Armed & Magical bookmarks

NEWS UPDATE: I was just on Amazon and Armed & Magical is now available for preorder! At least it's available on Amazon US. Amazon UK, Germany, and France have it listed, but not available for preorder quite yet. It should be in the next few days.)

As promised, here are the Armed & Magical bookmarks (as you can see, they'll print four to a sheet -- front and back). You can click on the image and get a larger version that you can read -- hopefully. The resolution is a little fuzzy since I had to convert the nice, crisp PDF to a JPEG to get it to post on Blogger. I'm still waiting on another sized design from my graphics person, but I should get that soon, then I'll have them printed, and whoever wants one can just send me an email with their name and address. (I'll send you MLTF and A&M postcards, too.)

Last night, Derek and I did the first of two waves of Christmas shopping. As an author, you know you've been in the house too much and working too hard when a crowded mall at Christmas time is fun. And I hate shopping. Go figure. Yeah, I know; it's completely bizarre. But I actually liked it. However the really fun part was visiting two local bookstores to chat with the staff and sign stock (and put a postcard in each copy). BTW -- If you're in a bookstore and find a copy of MLTF or (in a few months) A&M with a postcard or bookmark in it -- I was there. ; ) The bookstore manager in our local mall remembers me whenever I'm in her store and always makes sure that MLTF is displayed facing front. When it first came out, she put it in the front of the store. What a sweetie. Thanks, Lenora!

Okay, the new character in The Trouble With Demons. My husband has been telling me that I need more major female characters in my books. That it's just Raine and a bunch of guys. I have to correct him on that one -- it's just Raine and a bunch of gorgeous guys. I mean, hey, they don't call it fantasy for nothing. ; ) I wanted someone to play off of Raine, and I found her in the recently promoted chairman of the college's demonology department. I don't have her name yet; I want to take my time with that so that her name is just right. A lot of the time, I'll do names after the first draft is complete and either use a blank or "professor" in this particular character's case. I want to get to know a character before I name them. She's down to earth, practical, and knows her business (in this case, that means she can kick some demonic butt). She's just a demonology professor until a demon tears out the throat of the department chairman. As a result, she gets the "big office." Though no one's exactly doing her a favor giving her a promotion when the island's in the middle of a demon infestation. I think you'll like her.

Have a great one!
Lisa