Announcing Defining Gray 2017 Revised Edition!

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The new Defining Gray, 2017 Revised Edition, is now available to order from your local or online bookstore!

 

 

 

So why this revised 2017 edition?

  • I hadn’t read DG, straight through, in several years. When I did, I was disappointed that it still had some ‘eh’ spots. Since I hadn’t yet done any formal marketing or publicity (only that which happened organically) I decided to let DG fizzle out until I had time to tackle another edit.
  • Having written parts of books 2 to 5, I wanted a little extra foreshadowing so I made a few changes and wrote a few extra scenes for this edition.
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DG update and publishing history

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This week was the first book club for the Defining Gray 2017 revised edition, and I’m pleased to announce it was a great success. For this event, I had made a special, one-time, pre-release edition specifically for “The Street” book club, which included the member’s names and a picture of their street on the back cover. This, I figured, was one of few perks to being a self-published author!

The consensus from the club is that DG is ready to go, (no more typos, finally!) and they are looking forward to the sequel. They also asked why I self-published instead of finding a publisher. If you are also curious, here is a little history:

In January of 2008, my uncle Richard said to my dad: “Tell that daughter of yours to get her book finished and published before the deuce!” The deuce, as mentioned in Defining Gray, is a slang term for the Icelandic Independence Day celebration in Mountain, N.D. that takes place during the weekend of (or before or after) August 2nd.

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April update

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Life Happenings, Learning Curves, and Decisions, Decisions (aka excuses, excuses)

It’s good to set goals, right? But why have I been announcing them before I’m certain I can deliver? Because despite my utmost confidence that I had set reasonable deadlines for releasing the 2017 revised edition of Defining Gray and the sequel, Ashes in Bloom, this month, I find myself, once again, behind schedule. So here’s a quick run down of the reasons my books aren’t yet available:

Life Happenings

Due to a few events in the past six months, there were times I hit the pause button on my work schedule:

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