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So this has been probably one of my most productive years creatively in a long time. Back in January I published my first novel, The Witch and the Rose, and followed it up in June with a sequel, Bloody Damn Rite. Well, today I'm excited to officially announce the third book in the series, Shadowcasting, will be available on 12/15/2024! Like the earlier books in the series, you can pre-order the book on Kindle immediately, and it will arrive on your device December 15th ready to go.
Honestly, I'm super excited about this one. It's probably my favorite book in the series, and I can't wait for you guys to get your hands on it. Here's the back of cover synopsis:
Winter has clawed its way into the heart of Parrish Mills, and something far darker may have come with it. When Mia Graves, a witch with a habit of getting into trouble, and her best friend Riley Whittaker stumble across a grisly scene along the Wabash River, they find it reeks of dark, forbidden magic and has left at least one charred body in its wake.
With the help of young Bobbi Crawford, the further Mia and Riley dig into the events that took place on that cold Indiana morning, the more dire their circumstances reveal themselves to be. Between a stolen grimoire and a group of young witches who may not know how dangerous their actions are, shadows loom in the dark of winter.
And one of those shadows may be more dangerous than anyone imagined.
(Also, and this is unrelated, the non-Kindle, DRM free ePub version of Bloody Damn Rite is now available in my Patreon store too)
Now see, that’s why I like Sarah – always thinking. Get murdered AFTER you spend your money at the con, please.
And she’s generous…he’s not going to be spending money at HER table, so she’s letting him spend it at other tables. Also, she’s so polite about it, merely offering it as an optional modification of his daily schedule.
This is how customer service should be done. Were I a con-goer who happened to overhear this conversation, I would be very tempted to go buy a couple buttons from her.
I understand his frustrations at not finding what he’s looking for among the vendors’ wares; but neither his tact or animus
You ever watched a vendor table for a while? That kind of crap is sadly not entirely uncommon. Cons draw some people with interesting gaps in their social skills, sadly enough. Doesn’t make it make sense, no – but I understand it happening quite well. Some people are just looking for someone to at least metaphorically yell at – the actual issue involved is tangentially important at the absolute best. You get a lot of nascent “I paid for this… I can act like a jackhole! For once I can be that annoying guy instead of being the target.” goofballs.
This is not just a con thing. Plenty of people seem to think that all retail workers are robots who should be happy to clean up spills or get yelled at for stuff completely out of their control. Empathy, sadly, seems to be a lost art.