Kim's News MARCH 2010

March 8 is the 99th International Women’s Day a global day of recognition and I am both floored and honoured to be mentioned by Jodi Cleghorn in her article:

Inspirational Female Authors

--seriously, tears!

The first two Books in the Quantum Enchantment series are now on Amazon Kindle!

The launch into the eBook world is exciting, and hotly debated. I wrote on this topic on the Voyager Blog last week - To ‘e’ or Not to ‘e’ … Feel free to weigh in! I was also interviewed by Delimiter re electronic delivery in Australia -- Keeping the magic alive: Australia and eBooks. Again, it's an emotive topic! Do you have an opinion on eBooks? I'd love to hear.

Also in the news, STRANGE ATTRACTORS is in the Dymocks Best Sellers Ranks! The feedback is outstanding. :)

And in the world of astrology--for those who are subscribers to Mystic Medusa's Blog--I am now writing an Astro Flash on her daily Scopes. My FaceBook and Twitter followers get these as well--a fun combination of Astrology and Law of Attraction insights.

Finally, in celebration of the upcoming WorldCon (AussieCon4), many Australian SF/Fantasy authors have SnapShot 2010 interviews all over the web. Mine is by Random_Alex. Fun!

Weekly Scopes-Gaela Star Watcher style-are posted every Tuesday.

More updates soon!

Namaste!

PS My cat startled, knocked my keyboard off the desk and now the shift key and several others are malfuntioning....Dell assures me a new one is on the way!

February 2010

Keeping the magic alive: Australia and eBooks

I was interviewed for this article last week. It follows closely with the release of The Spell of Rosette on Amazon Kindle and discusses many of the current issues in the eBook future in Australia!
STRANGE ATTRACTORS is officially released today, February 1, 2010!

REVIEW in The Specusphere!

Order online (anywhere in the world) or visit your favorite bookstore in Australia & New Zealand.

There is a wonderful PREVIEW on Mystic Medusa's Blog:

'The most satisfying thing about Kim’s books (which remind me of Ursula Le Guin & Madeleine L’Engle, maybe a bit Tanith Lee or a feminist Wiccan Tolkien) is that the magic in it is all real.

The spells work. The astrology is accurate. The magical thinking instruction is actually inspirational.' - Mystic Medusa Jan 2010

Off to a grand start! And, I just posted the
CHINESE NEW YEAR OF THE TIGER
HOROSCOPES!

February 14, 2010 begins with a conjunction of the Sun, Moon, Neptune and Chiron at 25 degrees of Aquarius (Tiger's counterpart in Western Astrology). This is the third year of the 12 year cycle - The Chinese New Year of the Tiger. Read detailed horoscope for each sign @falconastrology :)

More previews, links and posts on the Voyager Blog coming this week!

The Astro-Mojo WEEKLY SCOPES are posted every Tuesday AND do join in on FACEBOOK to discuss the series, get news on giveaways or just say hi! All welcome.

I'm posting something special for Chinese New Year of the Tiger. That page will be updated by the 14th of Feb.

Thank you everyone for your fabulous emails and comments--so inspirational!

MWAHS

JANUARY 2010 NEWS

Happy Solar Eclipse Everyone!

News Flash: make sure you're signed up to the Captain's Log newsletter for a chance to win Strange Attractors tomorrow!

I've written some special Astro-Mojo for the Eclipses this month and want to wish you all good intentions for the year ahead!

The New FaceBook page is up and there will be a giveaway comp in February. Come join in and win a signed copy of the Quantum Enchantment series!

NEWS: Strange Attractors is already flying out of the Pre-order box so get lined up with your copy soon. The prediction is a sell out in the first week!!

The TITLES for the next series, Quantum Encryption, have been set!

Book 1 Path of the Stray Aug 2010

Book 2 Road to the Soul Feb 2011

Book 3 Journey by Night Aug 2011

This series starts as a prequel, beginning with the engineering of the first Lupin and Janis's daughter, Ruby, and the creation of JARROD. It journeys all the way back to the fabled southern continent of Gaela and forward to tell Kreshkali's story, eclipsing book 3 of Quantum Enchantment - Strange Attractors!

Path of the Stray has been to my structural editor, Sue Moran, and she'd given two thumbs up! I've just finished a first draft of Road to the Soul...all on target for release dates! Yay!

More news before the New Moon Eclipse. Meanwhile, have a fabulous New Year and set the intentions of your DREAMS now!!

MWAHS!

 

DECEMBER 2009 NEWS

The BIG news is : STRANGE ATTRACTORS is available for PRE-ordering NOW! If you ask at your favorite bookshop (or the online links) they will reserve your copy. The release date is February 1 (pre-orders usually land two weeks EARLIER). This is the final of the Quantum Enchantment Series--I'm thrilled to have them all complete! Reviews will be up when they start coming in.

The Astro-Mojo WEEKLY SCOPES are posted every Tuesday--thanks for all your emails and msg's. Glad you like! They're quite fun to do.

I'm now 134,000 words into book #2 of the second series. The working titles have changed a few times (for a few reasons!) I'm not going to put them up until they are finally, truly and completely settled. That will be soon! I'm going to put the large image of Strange Attractors in the Gallery now--great artwork by Cliff Nielsen and the HarperVoyager art department. The back cover BLURB is going up too!

Come chat with me on the fan site or follow on Twitter!

Everyone have a wonderful December!

NOVEMBER 2009 NEWS

As many of you have seen, the Astro-Mojo WEEKLY SCOPES are up. They've been running most of October and traffic to the site has tripled! That tells me (along with all your emails and posts) they're appreciated. Thank you!

I'm now 76,000 words into book #2 of the second series,W/T The Old that is Strong. My target is 3000 words a day x 6 days a week. October was insanely productive. My intention is for November to be as well.

More GOOD news: The manuscript I delivered Oct. 1-bk 1 of series two W/T All Those Who Wander- got two thumbs up from my publisher Stephanie Smith! Yay!

More GOOD news: The manuscript I delivered Oct. 1-bk 1 of series two W/T All Those Who Wander- got two thumbs up from my publisher Stephanie Smith! Yay!

Cover art for book #3 of Quantum Enchantment, Strange Attractors, will be up soon. It's fabulous!

There's a MAJOR conversation going on at the Voyager Blog. I wrote an article called

Frodo or Froda: Switching Gender in Speculative Fiction

and the comments are still pouring in! Fun!

Thank you again everyone for your support and encouragement! If your not tapped into FaceBook or Twitter, please join me in conversations there! Thanks for dropping by!

OCTOBER 2009 NEWS

Grand news! Today, October first, I delivered Book #1 of SERIES TWO (titles confirmed soon!) It's 165,00 words (we'll see if that sticks ) It could grow or shrink after I get a look at the editorial notes. Meanwhile, I'm officially goofing off for three days, then it's on to Book #5! What will I do? I'm thinking cafe, beach, gardening, and reading a novel (someone else's, like Faith Hunter--Skinwalker!)

I did an interview for The Australian recently focusing on continuing education--I'm all for it! (which was about the extent of what made it to the article.) I did get on the cover though. My agent thought the pose was less then academic. Me too, but what can I say? It was a windy day.
Coming soon: The Star Watchers Guide (an inspirational weekly horoscope)
Come chat with me on the fan site or follow on Twitter!

SEPTEMBER 2009 NEWS

Arrows of Time is on Dymocks bestsellers list this month & new reviews are in Booktopia Buzz and FaceBooks's Virtual Bookshelf. There was a wonderful review in the Collins Booksellers site and other online outlets like Seekbooks that claimed Arrows of Time was 'The greatest spiritual book of our time.' Awesome--however they had the blurbs mixed up with a Self-help bestseller!

Meanwhile, thank you readers for all your wonderful emails! They are keeping me sparked as I complete the final edits of Book #3 Strange Attractors AND book # 4 manuscript -- due for delivery October 1!
My most recent blog post for Voyager Online is What's in a Name (featuring 'Cooking with Pooh') Join in on the discussions!
Twitter
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AUGUST 2009 NEWS

Book 2 of Quantum Enchantment Arrows of Time is out now! Read a new review by Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine and check out my interview with Mystic Medusa. She asked some different questions!
If you want to explore the implications of 'Arrows', and what inspired this work, I go into some details in my blog posts for Voyager Online: It's About Time!

July 2009 Arrows of Time Out Soon!

Thank you everyone for emailing! Book 2 of Quantum Enchantment
Arrows of Time is out August 1, 2009!
When a portal spins Rosette and Jarrod off in different directions‚ Rosette is caught in a loop of repeating events. A bard helps her find a way back home‚ but things have changed.