Happy Book Birthday to DEMON DERBY by Carrie Harris!

Carrie's books are amazing, sassy, snarky, hilarious, can't-put-down reads. With ZOMBIES!!!!

Go stop by Carrie's blog and say hi to her (and Richard Simmons!).

Better yet, ORDER THE BOOK!

It's also my second day hanging at Novel Novice where I list five favorite YA novels featuring dance, music, slam poetry and other performance media. So, just reminding you that you can WIN STUFF, too!

Waiting on Wednesday: DEMON DERBY by Carrie Harris

Pop on over to BREAKING THE SPINE for more Waiting on Wednesday book coveting fun! But first, here's my WoW! In the interest of full disclosure, I will tell you that Carrie is a friend. HOWEVER, that's not why I'm WoW-ing this book. The WoW is because I cannot wait to adore another one of her rollicking, hilarious, intense tales that packs power into puns and heart into what at first seems just humorous. Also, she writes about zombies and demons and stuff. Which is totally cool. I full intend to beg her for an arc. I mean B.E.G. !!!!

From Amazon..."She survived cancer, but can she fight demon derby girls? Set in the world of roller derby, the new novel from Carrie Harris, author of Bad Taste in Boys and Bad Hair Day, is perfect for Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans.A knockout new read for anyone facing their own demons, inside or out."

DEMON DERBY

by Carrie Harris

Happy Book Birthday to SALLY SLICK & THE STEEL SYNDICATE by Carrie Harris

I had the fantastic luck to read an early version of this rip-roaring steampunk romp and I enjoyed every minute. Carrie has a one-of-a-kind imagination and when she unleashes it on the page, you are in for a treat.  Zombies or no zombies (that's a little inside joke for you Carrie fans out there!).

Go say "hi" to Carrie at her website or, better still, BUY HER NEW BOOK -- or all of her books! Click, click! AMAZON  INDIEBOUND

IT'S RAINING COVERS OF AWESOME--SALLY SLICK EDITION

They say the rains come in April, but this year JUNE seems to be a shower of gorgeous cover reveals (including my own!). Today's is extra special because it celebrates the arrival of a the smart & sassy SALLY SLICK AND THE STEEL SYNDICATE authored by zombie-loving, super-mom, writer-person-of-awesome CARRIE HARRIS, author of BAD TASTE IN BOYS and BAD HAIR DAY.

I had the privilege of doing a bit of beta reading for Ms. Slick and I can assure you that it's a snappy, spryly-plotted, steampunk story packed with humor, an incredible alt-history 1914 Chicago, robots, trains, mobsters and the kind of snark only Carrie can sneak into a high-action adventure. In case you can't quite imagine this, here is the first line of cover copy...

 

Every hero has a story.

This one starts with a girl and a racing tractor.

  

I know! Right? So, here's the cover. Perfect, huh? Now GO OVER TO CARRIE'S BLOG and tell her how awesome she is. Or pre-order Sally on AMAZON (it pubs in December).

 

 

 

 

Monday Morning & Carrie Harris's Great BAD HAIR

So, you know how it never rains but it pours? In the Pacific Northwest, that's more than just a cliche, it's a winter reality. Before THE SOUND OF LETTING GO sold, I was on a role with a new ms and it was challenging to switch back to living as TSoLG main character Daisy when I'd been wearing the skin (gross image intentional--see below) of another MC for quite awhile. And, of course, I'll never know why it is that I'm in a freelance dry spell or have a scarily tall stack of must-read-for-work books (translation: now).

I could not get through this time without the support of some terrific writer friends, folks so incredible that instead of working on ms or job, I MUST take this morning to talk about one of them because she celebrated TWO BOOK LAUNCHES last week. AND I WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH AND FOR HER!

The astoundingly funny, generous (she's a beta-reader extraordinaire and is GIVING AWAY a six-month writing mentorship!) and talented CARRIE HARRIS is back on the shelves with BAD HAIR DAY, the next book featuring my geektastic braniac idol, Kate Grable and, of course, plenty of creepy critters (in this case, werewolves).

Carrie takes hair imagery to pompadour heights in this fast-paced, fantastically plotted horror-comedy novel. If you're on a pre-holiday budget limit, check out Carrie's novella, BAD YETI, headlined by Kate's inimitable brother Jonah, available on Kindle for only $2.99.  In case you need more convincing, here's my review of Bad Taste in Boys.

In honor of BAD HAIR DAY, I am posting here a picture of me with a PREPOSTEROUS POODLE PERM. I really wanted to share an as-yet-unseen gem of me with one of those 1985 half-long, half-short do's but I don't have a digital version of that yet (will look hard 'cuz that cut was a doozie).  So, here's me in college (in the blue sweater) with two of my besties and some serious attitude.

Now, head on over to Carrie's blog to see how you can win that awesome mentorship or just celebrate some serious BAD hair!