As I mentioned in my Oct. 9 blog post, I had been stymied getting the ebook of Zeppelins Over Denver up on Amazon. Something wouldn't let me through the Amazon shield. That turned out to be my own inability to see the problem right in front of me. Yesterday I was successful. Both my print version and ebook are available. I would love it if you ordered the print version, now priced at $25.50. Free shipping if you have an account and order as many necessities as I do. Just throw in the book and along comes a fine story along with a month's supply of TP (hurricane season, you know), a six-pack of Del Monte Cherry Mixed Fruit Cups (loaded with Vitamin C!), gigantic Tylenol canisters (for html coding headaches), and those screwy little bulbs that look like jellyfish but brightly light my stovetop.
I have to mention that the Zeppelins ebook is only $9.99 and available in the blink of an eye. It also is available for free on Kindle Unlimited. I have read more than one book from Kindle Unlimited and I also dnf some KU choices. Right now, lucky customers can download two new ebook releases for free. I selected two. I chose Ghost Orchid by Dani Cessna and finished it yesterday. The Everglades National Park setting appealed to me, the main characters are park service employees and one aging orchid thief who receives messages from plants. She carries a gun called Harriet. A hurricane appears as does a murder. The author spent 18 years working for the NPS, a reminder of the fine murder mysteries written by one-time park employee Nevada Barr.
I almost dnf Ghost Orchid. Right around the 60-percent-read mark, I tired of one of the characters. Miranda's fiance, Clay, was getting on my last nerve. I stopped reading for a day but was drawn back, possibly by one of the Glades orchids. I read on and found that the author takes care of the issue and moves on. I won't say how. But reading Cessna's author's note, I found praise for her "superhuman critique partner...who taught me the most about plot structure and narrative tension." She obviously learned the lesson when it came to Clay.
I am a long-time member of a critique group. One of my colleagues recently critiqued the first section of my second novel and caught something very important missing from my story. Thanks, Liz.
I remind you that you can also buy my ebook on most of the major platforms. I mention one in particular, Bookshop, because some of its income goes to local bookstores. There are many in Florida. One I like is Cafe Resistance Bookstore in Jacksonville. It's co-owned by Angie Nixon who intends to replace the GOPer Know Nothing Ashley Moody who now is one of our two worthless U.S. senators. Ms. Nixon would be so much better.
What are you waiting for? Go get a book. Bring Kindle with you when you vote. There may be a line.
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