It's so hard to keep a secret- Now with 100% more Foreign Body!

Way back in March, I started the process of putting the 6 Tory Bauer Mysteries back in print, through CreateSpace (the same folks who published The Nut Hut, and the two paper doll coloring books). It has been a long, slow process, and I had to keep quiet about it because I wanted to surprise the artist who did the wonderful new covers for the series. That artist also happens to be my son, Curtis Taylor

Though Foreign Body is still in the pipeline (I think it'll be ready next week), the first 5 books are ready, and I absolutely could not wait one minute longer to show off these amazing new editions.

The books are the same as the original paperbacks from Avon/Harper Collins, but in trade paperback format (larger than mass market pbs), with all of the covers Curtis did for the eBook editions.

I am absolutely thrilled.

Lemee tellya, it never gets old.

Foreign Body is now up and running!!!. And in case anyone needs a reminder- this is the series reading order (they were originally published out of order).

Funeral Food

Sex and Salmonella

The Hotel South Dakota

Mourning Shift

Cold Front

Foreign Body

Mourning Shift starting to show up, and a bit of pool stuff

The pool is finally full and beautiful. The patch is holding, and the pump is running (though a few replacement parts are on order, so we don't run the pump full time yet). The water is warming up- the girls swam yesterday morning, squealing for the first 15 minutes about the cold water, and then having a wonderful time. I swam laps in the afternoon, and remembered how very much I love swimming, though I'm nowhere in shape enough to swim 300yards in a single go. I'll work up to it.

It's so beautiful. And it's calming just to watch the light dance on the water. Unfortunately, there is no light dancing on the water right now, because it's going to storm. Of course.

In the meantime, the eBook version of  Mourning Shift (the 4th Tory Bauer Mystery) is going live. It's up at Scribd and Smashwords now. It'll show up on Amazon and B&N in 1-3 days, though it could appear any minute. It'll be up and available at Sony within 2 weeks.

I'll post here, and link to the right for the Amazon and B&N listings as soon as they're up and running.

I'm proofing Cold Front now, and it'll be ready to upload in 2-3 weeks, and after that, Foreign Body. It's been quite an adventure, and once again, I want to thank my friend Ryan Boettger and his Grad Tech Students for the formatting, and Curtis Taylor for the amazing covers!

Tis the season...

Despite the fact that it is December, and we now have snow on the ground (probably will have until April), I do not have my Christmas tree up yet. Nor are the hand-carved Santas set out, or the cool metal Santa and Sleigh Rocker, or the little Santa vase that I stock with candy canes. And while my Christmas letter is printed, I have not even designed the cards yet, much less printed, cut, signed, enveloped and sent them.

But even though I'm a slacker, I know it's Holiday Time.
How, you ask?
Because the lighted wagon wheel is up and in the window of Terry's Steak House.

 The bearskin is lit year round (and yes, it's a real bear skin, and we knew the guy who shot it), but the wagon wheel only comes out in December. It may stay up until Valentine's Day, but its appearance is the signal that The Holidays Are Near.

 Terry's goes all out for their holiday decor. It's actually very pretty.

I love the hat and scarf on the Tundra Swan. Festive, don't you think?

For those who are wondering, Terry's (which is our favorite local hangout- it's the kind of place where they know our *usual*  without being told) is not actually in Delphi. But surely, it's Delphi-Adjacent.

P.S. It's not always empty- we ate an early supper the other night and had the place to ourselves.