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Release Week!

I know the wait has been excruciating for many of you, but it’s here! Release week for TRICKED, available Tuesday in paperback, e-book, and yes, audio as well! I hope you all enjoy it, and since many of you are fast readers and will probably ask me the same day when the next book is coming out, TRAPPED will be available Nov. 27!

Aside from some reviews that I assume will pop up here and there, I’ll be on the web in a couple of notable places: Anton Strout’s Once and Future Podcast (Episode 29), and also a guest post on Wicked Lil’ Pixie’s site, wherein I taunt her mercilessly over her aversion to the word MOIST. (That will be up on release day, by the way.)

The big release party is at Rula Bula on Mill Avenue at 6 pm on Saturday, April 28. I’ll be on the patio, Patrick from The Poisoned Pen bookstore will be there too selling books, and if you want to have a pint of something tasty and a plate of the world’s best fish n’ chips while you’re there, why, there will be cool people working there who’d be happy to take your order! If you’re in Arizona, I really hope you can come to this and support a great indie bookstore and a great Irish pub. Bring a camera and we’ll take silly pictures together and chat a bit!

If you have can’t make it Saturday night, I will try to arrange a consolation prize. What I’ll do on Sunday the 29th after I recover is drive around the east valley and sign stock in some bookstores. I’ll tweet as I go, so you’ll know where I’m going and where I’ve been so you can pick up a signed copy. But also remember that if you’re out of town or out of state, even out-of-country, you can always order a signed copy of any of my books from The Poisoned Pen. They ship anywhere.

Going forward from there, I’ll be at Alamosa Books in Albuquerque, NM on May 5 at 3 pm. I’ll be at the Velma Teague Branch of the Glendale Public Library on May 19 at 2 pm. And then I’ll be roaming around the Phoenix Comicon May 24-27, and shouldn’t be too difficult to track down.

For more information on where I’ll be in June and July, please check my Events & Appearances page!

In other news, somebody recently gave me the gift of beer. Glorious stuff, too! Kevin DeLange at Dry Dock Brewing sent me a sampler of his stuff and it’s amazing so far! Lookit, I haz proof:

I decided to try the Apricot Blonde seasonal first because SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME with her Herbal Essences hair and stuff. So I poured a glass and it looked like this:

Now it seems like she’s looking at the glass and asking, “Are you gonna drink that or what?” Well, heck yes! But be patient, I’m gonna enjoy it with some lunch first, like so:

The beer is fabulous. It doesn’t have the artificial taste so many flavored beers have; it’s light and refreshing and nom nom nom. If you ever go on a beer tour of Colorado, definitely stop by Dry Dock! They know what they’re doing.

Thanks again for reading and supporting indie bookstores. I hope you enjoy TRICKED and I hope I get to visit with you soon!

Cheers,
Kevin