New Beginnings in 2019

2018 was pretty solid. I made a lot of progress on a lot of projects, personal and authorly! But this isn't a post about looking backward--this is a post about a fresh new start.

Earlier this month, El Husband and I packed ourselves up and moved half-way across the country from New York to North Dakota. Back to North Dakota, I suppose, since we met at the University of North Dakota, in college. But even so, neither one of us thought we'd ever be coming back.

But we're here! A new job for El Husband and a new office for me! I'm thrilled to finally have a dedicated space for writing--and once I have it all put together, there will be pictures of more than just Maya doing her best to keep me from working on the freshly delivered couch!

For now, we're still in the waiting for our stuff to arrive period, slowly acquiring the things we need to set up our new place. Including a new PO Box, which until I can nail one down, I'm afraid we'll be a little bit newsletter-less, so I apologize for the delay there, but I promise I'm doing my best to get things back in order and keep you up to date AMALIAD style.

In the meantime--if you didn't see it on facebook and twitter, I did a podcast interview over at THE ENDLESS KNOT, talking about writing myth with some of my favorite twitter folks. It was a lot of fun chatting about Freydis and Theseus, so I hope you'll check it out!

And don't forget to mark FROM ASGARD, WITH LOVE want-to-read on Goodreads!! I'm working my way through final edits right now, and if all continues according to plan without any more big cross-country-move-style monkey-wrenches, I'll have that available for you in the first half of February! So keep your eyes peeled and get ready!!!

(Perhaps by reading POSTCARDS FROM ASGARD? Or maybe DAUGHTER OF A THOUSAND YEARS, which is on sale for the rock bottom price of 99 cents for kindle right now!)

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FACETS OF FATE Cover Art!

If you're a newsletter subscriber you got to see this already, but for those of you who haven't subscribed yet (*eyebrow waggle*) -- how about some cover art?!

Cover art designed by Eileen Wiedbrauk -- who has done ALL my Fate of the Gods covers from day one!

A few more details to share on FACETS OF FATE:

1) This book will release FIRST in paperback. Not because I want to trick anyone (the ebook release will follow shortly thereafter) but the timetable on MY end is tight with another project that I have to finish first, and I want my formatter to have the time she needs to get the ebook properly pretty, so no one gets something that looks like gobbledegook. Also my personal impetus for releasing this collection is so readers can finally have TEMPTING FATE in print -- something I've been asked about repeatedly since Mia's novella released, so that's what I've been most focused on achieving first thing!

2) If you skipped the Secondary Character series because spoilers -- the *all new* story, titled FINDING FATE will focus on Marcus! For some of you, I know, he is NOT your favorite but I think he deserves a shot at redemption! (Also he really grew on me in draft two and I kind of love the guy!) So if you haven't read BEYOND FATE yet -- you'll want to do it now, to prep before you read Marcus's epilogue!

3) FACETS OF FATE is coming to you in JULY!

4) The other stories included in the Facets of Fate collection:

• Tempting Fate (Mia and Adam's story)
• Bride Price (Previously available only online at Birdville Magazine, and newly revised -- for its BM publication, I removed some of the more specifically Fate of the Gods elements, and I've always wanted to put them back in for you.)
• Taming Fate (The story of Eve and the oft-referenced Marquis DeLeon)
• Mortal Flesh and Homecoming (Two very short flash pieces, previously available only online on the blog.)

5) Also if you're wondering, in my head, that figure on the horse trying to outrace the storm that may or may not be representative of Thor's presence is definitely Ryam DeLeon. Which is 50% of the reason I *love* this cover for the collection, so much of which relates to the House of Lions, and also just the way in which Eve's mortal friends and family get so unwittingly entangled in the affairs of the gods, whether they want to be or not. (I'd argue that this applies to Adam, too, if not quite so exactly.)

Also, those of you in the PORTLAND, OREGON part of the country -- I'll be coming your way for the Historical Novel Society Conference, and on June 24th from 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm  there will be a book signing, FREE and OPEN to the public. I'll be attending as Amalia Carosella, but I'll be happy to sign anything Amalia Dillin that you happen to bring along, should you choose to visit! And I hope you will!

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Appearances and Fate of the Gods News

Firstly: ALBACON!
I have a schedule -- and I look forward to seeing some of you there!

Friday:

• I'll be taking part in a panel on Ways to Publish on 1pm during the Writer's Workshop and available to offer critiques at 4pm. (I'm also planning to attend the lunch on Friday, so you can catch me then, too!)

Saturday:

• I'm signing at 4pm! Come see me! There will be Butts!
• I'll have a full selection of Amalia Carosella AND Amalia Dillin books for sale through Flights of Fantasy Books and Games at the con, so if you don't have paperbacks yet, you can grab them there!

Sunday: 

• 11am panel on Mythology in Science Fiction and Fantasy!

Second Best: Another Opportunity to Say Hello!
And if you won't be making it to ALBACON this year, I'll also be taking part in Local Author Day at Barnes and Noble in Colonie Center on Saturday, April 2, 2015 as Amalia Carosella. I'll be thrilled to sign anything you have by Amalia Dillin as well, but only Helen of Sparta will be available for sale at B&N.

If you already have a signed copy of HELEN, consider stopping in to pre-order BY HELEN'S HAND, coming May 10th! I'm hoping to have some bookmarks for BHH on hand, as well as bookmarks and magnets for HELEN and my Amalia Dillin books.


Lastly: Fate of the Gods
You might have noticed that my Fate of the Gods books are currently unavailable from your favorite vendor of choice -- but don't worry, they'll be back VERY shortly. Paperbacks will continue to be available via all the usual channels, but ebooks will be kindle only for the time being (though I hope not forever). I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. Please hang in there while I get things sorted on my end during this hopefully brief time of transition!

And now I am back to the writing cave -- fingers crossed this manuscript doesn't actually kill me before I'm done. See you at Albacon or Local Author's Day!

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