On September 30th, my publisher and I mutually
agreed to terminate our contract for my Malone mysteries. Eric, my publisher, had told me
shortly after he published Mixed Messages
that at some point many authors
who are published by small presses will choose to move on – to go in a
different direction. At the time, I was so thrilled to see my first novel in
print that I couldn’t even imagine that. I will always be grateful to Post Mortem Press for giving me my start.
However, I decided a few months ago that it was time to do
just that - to move on. I knew I needed to create new covers and to format all five of my books
so I got busy. And I do mean busy! As I struggled to accomplish my goal, I
tried very hard to think of the project as a challenge. But, trust me, along
the way I used lots of other words to describe what I was trying to do. Some of
them not suitable for this post. Because it was a daunting and very
frustrating task. (I’m not a blonde but the picture above is an accurate
depiction of how I felt at times.)
Fortunately, prior to that, I had written and self-published
Secrets in Storyville, a small town
mystery separate from my series. With a lot of help from my friends, I managed
to do it and I learned so much along the way.
So I’m happy to report that I’m now in the process
of self-publishing the "second" editions of my five Malone mysteries. In the next
few weeks, I’ll post the new covers and, when available,
the new amazon links to the books. I hope you'll stop back to check them out and, if you haven't yet read my series, here's your "second" chance.
