s always helpful to have a steaming cup of tea (w/ milk and sugar) at the ready.

What are you working on now?

More gothic and ghostly stuff, of course! Can’t elaborate just yet.

If you could travel back in time, what advice would you give yourself at the beginning of your writing career?

Finish a novel before you pitch it a conference. (Ugh. I was stupid.)

How can fans contact you?

Fans! Can I have some, please?  :)

If I were to have a fan, she/he could find lots of ways to interact with me at my website: http://www.soniagensler.com. My Facebook and Twitter links are there, plus my email address and more!

Thanks for stopping by, Sonia, and best of luck on the release of The Revenant!

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Best of: Funniest Picture Books, Middle Grade and YA Novels

Everybody needs a good laugh, and this past weekend I longed for some mad funny bone ticklage. Luckily, a friend recommended and brought over Dinner for Schmucks with Steve Carrel, Paul Rudd and a host of other comedic geniuses, and it was just what I needed, reminding me of the importance of comedy.

However, I'm a bit of a hard nut to crack when it comes to humorous movies and books, and it especially takes a lot for a book to make me laugh out loud, so I thought I would compile a list, in alphabetical order, of the funniest picture books, middle grade and YA novels that passed the test--thus far--and had me rolling.

I'm constantly on the lookout for humorous books. So, please, I beg you. If you have any suggestions for these categories that are laugh-out-loud-please-pass-me-a-Depends-funny, please comment and let me know! I love book recommendations!


Middle Grade and YA

15 Minutes, by Steve Young
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, by Jeff Kinney
Captain Underpants Series, by Dav Pilkey
I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil, and I Want to Be Your Class President, by Josh Lieb
Roll Up the Streets, by John Bladek
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume
Wayside School Series, by Louis Sachar
Whales on Stilts, by M.T. Anderson

Picture Books

Baby Brains, by Simon James
Children Make Terrible Pets, by Peter Brown
Knuffle Bunny, by Mo Willems
No, David! by David Shannon



Okay, I had to add in a couple of adult titles too. So sue me. :)

Adult Titles:


Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
Sh*t My Dad Says, by Justin Halpern
Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher

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Raising Byron, Keats, and Shelley from the Dead: Debut YA Author Interview with Ty Roth on So Shelly

Ty Roth

Ty Roth. Remember that name, folks. Ty is about to go down in history for resurrecting the great Romantic poets in his new YA novel So Shelly (Random/Delacorte).

With a Sociology degree from Xavier University and a Masters of English Literature from the University of Toledo, Ty teaches literature and composition at both the high school and university levels. Currently, he lives with his family in Sandusky, Ohio, along the shores of his much-loved Lake Erie, which is the setting for So Shelly.

I first heard about Ty when I read an article on So Shelly's February 8th release in Publisher's Weekly. In this novel, a mix of Mary Shelley's character and the Romantic poets Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Shelley (Mary Shelley's husband) are students attending a modern-day high school. I've always been interested in these literary giants' lives, so I found Ty on Facebook and asked him for an interview within, oh, about five minutes of friending him. While waiting for his response, I started brewing up some interview questions and crossed my fingers that he'd say yes. Obviously, he did, and he is here to dish on his boundary pushing novel.

Q.: Thanks for stopping by, Ty. Can you give us a summary of So Shelly?

A.: So Shelly is the story of three friends, all modern-day high school students, based on the lives and personalities of the second generation of English Romantic poets: Gordon, Lord Byron; Percy Bysshe Shelley; and John Keats. After Shelly dies in what’s ruled a “sailing accident,” the other two steal the urn containing her ashes from her wake and attempt to fulfill her final wish to have them scattered on the very beach where her body washed ashore. In the process of completing their quest, Keats, as narrator, reveals the story of the trinity’s pasts, together and apart.

Q.: How did the idea come to you?

A.: The idea for writing a novel using Byron, Shelley, and Keats as central characters had been with me for a long time, but I worried that the controversial nature of Byron’s and Shelley’s lives would make their story difficult to package for a YA audience. However, after I wrote three fairly traditional novels that failed to find representation, I decided to take a shot with the novel that turned out to be So Shelly. It’s definitely a “boundary-pusher” and intended for mature young adults and beyond.

Q.: I saw that you modeled So Shelly after Byron’s Don Juan. Can you tell us about the poem and how it inspired you?

A.: Don Juan is a mock epic that on one level functions as a literary, social, and political satire, but it is also a fun story of adventure in which the teenaged Juan (a thinly-veiled version of Byron himself) is forced to extricate himself from one amorous imbroglio after another. Byron’s poem inspired me to imitate the layered nature of his work. Like Don Juan, So Shelly can be read and enjoyed simply on the literal level of plot, but it also has layers of allegorical meaning beneath the surface and between the lines. As in Don Juan, my Gordon Byron character hops from one dalliance to another.

Q.: Is Percy Shelley’s character in your novel actually a woman? Or is the character modeled after Mary Shelley? I just want to clarify for other readers.

Mary Shelley author of Frankenstein

A.: That is a very astute question. Shelly is actually a blending of Mary and Percy Shelley. It is one of the reasons for changing the spelling of the name. I felt that the story needed a female protagonist and that, of the three poets, Shelley would be the easiest and most logical one to feminize. It then made sense to incorporate aspects of Mary Shelley’s life and personality into the character; therefore, my Shelly is an amalgam of the lives and personalities of Percy and Mary.

Q.: Has the romantic era always appealed to you, and would you consider yourself a “Romantic”? Can you tell us a bit about that period?

A.: Like most people, I’ve experienced phases in my life and in my reading preference. When I was young and idealistic, I leaned heavily towards a romantic world view. As I grew older and lost some of my youthful enthusiasm and optimism, I became more of a realist and preferred literature that reflected that disposition. In recent years, however, I’ve decided that life is better viewed and the world is better served by Romantic notions; thus, I’m rediscovering and embracing my earlier, romantic self.



Q.: Tell us about Keats’s, Byron’s, and Shelley’s relationship. Why do you think people are still so fascinated by these men?



Percy Bysshe Shelley

A.: First off, I greatly exaggerate their closeness in the novel. Byron and Shelley were friends, at least to the extent that the narcissistic Byron could ever be one. Shelley and Keats were more professional admirers of one another’s work than friends, and as far as I know, Byron and Keats had virtually no relationship whatsoever.  

I think much of our lasting fascination with them is the result of their early deaths and unfulfilled potential. With Byron and Shelley, there’s also the constant swirl of the scandal in which they were embroiled, and as for Keats, the tragic nature of his death, just as he found the love of his life in Fanny Brawne, is especially poignant.



John Keats

Q.: How much, if any, research was involved?

A.: Quite a bit. I studied the Romantics both as an undergrad and in graduate school. Also, over the years in preparation for my own lectures on English Romanticism, I’ve done extensive research. In the writing of the novel, I read extensively from biographies of Byron, the Shelleys, and Keats. It’s important to remember, however, that So Shelly is a work of fiction. As Shakespeare did and said, I play “fast and loose” with the facts, never letting history stand in the way of a good story.

Q.: What was the most interesting fact you learned when researching the poets’ lives?

A.: Probably, the extent of Byron’s blatant disregard for societal conventions and mores.

Q.: What would you say was the most difficult aspect of writing So Shelly?

A.: Plotting. The novel has two major plots running simultaneously, one in the present and one that retells much of the past in the lives of the three main characters. This made it very difficult to keep plot events not only in chronological order but logical order as well.

Q.: When you teach about Byron, Shelley, and Keats, how do your high school students respond? Do they enjoy Romantic poetry? If so, why or why not? Is there anything about these men that teens can identify with?

Lord Byron

A.: Well, it’s early nineteenth century poetry. The odds of many modern-day students “enjoying” it are small. I do my best to make it tolerable and relevant. With that said, there are always a few who “get it” and fall in love with the language and passion of the poetry. In general, I think my students find the lives of these poets much more interesting than the poetry, but because Romanticism is a young person’s philosophy, if taught well, it can grab a teenager’s interest. My students seem to respond well to the gothic qualities, the rebelliousness, the heightened emotions, and the sensuality of the poems, especially Byron’s.

Q.: How did you find your agent?

A.: The old-fashioned way: querying. By virtue of alphabetical order, Katherine Boyle of Veritas Literary was one of the first five agencies I queried. In little more than a month of So Shelly being read by her interns and Katherine herself, I was offered a contract. At the time, I had several agents interested in representation, but I felt a good vibe with Katherine and I couldn’t be happier that I signed with her.

Q.: If you could give one piece of advice to aspiring authors what would that be?

A.: Because of their passion and enthusiasm for writing, it’s the hardest thing to convince an aspiring author to do, but I’d say, Slow down. Unpublished writers so desperately want to find an agent and a publisher – remember, for most of us, we’re talking literally about making dreams come true – that they often submit work that is unpolished and not representative of their authorial best. The most likely result of this rush is rejection.

Q.: What is your writing process like? Any rituals, etc.?

A.: Because I am still a full-time high school teacher and an adjunct college professor, my time for writing during the school year is limited. I try to work every day on whatever project is before me; however, it’s nearly impossible for me to establish a consistent routine during those months.

In the summer, I try to schedule at least five-and-a-half days of writing each week. I like to write for three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon. If time is available in the evening, I might read and revise what I wrote that day. On Saturdays, I only commit myself to a morning session. Remember, that is the ideal schedule. Often, life gets in the way. While writing, I like to eat Twizzlers and Animal Crackers and drink diet pop, but I’m not superstitious in any way.

Q.: What are you working on now?

A.: I have a two-book deal with Random/Delacorte. I’m currently finishing my final revisions on book two before sending it off to my editor. The setting and some of the minor characters are the same as in So Shelly, but the plot is not a sequel. I am, however, also working on an actual sequel should there be a demand for one.

Q.: Who are some of your writing influences?

A.: I wouldn’t say I write like he did, especially since he is one of the greatest writers of my generation, but my favorite author of recent years has been David Foster Wallace. I think I share with him a respect for rather than a loathing of popular culture that seeps into everything I write. Like Wallace, I prefer to stretch and to challenge readers rather than ever to underestimate them and “write down.” In YA, I’m especially fond of John Green, David Levithan, and Jay Asher. In practical terms and like so many others, Stephen King’s On Writing has been profoundly influential in my work. I never start a new project without reading it.

Q.: If you could travel back in time, what advice would you give yourself at the beginning of your writing career?

A.: I don’t think I’d want to give myself any advice that would allow my earlier self to avoid any of the mistakes I’ve made in the process. Failure has taught me more than my successes; therefore, it’s vital to fail. Learn from it and grow as a writer.

My only advice would be to be thick-skinned and endure, for in the publishing business, rejection is the norm and bad reviews are common. Keep in mind that it’s the book being rejected or harshly reviewed; it’s not the author.

Q.: If you could be Byron, Keats, or Shelley for one day, whom would you choose?

A.: Hands down: Byron for the obvious reasons.

Q.: How can fans contact you?

A.: I have a fan page on Facebook, I am on Twitter, and I also have an author’s web page at http://www.tyrothbooks.com/, where there is a link to my blog and an email address.

Thanks for stopping by, Ty, and best of luck on So Shelly's release!

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