Oooo, new books from Brenda Clough

The super talented, very sharp and funny Brenda Clough has not one but TWO books out in trade paperback from Foxacre Press, The Crystal Crown and The Dragon of Mishbil. You can get the ebook versions at Book View Cafe! The BVC link will take you to Foxacre and samples of the books.

It's a good time to run...

The Crystal Crown

A Crown with a Mind of its Own...

Liras-ven unexpectedly inherits the Crystal Crown, a war, and a royal bride-to-be he can’t speak with. Then he finds out the Crystal Crown can speak, and it can kill him if it decides he shouldn’t be king! No wonder he decides to make a run for it....

Living in the shadow of a very different dragon

The Dragon of Mishbil

Who Dares to Tame the Dragon?

The River Bilcad is called a dragon, for without its complex network of canals, it can destroy the city of Mishbil. Princess Zaryas, youthful viceroy of the city, learns that movements in the earth have rendered the canals useless. Mishbil will die of thirst. Brash young Magus Xerlanthor wants to use muscle and magic to dam the river and refill the canals... and to win Zaryas’ heart. Zayras must bet everything, not knowing if her choices will lead to a double triumph — or a double disaster.

No Google + yet

Nope. Thanks for adding me, that's sweet of you, but I haven't even looked at it yet. Too busy.

Here's hoping...

Saw clouds like these a half hour ago, nestled in a rolling blanket of thunderheads sweeping by. Turns out my new camera needs something to take pictures on -- it doesn't come with a small cell! -- but I tried to photograph the clouds with my phone. As I have not transferred from this phone yet, we'll see later if I got a photo.

Now, lots of thunder, dark, nothing for a half hour...and then rain hit the window. Don't know if it will turn out to be real. I actually went and laid a quilt over my windshield -- quarter-sized hail reported west of here -- but will there be enough rain to wash the dust off my car?

If not, tomorrow I take sandpaper out there and sand the one tiny rust spot from someone scratching my trunk. With luck, the dry days are ending soon.

EDIT: Did not even get the quilt wet, only as damp as a humid day. Sigh.