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I can’t quite get used to clicking the ‘home’ button on my browser and having mizkit.com actually come back up again. It makes me happy every time, which is good, because for the first month it was down I couldn’t look at the ad farm without spasming with rage.

I amused myself this afternoon while getting the MOUNTAIN ECHOES give-aways packed up. ( Read more... )

The Bulwer-Lytton contest winners of MOUNTAIN ECHOES are:

Amy Bennett, for
As I tenderly ran my hands through Coyote’s thick, slightly damp fur, my searching fingertips brushed over several small raised imperfections, causing me to wonder if  he  had become an unfortunate host to a horde of parasitic dog fleas, (Ctenocephalides canis), whose ( Read more... )

Goodreads Book Giveaway


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I got two boxes full of MOUNTAIN ECHOES today, so there is now a contest on!

I'm sure you're all familiar with Bulwer-Lytton and the Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest. If you're not, go read about it, I'm not going to explain ( Read more... )

I am considering dying my hair. I know, I know, the excitement! The trouble is to do it properly today would take two go-rounds, and I don’t know if I feel like being that thorough. :)

Things that must get done today:
- email the writers’ centre
- rattle with impatience for Amazon & BN to get ORIGINS online
- notify BYD ARC winners that they won:

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Just hit 50K on MOUNTAIN ECHOES, the 8th Walker Papers novel. I’m now heading out for a long weekend writing retreat. Post your guess as to my total wordcount by Monday evening, and I’ll send a book to the closest guess!

(x-posted from the essential kit)

The mizkit.com winners of the RAVEN CALLS giveway are Anne Pascale Quinty, Poppy, and Larisa LaBent!

The mizkit.livejournal.com winners of the RAVEN CALLS giveaway are jasondrake, tattermuffin, and for_rainy_days!

All of you please email me at cemurphyauthor AT gmail DOT com with your snail mail addresses, your LJ names if that’s what you’ve won ( Read more... )

LJ user elektra_h! Elektra, please email your snailmail address to cemurphyauthor AT gmail DOT com and I’ll get the ARC in the mail to you Monday. :)
(x-posted from the essential kit)