Fallen Spirits Update and Launch - July Newsletter
Book release August 19th; release event August 30th - and how to keep your peanut butter creamy!
A huge thank you to everyone who volunteered to be an advance (ARC) reader for Fallen Spirits - I greatly appreciate your help!
The book is currently on NetGalley for two months in order to get reviews - and the cover had fourteen “likes” in just a few hours its first day there.
I’m pleased to now share the cover for Fallen Spirits with you - let me know what you think. I think Robin from My Custom Book Cover did an amazing job.
Fallen Spirits Update
The book launch is still slated for August 19th. I cannot believe how much work there is to do for the next three or so months!
I’ve just sent the manuscript off for a few editorial reviews, so I’m waiting for the first feedback on the novel. (I’m so nervous!)
I’ve also set up five days of promotion for Rock Gods & Messy Monsters to coincide with the Fallen Spirits release, so if you haven’t gotten Rock Gods yet, the ebook will be 99 cents for a week or so. I’ll let you know when it’s happening.
I think I’m going to discount the Fallen Spirits paperback on Amazon for a few days at launch for you all also - I’ll keep you posted.
A huge thanks to Heidi Baxter for taking headshots and for also agreeing to photograph the launch event on August 30th (see below). The pics above and below are from her.
Launch Event
Looking for something to do Labor Day weekend?? (I know! But it’s not that far away…) I’m having the official book launch party for Fallen Spirits at The Crow’s Nest here in Santa Fe. From 6-8pm.
We haven’t firmed up the run-of-show yet, but I'm hoping there'll be some tincture-based, alcohol-free cocktails that tie in with both books, so I’m planning on at least Messy Monsters and Fallen Spirits drinks. (There is alcohol in the tincture base tho - just want to be transparent.)
The plan is to get a selection of recipes together and create a book or download - much more on that later. I’m speaking with the amazing healer and artist Zoe Hippel about getting her healthy concoctions immortalized on paper. More on that to come!
Also - there will be a psychic or tarot card reader at the launch, and who knows what else? Maybe a little food. The Crow’s Nest store itself is an amazing space to check out. And I’ll do a quick reading and probably Q&A with someone.
Please! Come to Santa Fe and join me! You’ll then have the rest of the holiday weekend to go exploring this amazing place.
Events
For any of you in the New Mexico area, I’ll be tabling at the sci fi & fantasy convention Bubonicon in Albuquerque on Friday, August 23, and Sunday, August 25th.
If you’re in the area, please stop by and say hello! You don’t even need a ticket to get into the vendor area.
And if anyone would like to hang at the table for a bit on either day, I’d love some company!
Sustainable Table
A quick food tip that is so simple and so logical, I don’t know why I never thought of it! Do you buy natural peanut butter? You know, the kind where the only ingredient is peanuts, but the oil separates and the peanut butter is usually like a rock?
Well, all you have to do is turn the jar upside down a few times. I kept mine in the cupboard before opening, and every now and then when I went to get something, I would turn the glass the other way around.
Nothing leaked, and I probably didn’t need to turn the jar over so much, but I just opened it - and there was peanut butter! I only had to mix it for a few seconds. No more oil on top and a hard mass underneath.
How simple is that?
Thank You
That’s it for this month. Enjoy the rest of July and all the sunshine it has to bring!
Diane
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