I rarely do blog tours for book releases but hey. Everything old is new again, so just to kind of spread the word a bit, I'm doing a tour with Silver Dagger Book Tours for Secret at Skull House!I'm REALLY out of practice with this stuff, so I'm not even sure if I offered giveaways or prizes. OOPS. Maybe I should have? Maybe at the end of the tour I'll give something away here--like I'll do a drawing from everyone who commented on every stop along the blog tour?
What should I giveaway? Hmmm. I'll have to think of something fun that can be global without involving a lot of packing or shipping.
But anyway! The book is live and I'm really happy about that.
Oh. I read in a review that the next installment is not out until next year. GULP. WHAT DOES THAT REVIEWER KNOW THAT I DON'T? SOMEONE TAKE MY TEMPERATURE. I'm actually working on the next installment now. I'm not setting it up for preorders, but that doesn't mean it's not coming out this year--I'm not setting anything new up for preorders for the foreseeable future. At least, not at Amazon.
I'm planning EIGHT of these books by the way. So...yeah.
I also read in ANOTHER review that cozy is a new genre to me. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Wait. What??? YOU LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT YOURSELF IN REVIEWS. So no. Actually, this is a homecoming for me. I cut my mystery writing teeth in the mainstream cozy genre. I had reasonably successful cozy series with both Pocket and Berkeley. I was a Mystery Guild Alternate Selection, for chrissake. And I am really loving writing cozy again. FOR NOW. I'm not giving up the FBI thrillers or the angsty standalones or my beloved bewitched and bewildered series, but I do find cozy is what works for me right now. It's...comforting.
But cozy is not for everyone. (Well, nothing is for everyone.) And that's okay. These are not going to be hugely romantic, although there is a slow but definite romantic arc. They are not going to be hugely angsty. They are not going to be hugely suspenseful. They are not going to be HUGELY ANYTHING because the whole point is to be light and diverting and reassuring that all is still well with the world.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT.
Nah, I'm kidding. I hope.
Anywhoooo. Here's the tour--and thank you so much to everyone taking part in it!
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Everything you write is for me. Well...except Strange Fortune. But I did enjoy the audio of that. I love cozy mysteries. I didn't realize that this was your first try. 😉 I thought I read a couple of mainstream cozies with your name on them. Keep going writer girl.
ReplyDeleteLOL Perhaps I am a LITTLE testy these days. :-D
DeleteSo glad to hear we're getting a bunch of these, Secrets and Scrabble is my second favorite series of yours! The first being Holmes & Moriarity. Are we still getting the 12.2 Percent Solution this year?
ReplyDeleteI hope so, but this is definitely not turning out to be the year I envisioned. Right now I'm just trying to plan as far as the summer. My thoughts are all of the place.
DeleteThis sounds exciting. :) You are truly ambitious. Most days, lately, it's a job to switch out the PJs for street clothes. :D Have fun. Looking forward to the next story, always
ReplyDeleteI know. Every single day it goes through my mind to take a mental health day and stay in bed. I'm afraid I wouldn't get out for a month.
DeleteAny luck at Kobo yet?
ReplyDeleteSuze
No. I'm sorry, but I won't be listing this series on Kobo. Or at least not until I begin rotating books out of KU.
Delete8 books? I'm in heaven! I absolutely love cozies and this series is perfect!!! Thanks for sharing with us today!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad!
DeleteEight books? I'm in heaven! I absolutely love cozies and this series is perfect. Thanks for sharing with us today!!
ReplyDeleteevjochum AT aol DOT com
Josh, thanks for this cozy series. I love this series and very happy that there will be eight books. Very happy!
ReplyDeleteBarb Grossbaum
Josh, thank you for this cozy series. I just love the two books and so happy that there will be eight books.
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