Hi, all! Long time no post! I'm still around, but blogging just got away from me. So, here's a little update on what's new!
"Miss Gemquist and the Pearl of Peking" got a new look a couple years back. I decided I wasn't entirely happy with my original cover and so painted a new one in Corel Painter. I love it so much better!! So here's the new cover:
I know that it's been almost 3 years since book 1 was released, but, please don't despair! Book 2 is still in progress, it's just faced a major set-back. Last December, I was all getting ready to make the grand announcement that my second novel was finished and off to the editing/formatting stage when my computer had a catastrophic malfunction with the word processor ðŸ˜. I'd been just days away from finishing the actual writing, but the malfunction irreparably corrupted the file. I spent months taking my laptop to different PC repair places or techs that I knew, but no one could resurrect even a smidgen of the original file. So, I'm left with no other choice, but to begin the rewriting phase all over again.
So please bear with me! I don't know how long it will take me to do it, but I've no intention of just giving up. In the meantime, you can always reread the first book or recommend it to your friends and family! It's available on Amazon in either Kindle or paperback format or can be read for free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription!
I have been itching to make this announcement for months! For the last several months I have been deep in writing, editing, rewriting, re-editng, cover designing, and hiring a formatter for my first novel. And now, after months of work, it's finally done!!
"Miss Gemquist and the Pearl of Peking" is the first book in my series "The Gemquist Chronicles." A young adult/new adult Steampunk/spy adventure with a hint of romance thrown in. Here's the synopsis:
Miss Loralai Gemquist, the 23-year-old daughter of famed gemologist
Jacob Gemquist and granddaughter of Lord Bramwell Gemquist, The Baron of
Aethleton, thought that her life couldn’t get more difficult than
surviving the London Season and the schemes of her match-making aunts.
But when she discovers an anonymous note, her life will never again be
the same. Thrust into a world of shadows, secrets, and intrigue, she’ll
be forced to use all her wits, intellect, and knowledge of gemstones as
she tries to prevent a war when a priceless, Chinese pearl is stolen.
Along the way, she’ll meet some unexpected allies and make some
dangerous enemies as she learns who she can trust, but just one false
step and it will be more than her life on the line.
The ebook is available on Amazon for just $2.99 and is also available on Kindle Unlimited and the Kindle Online Lending Library. A paperback edition is also in the works and should be available within the next week or so if everything goes well.
