Audible Sale ends tonight; Two new books from Iambik

The Audible sale ends tonight (September 2nd) so if you want to get any of the 1000+ audiobooks selling for $5.95, now is the time.  My two books and one short story that are a part of the sale are Shifting Positions by Jennifer Dellerman, The Distant Shore by Debora M. Coty and Autopsy by Joel M. Andre.  You can search by genre, author, title, narrator and key word.  Here's a direct link to the titles.

Iambik Audiobooks is getting ready to unveil a new website in October along with some new books.  However they did just publish new audio versions of two classics.  The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit and narrated by the wonderful Cori Samuel and Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy voiced by the Irish lilt of Tadhg Hynes.  Both are wonderful books.  For those who only think of 'serious doom and gloom' when they hear the name Thomas Hardy, I can promise you that Under the Greenwood Tree is a notable exception.  Both books can be purchased for $6.99 each and are available in mp3 and m4b formats.

Since Iambik is busily working on getting their new site up and running, these two new recordings do not have the usual sample to play of the first chapter of either book.  However, you can easily listen to other recording samples by Cori and Tadhg on the site to check out their voices.  Both are terrific narrators.  You won't be disappointed.

As for my current recordings, Sweet Tea and Jesus Shoes is now in post-production and should be available on Audible very soon.  (I'll post here when that happens.)  I'm over the half-way mark recording and editing A Dixie Christmas by Sandra Hill and I've continued with prep work for my next book, Edited for Death by Michele Drier.  Lots to do to keep me busy. 

Big Audiobook Sale at Audible through Sept. 2, 2012

Audible has placed over 1000 titles for sale through this week ending on Sunday, September 2, 2012.  Here's a chance to buy some good ones for $5.95 each.  If you're a member of Audible, the price is even less.  After September 2, the titles will revert to their original prices.  Alas, there are only two of my titles in this sale.  My latest addition to Audible, Shifting Positions by Jennifer Dellerman is also part of the sale.  $5.95 is a lot cheaper than $19.95 -- the price it's been selling.  Get your HOT stuff from this book here.  

You can also buy the tween/young adult book, The Distant Shore by Debora M. Coty, for the $5.95 sale price.  The previous price for this book was $19.95 so that's a big savings.  You can access this title directly from here.  The short story I recorded in the horror genre is also part of the sale but it's not a full audiobook.  However, if you're interested, Autopsy by Joel M. Andre can be purchased directly from here.

There are a lot of titles to choose from in this sale and you can search by genre, author, title and narrator.  Now is the time to stock up.  For a full list of the sale titles you can go here. 

In the mean time, I'm waiting for final approval of Sweet Tea and Jesus Shoes (a great collection of Southern tales by various women writers) before it hits Audible.  I'm currently about half way through recording A Dixie Christmas by Sandra Hill.  Following that, I'll begin narrating a mystery thriller, Edited for Death by Michele Drier. 

The current weather situation with so much loud heavy rain and thunderstorms has caused some rearranging of my recording schedule.  Can't be helped, though, so I just go with the flow.

My latest recording is for sale!

My latest recording was posted for sale today on Audible.  If you like romance, sex and shifters, you'll love this book.  Shifting Positions by Jennifer Dellerman is one hot, hot, hot book. 

Beautiful Tess Gentry returns to her small hometown in Colorado after years as a highly-paid model to look after her ailing mother.  As the daughter of a shifter, Tess had fled the town when she left for college and vowed to separate herself from the shifter society.  Little did she count on meeting a sexy-shifter-sheriff (say that fast, 3 times) named Caleb Bennett who recently moved to Woodcliff.  My, my, what's a girl to do? 

Available here.

One finished and two to continue...

I had taken a partial break from recording the wonderful collection of short stories in Sweet Tea and Jesus Shoes in order to record what I call a sexy 'wolf/shifter romance' called Shifting Positions by Jennifer Dellerman.  Oooh, hot stuff in that one!  I'll post when it's actually up for sale on Audible. 

I've also started recording another piece of southern fiction called A Dixie Christmas by Sandra Hill.  It's actually two novellas and both are funny.  In the mean time, the horror short story I recorded, Autopsy by Joel M. Andre, is selling well.  A little shiver is good for you now and then! 

My friend Linda is having a garage sale at her house tomorrow morning so Duane and I are going over to help her out and bring a few things of our own to sell.  We're just hoping the rain holds off -- at least until the afternoon.  We don't plan to stay out all day.  Too hot and not worth it.  I'll probably post about how the sale goes tomorrow or Sunday.

Family visit, shopping and a floppy sun hat

I decided to give myself a few days off from recording during the latter part of last week since my sister Heidi and her family were here for a short visit.  This meant that other than some reading prep for a new book I'm recording called Shifting Positions by Jennifer Dellerman, I did no recording or editing.  I spent time with my two 'out-of-town' nieces, Bailey - age 5 and her sister, Taylor - age 3 and then went estate/yard selling with my friends Duane and Linda.  We hit three small sales but got lucky.  All three of us bought books at a sale in Duane's neighborhood.  Linda's are pictured.

     
I also snagged a little globe note holder.  (I have a thing for globes and maps.)  Linda was the big winner of the day, though.  She also bought a nice used set of luggage ($10 for the set) AND we went to one of our favorite stores, A Modern Line, so that Linda could pick up the vintage double size headboard that she had refinished by the owner of A Modern Line.  It turned out beautifully.  You can really see the grain of the wood.  Now all Linda has to do is advertise and sell her current guest room bed (along with a desk) and she's one step closer to completely revamping her guest bedroom.

  
In the mean time, we also sent off the package we were readying a couple of posts ago to The Humble Stitch Project.  So now we're starting all over again for the next batch of items.   I did make one other item during this time.  My sister, Carol, and her family are getting ready to go on a Disney cruise so she asked if I could make a floppy yellow sun hat for her 5 year old daughter, Ava.  I looked at a number of patterns, picked one that both Carol and I liked and got to work.  I purchased the pattern from a blog called Crochet Dreamz and it was SO easy to make.  I used a bright lemon yellow yarn and decided to go with all white flowers after finding Mickey Mouse ears buttons at the local Jo-Ann's.  There were quite a few colors in the package of buttons but I decided to stick with primary colors.  I used the smaller buttons in the center of the flowers and decided to add one of the large ones on the back of the brim.  Now Ava can feel stylish and and right at home among the Disney crowd.

To borrow a quote from one of the characters from one of my favorite '80's movies, "Sixteen Candles", it's time to "no more yanky my wanky" (spoken by The Donger) and get back to work.  I recorded and edited today so I'm off to a good start for the week.