Guest Blogger - Me!

I was invited by author Anne E. Johnson to contribute to her blog. This is very exciting. So I wrote a short essay, "Threads," about how I got the idea to write The Sea at Mughain.

I've read one of Anne's books, Trouble at the Scriptorium, and really enjoyed it.  It's a medieval tween mystery.

If you'd like to read the essay, here it is:  Jester Harley's Manuscript Page

The Sea at Mughain on Nook!

Nook and more!  Apparently it is also available in print from barnesandnoble.com!

Kindle!

I finally have the new Kindle edition ready!  I must say this was a challenge, as I am not what you would call computer-savvy.  It's available on Amazon, along with its print counterpart.  Now I'll start working on Nook . . .

The Sea at Mughain Republished!

Well, I got annoyed with The Sea at Mughain being out of print.  It was still selling copies here and there so I thought . . . why not?  I self-published it, under the imprint Dragon Central Publishing, with very minor changes to the text.  It is now available in print from Amazon, and I am working on Kindle and Nook editions, which should be ready at some point.  Here’s the new cover!

Cover photograph copyright Pierre Leclerc/Shutterstock.

Sea Change

I am sad to announce that I have decided to take The Sea at Mughain out of print at this time.  I am very grateful to all of you who have supported the book, and I hope to have it published again at some point, either on its own or in a collection of my other stories.  In the meantime, the remaining print copies will be available for sale at Hero Complex Games and Entertainment in Wichita, KS.

If anyone would like to offer me a film deal for a million dollars, just let me know . . .

Timeless Trouble

Unfortunately, Pugalicious Press, which published my short story "The Angel of the Bastille" in Timeless: An Anthology of Young Adult Romance, is going out of business.  The anthology seems to still be available for Kindle and Nook, but I'm not sure for how long!

Here's one more look at the beautiful cover!

 

Castle Dunseverick

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, here is a poem from my young-adult novella, The Sea at Mughain (Sam’s Dot Publishing, 2010).  It’s set in ancient Ireland.

Castle Dunseverick

Now are the sounds of battle stilled

And a still green path
Leads to the broken tower
Overlooking the sea.
Look to the north, Dunseverick
Ancient seat of kings.

Where is the hall at the end of the day

And the king feasting?
Where is the fire to warm a guest
At travel’s end?
Where is the song that cheered the king
Before the darkness of night falls
The waves crash forever
But the hall is no more.

Before the broken tower

The kings of Dal Riata
Looked out to sea
And plotted conquest.
But now
A smooth, green, secret turf
Hides the place of the hall
The laughter of kings is in the waves
The song of the hall is in the wind
Caressing the broken tower.

Here’s a picture of Dunseverick as it is today.  (Photo credit Wikepedia; sorry, former students.)

 

 

The Sea at Mughain is available in print or Kindle from Amazon; as an e-book for many formats, including Nook, on Smashwords; and in print at Hero Complex Games and Entertainment in Wichita, Kansas.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  And, as David Letterman said, “What better way to honor Ireland’s greatest saint than by sitting on a curb vomiting into a green plastic hat.”