Not too much to report here in AuthorLand.

The new novel inches ever-so-slowly-and-painfully-forward. It did have the working title “The Rock Star” but the other day I walked past the bargain bin outside Twice Sold Tales and saw a big, deliciously trashy-looking hardback by Jackie Collins entitled “Rock Star!” The best part was her huge, super-eighties-looking photo on the back, complete with feathered, hairsprayed hair.

I decided I needed to change the working title after that, but WHO AM I KIDDING? I would love to sell as many books as Jackie F*cking Collins!

Meanwhile, ahem. The first novel continues to live its secret and sometimes not-so-secret life. “James” from Austin contacted me to tell me had had found it in the Rancho Mirage Library in Southern California and that the title had “spoken to him” because he just split with his fiancee…it was spotted around town in the window of the Fremont Place Book Company (who has kindly been featuring it almost ever since it came out)…it has 11 reviews and an average rating of 3.64 (out of 5) on GoodReads… It is hovering around 800,000 on Amazon (where it’s rated four out of five stars) and you can still buy it *new* there but you can also also get a copy for a mere .01 cents! So if you haven’t read it by now, Good Lord, what are you waiting for?

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